Section Eight Productions Explained

Section Eight Productions, or just Section Eight, was an American film production company founded in 2000 by film director Steven Soderbergh and actor/director George Clooney.^[1]

It produced the critical hits Far from Heaven, Insomnia, Syriana,^[2] A Scanner Darkly and Michael Clayton, as well as Clooney-directed films Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck.^[2] 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, and Clooney forming production company Smokehouse Pictures with Grant Heslov, the two decided to shut down Section Eight at the end of 2006.^[2]

Films

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2001	Ocean's Eleven	Steven Soderbergh	Remake of Ocean's Eleven (1960)
2002	Insomnia	Christopher Nolan
	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

External links

• New York Times, January 18, 2005: Trying to Combine Art and Box Office in Hollywood — article about Section Eight, Clooney, & Soderbergh.

Notes and References

1. Book: Stone, Rob. The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run. 2018-04-10. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-85124-4. 13. en.
2. Web site: McLean. Thomas J.. 2006-10-13. Section Eight goes up in Smoke. 2021-08-29. Variety. en.