Section Eight Productions
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| Company type | Production company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | Maysville Pictures |
| Founded | December 1999 |
| Founders | George Clooney Steven Soderbergh |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Fate | Defunct |
| Successor | Smokehouse Pictures |
Key people | Jennifer Fox Gregory Jacobs Ben Cosgrove |
Section Eight Productions, or just Section Eight, was an American film production company founded in December 1999 by film director Steven Soderbergh and actor/director George Clooney, following the success of the film Out of Sight.[1]
The company's predecessors was Mirador Entertainment, with partner Deborah Leoni (joined July 1996) and Maysville Pictures (formerly Left Bank Productions) with partner Robert Lawrence, both of these were formed in 1996, and also founded by George Clooney. When the company formed, the company signed a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, and took the exiting Maysville staff with them, including Ben Cosgrove, who was with Maysville before Section Eight was formed.[2][3]
It produced the critical hits Far from Heaven, Insomnia, Syriana,[4] A Scanner Darkly and Michael Clayton, as well as Clooney-directed films Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck.[4] In 2005, Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck picked up eight Oscars nominations between them.
In 2003, the company set up a television division, led by Grant Heslov.[5]
With Soderbergh citing a desire to focus on directing, and Clooney forming production company Smokehouse Pictures with Grant Heslov, the two decided to shut down Section Eight at the end of 2006.[4]
Films
[edit | edit source]| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven[4] | 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[4] | 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 |
Notes and references
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External links
[edit | edit source]- New York Times, January 18, 2005: Trying to Combine Art and Box Office in Hollywood — article about Section Eight, Clooney, & Soderbergh.
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- Entertainment companies established in 1999
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- Defunct American film studios
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- George Clooney
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