Date of Birth: Mon, Jan 14, 1963
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Steven Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963, in Atlanta, GA, USA, as the second of six children, and while still at a very young age, his family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father, Peter Soderbergh, was a professor and the dean of the College of Education at Louisiana State University. While still in high school, around the age of 15, Soderbergh enrolled in the universitys film animation class and began making short 16mm films with secondhand equipment, one of which was the short film Janitor. After graduating high school, he went to Hollywood, where he worked as a freelance editor. His time there was brief, and shortly after, he returned home and continued making short films and writing scripts.