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Section Eight Productions, or just Section Eight, was an American film production company founded in 2000 by film director Steven Soderbergh and actor/director George Clooney.[1]
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Company type | Production company |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Predecessor | Maysville Pictures |
Founded | 2000 |
Founders | George Clooney Steven Soderbergh |
Defunct | 2006 |
Fate | Defunct |
Successor | Smokehouse Pictures |
Key people | Jennifer Fox Gregory Jacobs Ben Cosgrove |
It produced the critical hits Far from Heaven, Insomnia, Syriana,[2] A Scanner Darkly and Michael Clayton, as well as Clooney-directed films Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck.[2] In 2005, Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck picked up eight Oscars nominations between them.
With Soderbergh citing a desire to focus on directing, and Clooney forming production company Smokehouse Pictures with Grant Heslov, the two decided to shut down Section Eight at the end of 2006.[2]
Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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2001 | Ocean's Eleven[2] | Steven Soderbergh | Remake of Ocean's Eleven (1960) |
2002 | Insomnia | Christopher Nolan | Remake of Insomnia (1997) |
Welcome to Collinwood | Anthony Russo Joe Russo |
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | ||
Full Frontal | Steven Soderbergh | ||
Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | ||
2004 | Criminal | Gregory Jacobs | Remake of Nine Queens (2000) |
Ocean's Twelve | Steven Soderbergh | ||
2005 | The Jacket | John Maybury | |
Good Night, and Good Luck[2] | George Clooney | ||
Syriana | Stephen Gaghan | ||
Rumor Has It... | Rob Reiner | ||
2006 | A Scanner Darkly | Richard Linklater | |
The Good German | Steven Soderbergh | ||
2007 | Wind Chill | Gregory Jacobs | |
Ocean's Thirteen | Steven Soderbergh | ||
Michael Clayton | Tony Gilroy | ||
2009 | The Informant! | Steven Soderbergh |