Biography
Stephen Gonberg is an American director, a screenwriter and a producer, who is considered one of the founders of the independent cinema movement and stands in a number of the most prolific cinematographers of his generation. His films have collected more than $ 2.2 billion around the world and received 9 nominations for the Oscar premium, 7 of which won. In addition, Goluborg became the youngest director, in the age of 26 who won the Golden Palm Branch at the Cannes Film Festival.Childhood and youth
Stephen Andrew Godberg was born in Atlanta January 14, 1963. His father Peter Andrew Godberg worked as a teacher at the University of Georgia, Mary Ann Bernard was engaged in raising his son. The family moved several times from the state of the staff and ultimately assieved in the city of Baton Rouge in Louisiana, where his father became the dean of a local university.
At school, Stephen became interested in the art of cinematography, he entered specialized courses, where he created the first films in the genre of a short meter.
In the youth, Godberg moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a composer of a gaming show and a freelance film stage, and in 1985 he released the Debut film "9012 LIVE", dedicated to the work of the YES musical group, for which was immediately nominated for the Grammy Award.
Films
The large directorial debut of Stephen took place in 1989, when the film "Sex, Lies and Video" was released on the screens. The author presented this work at the Cannes Film Festival, where Furior, having received many awards, including the "golden palm branch". The picture gathered $ 36.7 million at the box office and became the catalyst for the movement of an independent film in the 1990s. Critics called Sodberga with sensation and advanced, and his first creation was recognized as culturally and aesthetically significant.
For loud success, the failure followed. The film-biography of Kafka with Jeremy Irons in the lead role returned only one tenth of the budget, and the "king of the mountains" and "there inside" were defeated by critics. A little better was the situation with the comedy "Schizopolis", where Godberg was a director, screenwriter, operator and actor.
Presented to the commission of the Cannes Film Festival, the film received cold reviews and before leaving the rental was recycled from the beginning to the end. The work turned out so unusual for the audience perception, which in an interview with journalists and in the opening part the author warned that there is a chance to get confused, causing the interest of the public to a strange movie.
Stephen's revival occurred in 1998, after the release of the picture "Outside of View," where the main roles were played by Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney, followed by the film "An Englishman", who secured the reputation of the master of a witty criminal genre for the director.
In 2000-2001, Sodberg released 2 masterpieces of cinematic art at once: the history of Erin Brockovich and the social drama "Traffic". Both films were nominated to Oscar and won one premium for the "best directorial work" ("Traffic").
In the same years, Stephen continued partnerships with actor George Clooney, who became the star of the film "Eleven Friends of Osuhen." This work had an incredible commercial success, she collected $ 183 million in the United States and $ 450 million around the world and, according to Critics, became the opening of a new era of robbery films.
In 2004, there was a continuation of the epic on talented thieves called "Twelve friends of Oushen", which received the average evaluation of critics due to the prolonged start, complex plot and the ending, which reduced the most part of the action.
2005 Soderberg began with an experiment, adding a picture of the "Bubble" filmography with the participation of non-professional actors. The director was accused of undermining the work of cinemas, since the premiere took place almost simultaneously with the release of the DVD version of the film.
Touching the critics, Stephen released the 3rd part of the adventures of Dani Osuhen, who had 13 friends this time. The film became the last part of the trilogy about the great robbers and almost equal to popularity and fees from the first picture of the series.
In 2008, the director swung on a multi-day project dedicated to the life and feats of the Latin American revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, who, at the end, was presented in the Cannes Film Festival program. And a year later, he switched to adult cinema and removed the "call girl" with Sasha Gray.
In the fall of 2010, Sodberg finished work on the film "Infection", talking about the outbreak of a deadly virus spreading around the world. The director presented the work at the 68th Venice Film Festival, and then released it into a wide range of rental, earning $ 135.5 million. "New York Times" called the picture "smart and creepy thriller about the epidemic, frantic fear and an unscrupulous blogger."
Two years after the premiere of "infection", Stephen announced the intention to leave the cinema and to engage in painting, but changed his mind and after a short creative holiday began to shoot a psychological drama "side effect" with the participation of Juda Low, Rooney Mary, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta Jones, Shown at the International Berlin Film Festival, and then joined the work on the series "Nicerboker Hospital".
In 2014-2017, Sodberg worked on various projects, a special place among which was occupied by the Broadway productions. He returned to the cinema with "Logan's luck" and "not in himself" and resumed cooperation with television, becoming producer, director and operator of the series "Mosaic", the premiere of which was held in January 2018.
Personal life
Stephen Godberg is married to TV presenter Julce Esner and is the father of two children. He is engaged in the upbringing of the eldest daughter from the first wife, who was actress Betsy Brantley, and cares about the younger, which appeared on the light after a short novel with a woman from Australia.
Details of personal life director does not advertise. In Twitter, instead of family-run photos, Stephen publishes creative developments and original ideas, and it does not have an account in Instagram.
Stephen Godberg now
In 2019, Soderberg plans to submit several new directories. The premiere of the film "High Flight Bird" is scheduled for February 8, 2019, and before this work will be demonstrated at the SlamDance Film Festival festival.
Now Stephen removes the political thriller "Laundry" with Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas in the foreground, and also participates in the creation of a mini-series about the life of the Emin-Pasha traveler.
In addition, in 2019, the Gleberg "Cleo" film should be released on the screens, where Katherine Zeta-Johns and Ray Winston played the main roles.
Filmography
- 1989 - "Sex, False and Video"
- 1998 - "out of sight"
- 2000 - Erin Brockovich
- 2000 - "Traffic"
- 2001 - "Eleven friends of Oushen"
- 2002 - "Solaris"
- 2004 - "Twelve friends of Oushen"
- 2007 - "Thirteen Friends of Oshen"
- 2009 - "Call Girl"
- 2011 - "Infection"
- 2013 - "Side Effect"
- 2018 - "Eight girlfriends Oushen"
- 2018 - "Mosaic"
- 2019 - "High Flight Bird"
- 2019 - "Laundry"
- 2019 - "Cleo"