An early adopter of all and any filmmaking techniques, when director Steven Soderbergh isn’t innovating on his own (he’s a forerunner of digital filmmaking), mentoring talent, or writing three screenplays in the middle of a pandemic, he’s often acting as a godfather, advisor, and no-fee broker on a project simply because he believes in the artists involved and has always had an eye for talent.
He famously helped give the Russo brothers their start after being impressed with their Slamdance debut “Pieces” in 1997 (and he went to bat for them when vying for the directing job of “Captain America: Winter Soldier” at Marvel) and urged Warner Bros.
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