Section Eight Productions
Section Eight Productions, or just Section Eight, was a production company founded in 2000 by film director Steven Soderbergh and actor and director George Clooney. It produced the critical hits Far From Heaven, Insomnia, Syriana, A Scanner Darkly and Michael Clayton, as well as Clooney-directed films Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck. 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 Smoke House Pictures with Grant Heslov, the two decided to shut down Section Eight at the end of 2006.[1]
| Production Company | |
| Industry | Film |
| Fate | Closed |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | George Clooney Steven Soderbergh |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Jennifer Fox Gregory Jacobs Ben Cosgrove |
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | 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 | 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 |
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References
- Screenrush, 21 July 2006: George Clooney Closes Down Section Eight! Retrieved May 3, 2013
External links
- Section Eight Productions on IMDb
- New York Times, January 18, 2005: Trying to Combine Art and Box Office in Hollywood — article about Section Eight, Clooney, & Soderbergh.
- Variety.com, 12 October 2006: "Section Eight goes up in Smoke".
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