Section Eight Productions, or just Section Eight, was an American film production company founded in late 1999 by

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Steven Soderbergh Steven Andrew Soderbergh ( ; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern Independent film, independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventiv ...

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/director George Clooney, following the success of the film '' Out of Sight''. The company's predecessors was Mirador Entertainment, with partner Deborah Leoni (joined July 1996) and Maysville Pictures (formerly Left Bank Productions) with partner Robert Lawrence, both of these were formed in 1996, and also founded by George Clooney. When the company formed, the company signed a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, and took the exiting Maysville staff with them, including Ben Cosgrove, who was with Maysville before Section Eight was formed. It produced the critical hits '' Far from Heaven'', ''

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Syriana ''Syriana'' is a 2005 American political thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, loosely based on Robert Baer's 2003 memoir '' See No Evil''. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wr ...

'', '' A Scanner Darkly'' and '' Michael Clayton'', as well as Clooney-directed films '' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' and '' Good Night, and Good Luck''. In 2005, ''Syriana'' and ''Good Night, and Good Luck'' picked up eight Oscars nominations between them. In 2003, the company set up a television division, led by Grant Heslov. 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.

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New York Times, January 18, 2005: ''Trying to Combine Art and Box Office in Hollywood''
— ''article about Section Eight, Clooney, & Soderbergh''. Entertainment companies established in 1999 Mass media companies established in 1999 Mass media companies disestablished in 2006 Defunct American film studios Film production companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California 1999 establishments in California 2006 disestablishments in California George Clooney {{US-film-company-stub