Section Eight Productions

Section Eight Productions was a production company founded in 2000 by film director Steven Soderbergh and film actor George Clooney. It produced the critical hits Far From Heaven, Insomnia, Syriana, 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. With Soderbergh citing a desire to focus on directing, he and Clooney shut down Section Eight at the end of 2006. On August 1 2006, George Clooney started another film production company named Smokehouse Pictures, with friend and long time production partner Grant Heslov.