Cousteau (Malle won it aged 23). For his script, Soderbergh received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 62nd Academy Awards. Soderbergh was nominated twice for Best Director for two separate films at the 73rd Academy Awards, the first occurrence of such an event since 1938. Apart from his first nomination (Erin Brockovich), he won the award for Traffic. When the same thing happened at the Directors Guild of America Awards, the Associated Press called the category a "Soderbergh vs. Soderbergh" contest. For his work of Erin Brockovich and Traffic, Soderbergh became one of the five directors (alongside Quentin Tarantino, Curtis Hanson, David Fincher, and Barry Jenkins) to ever sweep "The Big Four" critics awards (LAFCA, NBR, NYFCC, NSFC), as well as the first director shares two separate films to win at the same year and the first and only to win Academy Award for Best Director from the film's latter. Reception Critical, public and commercial reception to Soderbergh's directorial feature films as of August 29, 2022. As of 2018, Soderbergh's entire feature filmography has grossed over US$2.2 billion worldwide in sales. Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Thirteen, Out of Sight, Logan Lucky and No Sudden Move were named among the "88 Best Heist Movies of All Time" by Rotten Tomatoes. His film Out of Sight was listed as one of the best movies of the 1990s by Rolling Stone. ReferencesSources''' Waxman, Sharon (2005). Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System. New York: HarperEntertainment. . deWaard, Andrew, and R. Colin Tait (2013). The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh: Indie Sex, Corporate Lies, and Digital Videotape. New York: Wallflower/Columbia University Press. Baker, Aaron (2011). Steven Soderbergh. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Gallagher, Mark (2013). Another Steven Soderbergh Experience: Authorship and Contemporary Hollywood. Austin: University of Texas Press. Wood, Jason (2002). Steven Soderbergh. Harpenden, UK: Pocket Essentials. Palmer, R. Barton, and Steven Sanders (2011). The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh''. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Further reading External links Steven Soderbergh Bibliography (via UC Berkeley) Steven Soderbergh: Interviews 1963 births American cinematographers American documentary film producers American film directors American film producers American male screenwriters American people of Irish descent American people of Italian descent American people of Swedish descent Best Directing Academy Award winners Directors Guild of America Award winners Directors of Palme d'Or winners English-language film directors Independent Spirit Award for