Inside 2001 he received an Academy Award for Best Director for Traffic, while a second of his films Erin Brockovich featuring Julia Roberts, was also nominative in the equivalent category. His subsequent 2 films Ocean's Eleven and Full Frontal, also had a role for Roberts. More regular actors to operate by owning Soderbergh come Luis Guzmán, Don Cheadle, Catherine Keener and George Clooney, with whom he co-owns a production company "Section Eight Productions" that produced films including Far From Heaven, Insomnia'' and Clooney's directing debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

Soderbergh typically works when his have director of photography under a false name of Peter Andrews. Inside March 2002, Soderbergh was elective Foremost Vice President of the Directors Guild of Us.

Filmography
Sex with Jenna Jameson (2006) Bubble (2005) ''Ocean's Twelve (2004) Eros (2004) - the section Equilibrium Full Frontal (2002) Solaris (2002) Ocean's Eleven (2001) Traffic (2000) Erin Brockovich (2000) The Limey (1999) Out of Sight (1998) Schizopolis (1996) Gray's Anatomy (1996) Underneath (1995) King of the Hill (1993) Kafka (1991) sex, lies, and videotape'' (1989)