name	King of the Hill
director	Steven Soderbergh
producer	Albert BergerJohn HardyBarbara MaltbyRon Yerxa
writer	A. E. Hotchner Steven Soderbergh ''(screenplay)''
starring	Jesse BradfordJeroen KrabbéLisa EichhornKaren AllenSpalding GrayElizabeth McGovern
music	Cliff MartinezMichael Glenn Williams
cinematography	Elliot Davis
editing	Steven Soderbergh
distributor	Universal Pictures
released	August 20, 1993
runtime	109 minutes
country
language	English
gross	$1,214,231 }}

''King of the Hill'' is a 1993 film, Steven Soderbergh's third feature film, and the second he directed from his own screenplay following his 1989 Palme d'Or-winning effort ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape.'' It too was nominated for the Palme d'Or, at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

Production[link]

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A.E. Hotchner, it follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a fleabag hotel in St. Louis while his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis and his father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company. He is off on long trips from which the boy can't be certain he will ever return.

The film is distinctive in part because the antagonists who drive much of the plot are relatively mild by cinematic standards. The two primary ones — a cop on his beat and a hotel porter — share the characteristic of taking joy and pride in sadistically enforcing the property rights of the rich against the poor. The actual rich, with the exception of some schoolmates, are not a direct part of the boy's life; rather, from his perspective, it is the uniformed caste set just above him that generates much of his misery. As such, the film is an unusual commentary on social relations among the underclasses, all the more so within that subgenre since it contains relatively little physical violence (though it does contain some blood.)

Jesse Bradford, who was 14 at the film's release, plays the protagonist Many actors in the supporting cast have had many other prominent roles, including Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern, Amber Benson, Remak Ramsay, Katherine Heigl and Adrien Brody. The film also contains the first screen roles of Joe Chrest as the porter and Lauryn Hill, who appears in a small part as an elevator operator.

The music was composed by Cliff Martinez, and includes piano work and cues from classical composer Michael Glenn Williams. Martinez's score is restrained and understated, well suited to the nature of the film. Williams' cue for the graduation scene for solo piano, was notable in that it was the basis for his tone poem for Henry Cowell.

The movie has only been released on Region 2 DVD. Universal has not announced plans for a Region 1 DVD release.

Cast[link]

Jesse Bradford - Aaron

Jeroen Krabbé - Mr. Kurlander

Lisa Eichhorn - Mrs. Kurlander

Karen Allen - Miss Mathey

Spalding Gray - Mr. Mungo

Elizabeth McGovern - Lydia

Cameron Boyd - Sullivan

Adrien Brody - Lester

Joe Chrest - Ben

John McConnell - Patrolman Burns

Amber Benson - Ella McShane

Kristin Griffith - Mrs. McShane

Chris Samples - Billy Thompson

Peggy Freisen - Mrs. Thompson

Katherine Heigl - Christina Sebastian

Lauryn Hill - Elevator Operator

References[link]

External links[link]

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name	Steven Soderbergh
birth date	January 14, 1963
birth place	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
birth name	Steven Andrew Soderbergh
spouse	Betsy Brantley (div. 1994) Jules Asner (2003–present)
occupation	Director, cinematographer, screenwriter, producer, editor
years active	1984–present}}

Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing critically acclaimed commercial Hollywood films like ''Out of Sight'', ''Erin Brockovich'' and ''Traffic'', and the remake of ''Ocean's Eleven''. He has also directed smaller, less conventional works, such as ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'', ''Schizopolis'', ''Bubble'', ''The Girlfriend Experience'' and ''Che''. His most recent works are ''Contagion'' and ''Haywire''.

Early life and career[link]

Soderbergh was born in Atlanta, the son of Mary Ann (née Bernard) and Peter Andrew Soderbergh, who was a university administrator and educator. His paternal grandfather was a Swedish immigrant, from Stockholm. When he was a child, his family moved from Atlanta to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lived during his adolescence, then moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father became Dean of Education at Louisiana State University (LSU). There he discovered filmmaking as a teenager, directing short Super 8 mm films with equipment borrowed from LSU students.

While the family resided in Baton Rouge, Soderbergh's mother appeared regularly on a local ABC-affiliate's (WBRZ-TV/broadcast channel 2) early-morning show ("2une In") as a "call-in" psychic, and taught adult-education and "alternative education" classes in "parapsychology" at LSU.

His primary high school education was at Louisiana State University Laboratory School, a K-12 school that is directed by the University. While still taking classes there around the age of fifteen, Soderbergh enrolled in the university's film animation class and began making short 16 mm films with secondhand equipment.

Rather than attending LSU, Soderbergh tried his luck in Hollywood after graduating from high school; he worked as a game show scorer and cue card holder to make ends meet, and eventually found work as a freelance film editor. His big break came when he directed the Grammy-nominated concert video 9012Live for the rock band Yes in 1985.

Career[link]

1989: rise to prominence: ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''[link]

It wasn't until Soderbergh came back to Baton Rouge that he conceived the idea for ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989), which he wrote in eight days. The independent film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, became a worldwide commercial success and greatly contributed to the 1990s independent film revolution. At age 26, Soderbergh became the youngest director to win the festival's top award. Movie critic Roger Ebert dubbed Soderbergh the "poster boy of the Sundance generation".

1993 to 1998[link]

''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' was followed by a series of low-budget box-office disappointments: ''Kafka'', a biopic mixing fact and Kafka's own fiction (notably ''The Castle'' and ''The Trial''), written by Lem Dobbs and starring Jeremy Irons as Franz Kafka; ''King of the Hill'' (1993), a critically acclaimed Depression-era drama; ''The Underneath'' (1995), a remake of Robert Siodmak's 1949 film noir ''Criss Cross''; and ''Schizopolis'' (1996), a comedy which he starred in, wrote, composed, and shot as well as directed. He also directed the Spalding Gray monologue film ''Gray's Anatomy'' in 1996.

Making good on his ''Schizopolis''-inspired "artistic wake-up call", his commercial slump ended in 1998 with ''Out of Sight'', a stylized adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, written by Scott Frank and starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. The film was widely praised, though only a moderate box-office success. It reaffirmed Soderbergh's potential, sparking the beginnings of a lucrative artistic partnership between Clooney and Soderbergh.

1999 and 2000[link]

Soderbergh followed up on the success of ''Out of Sight'' by making another crime caper, ''The Limey'' (1999), from an original screenplay by Lem Dobbs and starring veteran actors Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. The film was well-received, but not as much as ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000), written by Susannah Grant and starring Julia Roberts in her Oscar-winning role as a single mother taking on industry in a civil action. Later that year, Soderbergh released ''Traffic'', a social drama written by Stephen Gaghan and featuring an ensemble cast.

''Traffic'' became his most acclaimed movie since ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'', and earned him an Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated that same year for ''Erin Brockovich''. He is the only director to have been nominated in the same year for Best Director for two different films by the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes and the Directors Guild of America. The double nomination was the first in 60 years. (In 1938, Michael Curtiz was nominated twice, for ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' and ''Four Daughters'', but did not win for either film.)

2001 to 2007[link]

''Ocean's Eleven'' (2001), a Ted Griffin-scripted remake from a Rat Pack-movie from 1960, featuring an all-star cast and flashy aesthetics, is Soderbergh's highest grossing movie to date, grossing more than $183 million domestically and more than $450 million worldwide. The film's star, George Clooney, subsequently appeared in ''Solaris'' (2002), marking the third time the two have headlined a film. In the same year, Soderbergh made ''Full Frontal'' which was shot mostly on digital video in an improvisational style that deliberately blurred the line between which actors were playing characters and which were playing fictionized versions of themselves. A film within a film, the title is a film industry reference to an actor or actress appearing fully nude (a.k.a., "full frontal nudity"). Also in 2002, Soderbergh was elected First Vice President of the Directors Guild of America.

Following up ''Full Frontal'' stylistically was Soderbergh next project, ''K Street'' (2003), a ten-part political HBO series he co-produced with Clooney. The series was noteworthy for being both partially improvised and each episode being produced in the 5 days prior to airing to take advantage of topical events that could be worked into the fictional narrative. Actual political players appeared as themselves, either in cameos or fictionalized versions of themselves (as were the leads, real life husband and wife James Carville and Mary Matalin). The show caused a stir during the 2004 Democratic Primary when Carville gave candidate Howard Dean a soundbite during a location shoot that Dean then used in a debate.

''Ocean's Twelve'' (2004), a sequel to ''Ocean's Eleven'', has followed. ''The Good German'', a romantic drama set in post-war Berlin starring Cate Blanchett and Clooney, was released in late 2006. The sixth pairing of Clooney and Soderbergh, ''Ocean's Thirteen'', was released in June 2007.

Latest work[link]

In 2006, Soderbergh raised eyebrows with ''Bubble'', a $1.6 million film featuring a cast of nonprofessional actors. It opened in selected theaters and HDNet simultaneously, and four days later on DVD. Industry heads were reportedly watching how the film performed, as its unusual release schedule could have implications for future feature films. Theater-owners, who at the time had been suffering from dropping attendance rates, did not welcome so-called "day-and-date" movies. National Association of Theatre Owners president and CEO John Fithian indirectly called the film's release model "the biggest threat to the viability of the cinema industry today." Soderbergh's response to such criticism: "I don't think it's going to destroy the movie-going experience any more than the ability to get takeout has destroyed the restaurant business." The film did poor business both at the box office and on the home video market. Nevertheless, Soderbergh is on contract to deliver five more day-and-date movies. In fall of 2006 he contributed a mini-essay on hotel pornography, along with an accompanying series of long-exposure photographs, to Anthem magazine's November/December issue.

In 2007, Soderbergh and Tony Gilroy contributed an audio commentary to the DVD re-release of ''The Third Man'' by the Criterion Collection.

On May 22, 2008, ''Che'', which was released in theatres in two parts titled ''The Argentine'' and ''Guerrilla'', was presented in the main competition of the 2008 Cannes film festival. Benicio del Toro plays Argentine guerrilla Ernesto "Che" Guevara in an epic four-hour double bill which looks first at his role in the Cuban revolution before moving to his campaign and eventual death in Bolivia.

Soderbergh shot his feature film ''The Girlfriend Experience'' in New York in 2008. The film's lead actress is adult film star Sasha Grey.

His next film was 2009's ''The Informant!'' a black comedy starring Matt Damon as corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre. Whitacre wore a wire for two and a half years for the FBI as a high-level executive at a Fortune 500 company, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), in one of the largest price-fixing cases in history. The film was released on September 18, 2009. The script for the movie was written by Scott Z. Burns based on Kurt Eichenwald's book, ''The Informant''.

In 2009, Soderbergh directed a play titled Tot-Mom for the Sydney Theatre Company in Sydney, Australia. The play is based on the real-life case of Caylee Anthony. Rehearsals commenced in early November 2009, and the production opened December 2009. Soderbergh also shot a small improvised film with the cast of the play, The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg, a comedy about a theatre company staging Chekhov's ''Three Sisters''.

He followed that with the action-thriller ''Haywire'', starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, and Channing Tatum which, though shot in early 2010, was not released until January 2012.

In the fall of 2010, he shot the epic virus thriller ''Contagion'', written by Scott Z. Burns. With a star-studded cast including Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard and Jude Law, the film follows the outbreak of a lethal pandemic across the globe and the efforts of doctors and scientists to discover the cause and develop a cure. It was released on September 9, 2011.

In September and October 2011, he shot ''Magic Mike'', a film starring Channing Tatum, about the actor's experiences working as a male stripper in his youth. Tatum plays the title mentor character, while Alex Pettyfer plays a character based on Tatum. The film is expected to be released in the summer of 2012 in the US.

Soderbergh had planned to follow this in early 2012 with a feature version of ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', also written by Scott Z. Burns. The film was set to reunite him with George Clooney, but Clooney had to drop out of the film due to a recurring back injury suffered while filming ''Syriana''. As of November 2011, Soderbergh had dropped out of the film due to budget and casting conflicts.

His next project is the psychological thriller ''The Bitter Pill''. It was reported the cast will include Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Filming will take place in April 2012 for a release in the first half of 2013.

''Behind the Candelabra'', his final film, is set to shoot in the Summer of 2012. It will star Michael Douglas as legendarily flamboyant pianist Liberace and Matt Damon as his lover Scott Thorson. The film is written by Richard LaGravenese, based on Thorson's book ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace''. It will be produced by HBO Films.

Soderbergh has announced in numerous interviews his intention to retire from filmmaking after finishing these three films to focus on his painting full-time. He stated that "when you reach the point where you're saying, 'If I have to get into a van to do another scout, I'm just going to shoot myself,' it's time to let somebody who's still excited about getting in the van, get the van." Soderbergh later confirmed that he would retire from filmmaking and begin to explore painting. A few weeks later, Soderbergh played down his earlier comments, saying a film-making "sabbatical" was more accurate.

Unrealized Projects[link]

Soderbergh nearly filmed a feature adaptation of the controversial state-of-baseball tome ''Moneyball'', starring Brad Pitt and Demetri Martin. The book, by Michael Lewis, tells of how Billy Beane, general manager of Oakland Athletics, used statistical analysis to make up for what he lacked in funds to beat the odds and lead his team to a series of notable wins in 2002. Disagreements between Sony and Soderbergh about revisions to Steven Zaillian's version of the screenplay led to Soderbergh's dismissal from the project only days prior to filming in June 2009. The move by Sony's Amy Pascal, unprecedented in recent history, sent shockwaves through the industry. The film was eventually made by director Bennett Miller, with a script rewritten by Aaron Sorkin, was critically acclaimed and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.

Around the same time, he planned a 3D live-action rock musical film based on Cleopatra's life entitled "Cleo", with Catherine Zeta-Jones in talks to play Cleopatra, and with music by the band Guided by Voices. Soderbergh and scriptwriter James Greer were said to be rewriting the lyrics of the songs to fit the story. Hugh Jackman was approached to play Mark Antony but withdrew.

He also worked for a time with writer Scott Z. Burns on a biopic of controversial Nazi-era film director Leni Riefenstahl, but he and Burns ended up abandoning that script as too uncommercial, making ''Contagion'' instead.

Directorial style and collaborations[link]

Soderbergh frequently works with actors on more than one occasion. The following is a list of notable collaborators (in order of first film appearance):

Peter Gallagher (''sex, lies, and videotape'' and ''The Underneath'')

Ron Vawter (''sex, lies, and videotape'' and ''King of The Hill'')

Jeroen Krabbe (''Kafka'', ''King of the Hill'' and ''Ocean's Twelve'')

Joe Chrest (''King of the Hill'', ''The Underneath'', ''Schizopolis'', ''Out of Sight'', ''Erin Brockovich'', ''Full Frontal'', ''Ocean's Thirteen'' and ''The Informant!'')

Spalding Gray (''King of the Hill'', ''Gray's Anatomy'' and ''And Everything is Going Fine'')

Eddie Jemison (''Schizopolis'', ''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''Ocean's Thirteen'', and ''The Informant!'')

Don Cheadle (''Out of Sight'', ''Traffic'', ''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen'')

George Clooney (''Out of Sight'', ''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Solaris'', ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''The Good German'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen'')

Viola Davis (''Out of Sight'', ''Traffic'' and ''Solaris'')

Luis Guzmán (''Out of Sight'', ''The Limey'', and ''Traffic'')

Catherine Keener (''Out of Sight'' and ''Full Frontal'')

Terrence Stamp (''The Limey'' and ''Full Frontal'')

Albert Finney (''Erin Brockovich'', ''Traffic'' and ''Ocean's Twelve'')

Julia Roberts (''Erin Brockovich'', ''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Full Frontal'' and ''Ocean's Twelve'')

Michael Douglas (''Traffic'', ''Haywire'' and ''Behind the Candelabra'')

Topher Grace (''Traffic'', ''Ocean's Eleven'' and ''Ocean's Twelve'')

Benicio del Toro (''Traffic'' and ''Che'')

Catherine Zeta-Jones (''Traffic'', ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''The Bitter Pill'')

Matt Damon (''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''Ocean's Thirteen'', ''Che Part 2: Guerrilla'', ''The Informant!'', ''Contagion'' and ''Behind the Candelabra'')

Elliott Gould (''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''Ocean's Thirteen'' and ''Contagion'')

Brad Pitt (''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Full Frontal'', ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen'')

Enrico Colantoni (''Full Frontal'' and ''Contagion'')

Channing Tatum (''Haywire'', ''Magic Mike'' and ''The Bitter Pill'')

"I've always gotten along with them," says Soderbergh of actors, "I try and make sure they're OK, and when they're in the zone, I leave them alone. I don't get in their way." His non-intrusive directorial style has attracted repeat performances by many high-profile movie stars. Julia Roberts had supporting roles in ''Ocean's Eleven'', ''Ocean's Twelve'', and ''Full Frontal'', and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead in ''Erin Brockovich''. Benicio del Toro, who also won an Academy Award for his work in a Soderbergh film (''Traffic''), later starred in ''Guerrilla'' and ''The Argentine''. Catherine Zeta-Jones won a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Helena in ''Traffic'' (2000) and reteamed with him for box-office hit ''Ocean's Twelve'' (2004). But the actor he has collaborated most frequently with is George Clooney, who played the leading role six of his films, and with whom he co-owned the film production company, Section Eight Productions. Section Eight produced the critical hits ''Far From Heaven'', ''Insomnia'', and ''Syriana'' as well as the Clooney-directed films ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' and ''Good Night, and Good Luck''.

Soderbergh often acts as his own director of photography under the alias of Peter Andrews and occasionally as his own editor under the alias of Mary Ann Bernard. While shooting ''Traffic'', Soderbergh wanted a credit of "Photographed and Directed by". The Writer's Guild (WGA) wouldn't allow another credit ahead of the writer. Because Soderbergh didn't want his name used more than once, he adopted a pseudonym, Peter Andrews, his father's first and middle names.

Soderbergh often utilizes Cliff Martinez to construct/compose the soundtracks to his movies, and when not cutting his own films, he relies on editor Stephen Mirrione.

Aesthetics[link]

Soderbergh has made big-budget Hollywood films as well as art-house independent films; works with above-the-title movie stars and unknowns; directs adaptations and original material, both of which written by himself as well as other screenwriters. His versatility is also apparent with the genres which he chooses to film and his trades as a filmmaker behind the scenes. ''Traffic'' screenwriter and ''Syriana'' director Stephen Gaghan named Soderbergh "the Michael Jordan of filmmaking" for his ability to assume so many distinct roles in film production.

While Soderbergh is enamoured of dialogue, Soderbergh's incorporation of score and montage are equally prevalent in his story-telling. Even Soderbergh's light-hearted affairs, such as ''Out of Sight'' and ''Ocean's 11'', contain scenes where images and score are the dominant story-telling mechanisms. Films such as ''Solaris'' and ''Traffic'' are heavily layered in scenes absent of dialogue altogether. Cliff Martinez, a frequent collaborator with Soderbergh, composes many of the scores that provide Soderbergh with the thematic and sonic landscapes into which he inserts his characters.

But while Soderbergh's subject matter is highly varied, many of his films feature as a central theme the exploration of the act or moral consequences of lying. For example, the protagonists in two early films, ''King of the Hill'' and ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'', are both pathological liars (one in training, one in recovery), while most of the characters in all three Oceans films are con artists. It is interesting to note that he directed Spalding Gray in ''Gray's Anatomy'' after ''King of the Hill'', an actor who often commented that he was unable to "make anything up". ''Full Frontal'' is another film in this thread, where seemingly the fundamental dishonesty of the entire filmmaking process is exposed. More distantly, Soderbergh's interest in rhyming slang, as seen in ''The Limey'' and the Oceans films, may be seen as part of this theme, based on the conjectured origin of rhyming slang as a language game.

In his review of ''Full Frontal'' film critic Roger Ebert commented that, "Every once in a while, perhaps as an exercise in humility, Steven Soderbergh makes a truly inexplicable film... A film so amateurish that only the professionalism of some of the actors makes it watchable... It's the kind of film where you need the director telling you what he meant to do and what went wrong and how the actors screwed up and how there was no money for retakes, etc." About Soderbergh's film, ''The Good German'' and his emphasis on style over substance, film critic Richard Roeper commented that the film had to offer, "a lot of style. Not so much with the plot."

Soderbergh has, nonetheless, been dubbed a stylistic chameleon by Anne Thompson of ''Premiere Magazine''. Drew Morton has extensively researched Soderbergh and has tied him to a modern movement much like the French New Wave.

Soderbergh also has a track record of honorable contributions in the cinematic arts; when the papers of Terry Southern were potentially in limbo following his untimely death in 1995, Soderbergh purchased and then donated the papers to the New York Public Library. ''Naqoyqatsi'', the final chapter of the ''Qatsi'' trilogy, was completed after a delay of more than 10 years, only after Soderbergh stepped in to provide the necessary funding.

Views[link]

Soderbergh claims to not be a fan of possessory credits, and prefers not to have his name front and center at the start of a film. "The fact that I'm not an identifiable brand is very freeing," says Soderbergh, "because people get tired of brands and they switch brands. I've never had a desire to be out in front of anything, which is why I don't take a possessory credit."

On Monday, April 5, 2009, Soderbergh appeared before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, and "cited the French initiative in asking lawmakers to deputize the American film industry to pursue copyright pirates," indicating he supports anti-piracy laws and Internet regulation.

Personal life[link]

Soderbergh is married to writer/journalist Jules Asner, whom he often credits for influencing his female characters. Soderbergh claims he no longer reads reviews of his movies. "After Traffic I just stopped completely", says the director. "After winning the LA and New York film critics awards, I really felt like, this can only get worse". Steven has a daughter with his first wife, Betsy Brantley. He also has a daughter, from an out of wedlock relationship.

Soderbergh lives in New York City. He is an atheist.

Filmography[link]

Director[link]

''Kafka (film) ''King of the Hill (film) ''The Underneath (film) ''Gray's Anatomy (film) ''Out of Sight'' ''The Limey'' ''Erin Brockovich (film) ''Ocean's Eleven (2001 film) ''Full Frontal (film) ''Ocean's Twelve'' ''Bubble (film) ''The Good German'' ''Ocean's Thirteen'' ''Che (film) ''The Girlfriend Experience'' ''And Everything Is Going Fine'' ''Contagion (film) ''Haywire (film) ''The Bitter Pill''

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	Title	Oscar nominations	Oscar wins
1989	''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''	1 (Original Screenplay)
1991	Kafka'' ||
1993	King of the Hill'' ||
1995	The Underneath'' ||
rowspan="2">1996	Gray's Anatomy'' ||
''Schizopolis''
1998	|	2
1999	|
rowspan="2"	2000	Erin Brockovich'' ||	5 (incl. Best Director)	1
''Traffic (2000 film)	Traffic''	5 (incl. Best Director)
2001	Ocean's Eleven'' ||||
rowspan="2"	2002	Full Frontal'' ||
''Solaris (2002 film)	Solaris''
2004	|
2005	Bubble'' ||
2006	|	1
2007	|
2008	Che'' ||
rowspan="2"	2009	|
''The Informant	''
2010	|
2011	Contagion'' ||
rowspan="2">2012	Haywire'' ||
''Magic Mike''
2013	|

Screenwriter[link]

1989: ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''

1993: ''King of the Hill''

1995: ''The Underneath'' as Sam Lowry

1996: ''Schizopolis''

1997: ''Nightwatch''

2002: ''Solaris''

2004: ''Eros'' – the segment "Equilibrium"

Cinematographer[link]

1996: ''Schizopolis''

2000: ''Traffic'' – as Peter Andrews

2001: ''Ocean's Eleven'' – as Peter Andrews

2002: ''Full Frontal'' – as Peter Andrews

2002: ''Solaris'' – as Peter Andrews

2004: ''Ocean's Twelve'' – as Peter Andrews

2004: ''Eros'' – the segment "Equilibrium"

2006: ''Bubble'' – as Peter Andrews

2006: ''The Good German'' – as Peter Andrews

2007: ''Ocean's Thirteen'' – as Peter Andrews

2008: ''Che'' – as Peter Andrews

2009: ''The Girlfriend Experience'' – as Peter Andrews

2009: ''The Informant!'' – as Peter Andrews

2011: ''Contagion'' – as Peter Andrews

2011: ''Haywire'' – as Peter Andrews

Editor[link]

1989: ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''

1991: ''Kafka''

1993: ''King of the Hill''

2002: ''Solaris'' – as Mary Ann Bernard

2004: ''Eros'' – the segment "Equilibrium"

2006: ''Bubble'' – as Mary Ann Bernard

2006: ''The Good German'' – as Mary Ann Bernard

2009: ''The Girlfriend Experience'' – as Mary Ann Bernard

2012: ''Haywire'' – as Mary Ann Bernard

Producer[link]

1994: ''Suture''

1996: ''The Daytrippers''

1998: ''Pleasantville''

2002: ''Far from Heaven''

2002: ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''

2002: ''Insomnia''

2002: ''Welcome to Collinwood''

2002: ''Naqoyqatsi''

2004: ''Keane''

2004: ''Criminal''

2005: ''Syriana''

2005: ''Good Night, and Good Luck''

2005: ''The Jacket''

2005: ''Rumor Has It...''

2006: ''Pu-239''

2006: ''A Scanner Darkly''

2007: ''I'm Not There''

2007: ''Michael Clayton''

2007: ''Wind Chill''

2008: ''Tishomingo Blues'' [in limbo]

2009: ''Solitary Man''

2011: ''We Need to Talk About Kevin''

Audio commentaries[link]

On his own films[link]

''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'', with filmmaker Neil LaBute

''Schizopolis''

''Out of Sight'', with screenwriter Scott Frank

''The Limey'', with screenwriter Lem Dobbs

''Traffic'', with screenwriter Stephen Gaghan

''Ocean's Eleven'', with screenwriter Ted Griffin

''Full Frontal'', with screenwriter Coleman Hough

''Solaris'', with producer James Cameron

''Ocean's Twelve'', with screenwriter George Nolfi (Blu-ray only)

''Bubble'', with filmmaker Mark Romanek

''Ocean's Thirteen'', with screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Blu-ray only)

''The Girlfriend Experience'', with actress Sasha Grey

''The Informant!'', with screenwriter Scott Z. Burns (Blu-ray only)

On other films[link]

''Apartment Zero'', with screenwriter/producer David Koepp

''Billy Budd'', with actor Terence Stamp

''Catch-22'', with director Mike Nichols

''Clean, Shaven'', with director Lodge Kerrigan

''The Graduate'', with director Mike Nichols

''Point Blank'', with director John Boorman

''Seabiscuit'', with director Gary Ross

''The Third Man'', with screenwriter Tony Gilroy

''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', with director Mike Nichols

''The Yards'', with director James Gray

References[link]

Further reading[link]

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External links[link]

Steven Soderbergh Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)

Steven Soderbergh: Interviews

Everhip interview with Steven Soderbergh about making The Girlfriend Experience

NPR: ''Bubble'' (01/2006)

''Wired'' interview (12/2005)

''Guardian'' interview (02/2003)

French New Wave Influences in Steven Soderbergh (05/2003)

Steven Soderbergh on The Girlfriend Experience (April 30, 2009)

'Che': Soderbergh's Own Revolution? by Lisa Collins, ''New York Post'', October 31, 2008

"Soderbergh Takes A Revolutionary Approach to 'Che'" by Mark Olsen, ''LA Times'', October 31, 2008

Steven Soderbergh interview by Scott Tobias, ''The Onion A.V. Club'', January 5, 2009

Steven Soderbergh Wants a Revolution interview by Foster Kamer, ''Black Books'', December 29, 2008

The Rumpus Long Interview with Steven Soderbergh by Scott Hitchins, ''The Rumpus'', January 19, 2009

Steven Soderbergh: "I can see the end of my career" by Henry Barnes, ''Guardian'', July 14, 2009

Literature on Steven Soderbergh

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name	Cliff Martinez
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth date	February 05, 1954
Birth place	The Bronx, New York City
instrument	Drums, percussion, cristal baschet, keyboards
genre	Film score, punk rock, funk rock, experimental rock, industrial
occupation	Musician, Songwriter
years active	1983–present
label	EMI
associated acts	Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies, Captain Beefheart, Lydia Lunch, The Weirdos
website	cliff-martinez.com
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Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American film score composer and former drummer known for his work with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart. Martinez's film scores include, ''Drive'', ''Contagion'' and ''Traffic''.

On April 14, 2012, Martinez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Biography[link]

Cliff Martinez was born in the Bronx, New York. Raised in Columbus, Ohio, his first job composing was for the popular television show Pee Wee's Playhouse. At the time, however, he was more interested in rock bands, and played drums in a variety of them, mostly in a temporary capacity.

Red Hot Chili Peppers (1983-1986)[link]

After several years drumming for such acts as Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, Lydia Lunch and The Weirdos, in late 1983, he and Jack Sherman were drafted in to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the recording of their eponymous first album after Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak left the band to concentrate on their other project at the time, What Is This? Eventually, tensions between Sherman and his fellow band members culminated in Sherman being fired and Slovak returning for the second album, ''Freaky Styley''. Irons however, was still committed to What Is This?, so Martinez again stepped behind the kit for the recording of Freaky Styley and its subsequent tour. During the recording of demos for the third album ''The Uplift Mofo Party Plan'', the rest of the band felt that the drummer's 'heart was no longer in the band', but as he wouldn't quit Anthony Kiedis and Flea fired him, and Irons returned.

It was announced on February 11, 2012 that Martinez will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The ceremony will be April 14, 2012. Martinez performed with the band for the first time in 26 years when he joined them along with former drummer Jack Irons on their hit song, "Give it Away" during the ceremony.

Film composing[link]

Eventually, Martinez' interests shifted and he focused his attention toward film scoring. His first soundtrack was for the film ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'', directed by Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh would later call on Martinez to produce soundtracks for a number of his films, notably ''Traffic'' in 2000 and Soderbergh's 2002 adaptation of Stanisław Lem's novel ''Solaris''.

Composer discography[link]

''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989)

''Pump Up the Volume'' (1990)

''Kafka'' (1991)

''Black Magic'' (1992)

''King of the Hill'' (1993)

''Underneath'' (1995)

''Gray's Anatomy'' (1996)

''Schizopolis'' (1996)(Uncredited)

''Wicked'' (1998)

''The Limey'' (1999)

''Traffic'' (2000)

''Narc'' (2002)

''Solaris'' (2002)

''Wonderland'' (2003)

''Wicker Park'' (2004)

''Havoc'' (2005)

''First Snow'' (2006)

''Espion(s)'' (2009)

''In the Beginning'' (2009)

''The Lincoln Lawyer'' (2011)

''Drive'' (2011)

''Contagion'' (2011)

''Arbitrage'' (2012)

''Only God Forgives'' (2012)

''The Company You Keep'' (2012)

Discography[link]

The Weirdos[link]

''Weird World'' (compilation)

Lydia Lunch[link]

''13:13'' (1982)

''Stinkfist'' (1986)

Captain Beefheart[link]

''Ice Cream for Crow'' (1982)

Red Hot Chili Peppers[link]

''The Red Hot Chili Peppers'' (1984)

''Freaky Styley'' (1985)

''The Uplift Mofo Party Plan'' (1987)

*Did not perform: Co-wrote Walkin' On Down the Road

''The Abbey Road E.P.'' - (1988)

''What Hits!?'' - (1992)

''Out in L.A. - (1994)

''Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers - (1998)

The Dickies[link]

''Killer Clowns From Outer Space'' (1988)

''The Second Coming'' (1989)

''Locked N' Loaded Live in London'' (1991)

''Idjit Savant'' (1994)

References[link]

External links[link]

Category:American film score composers Category:American rock drummers Category:Red Hot Chili Peppers members Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:The Magic Band members

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Name	Ronald A. Williams
Birth date	1949, Chicago Illinois
Alma mater	Roosevelt University (BA)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Founder, RW2 Enterprises, LLC, Former Chairman and CEO, Aetna Inc. }}

Ronald Allen "Ron" Williams is an American businessman, entrepreneur and management consultant. He is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aetna Inc., a leading diversified benefits company.

Aetna Leadership [link]

Ron Williams served as both Chairman and CEO of Aetna until November 2010 and as Chairman through April 2011.^[1] He also served as Chairman of the Aetna Foundation from 2006 to April of 2011.^[2] During Williams' tenure, Aetna was named Fortune's most admired Company in the Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care category for three consecutive years.^[3] Aetna 2011 revenues were $34 billion and the firm ranked 77th on the Fortune 100 list. ^[4]

Joining Aetna in 2001, Williams focused on transforming the company's strategy, culture, operating performance and financial results. In 2002, Williams was named President and joined Aetna's Board. He was named CEO in February 2006 and Chairman of the Board in October 2006. In 2001, Aetna reported a net loss from continuing operations of $292 million^[5] and earnings per share loss from continuing operations of $0.46. In 2011, full year operating earnings were $2.0 billion with operating earnings per share of $5.17 producing a 12.3 percent operating EPS CAGR over the last five years.^[6]

Under Williams' leadership, Aetna sought to make a positive impact on health care in America by serving as a catalyst for change, focusing the industry, public policy leaders, physicians and employers on issues aimed at increasing access and affordability, and transforming American health care into a more efficient system that delivers greater value to all Americans.^[7] He has championed specific reforms in numerous broadcast media interviews and authored or co-authored op-ed articles in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Financial Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligence.^[8][9]

Business Leadership [link]

Williams currently serves on the Board of Directors of American Express,^[10] Boeing^[11] and Johnson and Johnson.^[12] He is also an advisor to the private equity firm, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC.,^[13] and serves on the board, and as Chairman of Emergency Medical Services Corporation (EMSC), a leading provider of facility-based physician services and medical transportation services in the U.S.^[14]

In January 2010, he co-chaired the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.^[15] He also previously served as vice chairman of The Business Council from 2008-2010,^[16] vice chairman of the Health Leadership Council,^[17] and chairman of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH).^[18] Since 2002, Williams has served on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's North America Executive Board.^[19] He also is an advisor to The Wall Street Journal CEO Council^[20] and a former member of the GE Healthymagination Advisory Committee.^[21]

Public Service [link]

In March 2011, Williams was appointed to the President's Management Advisory Board, which was assembled by President Obama.^[22] He also serves on the boards of the Peterson Institute for International Economics^[23] and Save the Children.^[24]

Early Business Career [link]

Prior to joining Aetna, Williams served as Group President, and President of WellPoint Health Networks' Blue Cross of California subsidiary, having joined WellPoint's predecessor firm, Blue Cross of California in 1987. Previously, he was co-founder of Visa Health Corp. and group marketing executive of Control Data Corp.^[25]

Current Career Focus [link]

Following his retirement from Aetna, Williams formed RW2 Enterprises, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to serving American business and society. He speaks to and consults with senior corporate executives of Fortune 100 companies,^[26] start-ups and the health care industry. He continues to champion value creation in health care both in the U.S. and abroad, paying particular attention to addressing critical societal and economic issues related to the increased prevalence of chronic diseases.^[27]

Education [link]

Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Roosevelt University and a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management.^[28]

External Activities, Awards and Recognition [link]

Williams is actively engaged in public service and philanthropy. He also appears frequently in the news media.^[29] During his career, Williams has received media recognition and other awards including: Modern Healthcare "100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare 2009,"^[30] Black Enterprise "100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America, 2009,"^[31] Institutional Investor Magazine's 2009 "America's Best CEOs Health Care - Managed Care category"^[32]

References[link]

1. Aetna 2010 Annual Report

2. Aetna Foundation History Timeline

3. Fortune "Most Admired Companies", Aetna 2009 Annual Report

4. Fortune 500 May 2011, CNNMoney, May 23, 2011

5. Aetna 2002 Annual Financial Report

6. Ron Williams Official Bio

7. Aetna Chairman And CEO Ron Williams Testifies On Need For Fundamental Health Care Reform Before Senate HELP Committee

8. Ron Williams Official Bio 2012

9. Aetna Executive Bio

10. American Express Board of Directors

11. Boeing Board of Directors

12. Johnson & Johnson Board of Directors

13. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Advisors

14. Emergency Medical Services Corporate Board of Directors

15. World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010

16. The Business Council Graduate Member Directory

17. Prognosis: A Healthcare Blog, "It's not etched in stone" Ron Williams, December 10, 2010, Healthcare Leadership Council

18. CAQH 2007 Press Release

19. MIT Sloan North American Executive Board

20. WSJ CEO Council

21. GE Healthymagination

22. President's Management Advisory Board, The White House, www.whitehouse.gov

23. Peterson International Institute for Economics Board of Directors

24. http://www.savethechildren.org

25. Ron Williams Official Bio 2012

26. About Ron Williams

27. WEF report Global Population Ageing: Peril or Promise, See Chapter 16 “The Challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases and Geriatric Conditions,” Ronald A. Williams and Randall Krakauer, M.D., January 2011

28. MIT MBA Program Featured Alumni

29. Ron Williams Media

30. Modern Healthcare "100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare," 2009

31. "The 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America", by Sonia Alleyne, Black Enterprise, February 25, 2010

32. Aetna's CEO Williams Tops Industry List for "America's Best CEOs", Aetna News Release, May 22, 2009

External links [link]

Official bio, http://www.ronwilliams.net/

Articles and appearances, http://www.ronwilliams.net/media

Aetna Inc., http://www.aetna.com/

WSJ CEO Council 2011 Special Report, http://ceocouncil.wsj.com/pdf/CEO_Council_2011_Special%20Report.pdf

How the Experts Would Fix Health Care, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, February 23, 2012

Fix This: Health Care, Bloomberg BusinessWeek Conversation (videos), February 23, 2012

Category:American Express Category:MIT Sloan School of Management alumni Category:American chief executives Category:Living people

Parker Morse Bohn III (born July 13, 1963) is a left-handed American professional bowler and has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association since 1984. He currently ranks sixth all-time with 32 career PBA titles, and has earned over $2.7 million in PBA events—good for fourth on the all-time list. Bohn also won the $150,000 winner-take-all prize in the 2008 Motel 6 ''Roll to Riches'' event, but the earnings in this event do not count toward PBA career totals. Through the end of the 2010-11 season, he has thrown 86 career perfect 300 games in PBA competition, including one of the PBA's 19 nationally-televised 300 games at the 1998 ABC (USBC) Masters in Reno, Nevada.

Bohn's best career stretch was from 1997 through 2001-02, during which he won 18 titles overall and at least one title each season. His best single season came in 1999, when he won five titles and earned PBA Player of the Year honors. The '99 season featured a streak in which Parker won eight consecutive televised matches. His 1999 single-season average record of 228.03 ranks third all-time (topped only by Norm Duke's 228.47 in 2006-07 and Walter Ray Williams' 228.34 in 2007-08). He would also be named Player of the Year in the 2001-02 season, a year highlighted by his only major championship title (2001 ABC Masters). Bohn is a four-time winner of the PBA's Steve Nagy Sportsmanship award. He is a member of both the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame.

Highly active in promoting youth bowling, Bohn has established an annual Parker Bohn III Youth Scholarship Tournament. Since its inception in 1999, the tournament has awarded over $33,000 to junior bowlers in the form of college scholarships.

Personal[link]

Bohn was born in Jackson Township, New Jersey. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife, Leslie, and three children, Justin, Brandon, and Sydney. He has two adult sons from his first marriage. He is the brother-in-law of fellow PBA bowler, Doug Kent (Doug's wife Chrissie and Parker's wife Leslie are sisters). Parker Bohn (the first), PBIII's grandfather, was a five-time stock car (Modifieds and Sportsmen) racing champion at Wall (NJ) Stadium near his home at the Jersey Shore.

In the media[link]

Besides making regular appearances on ABC-TV, CBS-TV and ESPN during his years on the PBA tour, Bohn has authored a book (with text by Dan Herbst) called ''Bowling: How to Master the Game'' (Universe Publishing).

A bowling arcade game also bears his name: Parker Bohn III Pro Bowler. The full-motion video game features audio voice-over by Parker himself.

Bohn appeared in the movie ''Kingpin'' with Woody Harrelson for a brief scene. He also appeared as Frank Cache in episode 10 of the Japanese television drama ''Golden Bowl'', bowling against Shu Akutagawa (played by Takeshi Kaneshiro.) He even bowled right-handed, deliberately throwing the game to show his disdain for his opponent.

Awards and recognition[link]

Inducted into PBA Hall of Fame, 2000

Inducted into USBC Hall of Fame, 2007

PBA Player of the Year (1999, 2001-02)

Harry Smith PBA Points Leader award (1999, 2001-02)

George Young PBA High Average award (1999, 2001-02)

Steve Nagy Sportsmanship award (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)

Ranked #10 in the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years"

Won the 2011 BPAA Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador award

References[link]

External links[link]

Official Parker Bohn website

Official website of the Professional Bowlers Association

Category:1963 births Category:American bowling players Category:Living people Category:People from Jackson Township, New Jersey

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