Section Eight Productions

Section Eight Productions
Type Production Company
Industry Film
Founded 2000
Founder(s) George Clooney
Steven Soderbergh
Key people Jennifer Fox
Gregory Jacobs
Ben Cosgrove

Section Eight Productions was a production company founded in 2000 by film director Steven Soderbergh and film actor 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, he and Clooney shut down Section Eight at the end of 2006.

On August 1 2006, George Clooney started another film production company named Smokehouse Pictures, with friend and long time production partner Grant Heslov.

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
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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