Section Eight Productions

Section Eight Productions
Company typeProduction company
IndustryEntertainment
PredecessorMaysville Pictures
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
FoundersGeorge Clooney
Steven Soderbergh
Defunct2006; 18 years ago (2006)
FateDefunct
SuccessorSmokehouse Pictures
Key people
Jennifer Fox
Gregory Jacobs
Ben Cosgrove

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]

  1. ^ Stone, Rob (April 10, 2018). The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run. Columbia University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-231-85124-4.
  2. ^ a b c McLean, Thomas J. (October 13, 2006). "Section Eight goes up in Smoke". Variety. Retrieved August 29, 2021.