Steven Soderbergh

Despite being anointed a wunderkind after winning the Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his debut film, “sex, lies and videotape” (1989), director Steven Soderbergh spent the better part of the ensuing decade struggling to find his creative and commercial footing. After following up his Cannes triumph with the baffling “Kafka” (1991), Soderbergh all but disappeared from Hollywood’s radar, thanks to commercial failures like “King of the Hill” (1993) and “The Underneath” (1995). He cleansed his palate with the truly bizarre “Schizopolis" (1997), which helped pave the way for a