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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}
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| birth_place = [[Golden Valley, Minnesota]]
| birth_place = [[Golden Valley, Minnesota]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[University of Minnesota]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Minnesota]]
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| occupation = Screenwriter, director, producer
| nationality = American
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| notable_works = ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' <br />''[[The Informant!]]'' <br />''[[Contagion (2011 film)|Contagion]]'' <br />''[[Side Effects (2013 film)|Side Effects]]'' <br />''[[The Laundromat (2019 film)|The Laundromat]]''
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'''Scott Z. Burns''' (born 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/movies|title=Movies|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
'''Scott Z. Burns''' (born July 17, 1962) is an American filmmaker and playwright.


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== Early life and education ==
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==Career==
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On {{start date and age|1962|7|17|paren=y}}, Burns was born in [[Golden Valley, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/11823536.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121014957/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/11823536.html |url-status=dead |title=Star Tribune |website=[[Star Tribune]] |archive-date=2012-01-21 }}</ref>
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After graduating from the [[University of Minnesota]], Burns began his career in advertising and later became a television commercials director. He was part of the team at [[Goodby, Silverstein & Partners]] responsible for the original [[Got Milk?]] campaign.<ref>https://mediax.stanford.edu/about/scott-z-burns/</ref><ref>https://www.shootonline.com/news/writer-director-scott-z-burns-reflects-report</ref>


In 1985, Burns graduated ''[[wikt:summa cum laude|summa cum laude]]'' with a degree in English from the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cla.umn.edu/alumni/ana.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116215046/http://cla.umn.edu/alumni/ana.php |url-status=dead |website=Cla.umn.edu |archive-date=2011-01-16 |title=CLA Alumni of Notable Achievement }}</ref>
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Burns has written screenplays for ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' (2007), ''[[The Informant!]]'' (2009), and ''[[Contagion (2011 film)|Contagion]]'' (2011), all of which feature [[Matt Damon]]. His films ''The Informant!'', ''Contagion,'' and ''[[Side Effects (2013 film)|Side Effects]]'' (2013) were directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/movies/steven-soderberghs-caper-film-side-effects.html|title=May Cause Greed, Lust or Retirement|first=A. O.|last=Scott|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 7, 2013}}</ref> Burns also produced the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''. Burns wrote and directed the 2019 film ''[[The Report (2019 film)|The Report]]'', a drama about the secret torture program inside the CIA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/the-torture-report-movie-tim-blake-nelson-ben-mckenzie-matthew-rhys-added-cast-1202380641/|title='The Torture Report': Tim Blake Nelson, Ben McKenzie, Matthew Rhys & More Round Cast Of CIA Drama – Cannes|first1=Amanda|last1=N'Duka|date=May 1, 2018}}</ref>


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== Career ==
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Public interest in Burns' 2011 film ''[[Contagion (2011 film)|Contagion]]'' renewed during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], making it the seventh-most downloaded film on [[iTunes]] by March 6, 2020.<ref>{{citation|date=March 6, 2020 |title=Pandemic movie 'Contagion' is surging in popularity due to the coronavirus and has hit the No. 7 spot on iTunes|publisher=[[Business Insider]]|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-contagion-movie-is-surging-in-piracy-rentals-on-itunes-2020-3|accessdate=March 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{citation|date=March 4, 2020|title='Contagion,' Steven Soderbergh's 2011 Thriller, Is Climbing Up the Charts|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/business/media/coronavirus-contagion-movie.html |accessdate=March 25, 2020}}</ref> Interviewed by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' about the film's resurgence and similarities to the active pandemic in March 2020, Burns said:
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After graduating from the [[University of Minnesota]], Burns began his career in advertising, later becoming a television commercials director. He was part of the team at [[Goodby, Silverstein & Partners]] that created the original [[Got Milk?]] campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mediax.stanford.edu/about/scott-z-burns/ |title=Scott Z. Burns }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.shootonline.com/news/writer-director-scott-z-burns-reflects-report |title=Writer-Director Scott Z. Burns Reflects on "The Report" |first=Robert |last=Goldrich |date=2019-10-25 |work=Shoot Online }}</ref>


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Burns has written screenplays for ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' (2007), ''[[The Informant!]]'' (2009), and ''[[Contagion (2011 film)|Contagion]]'' (2011), all of which feature [[Matt Damon]]. His films ''The Informant!'' (2009), ''Contagion'' (2011), and ''[[Side Effects (2013 film)|Side Effects]]'' (2013) were directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/movies/steven-soderberghs-caper-film-side-effects.html |title=May Cause Greed, Lust or Retirement |first=A. O. |last=Scott |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2013-02-07 }}</ref> Burns also produced the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning documentary ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' (2006). He wrote and directed the film ''[[The Report (2019 film)|The Report]]'' (2019), a drama about the secret [[torture]] program inside the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/the-torture-report-movie-tim-blake-nelson-ben-mckenzie-matthew-rhys-added-cast-1202380641/ |title='The Torture Report': Tim Blake Nelson, Ben McKenzie, Matthew Rhys & More Round Cast Of CIA Drama – Cannes |first1=Amanda |last1=N'Duka |date=2018-05-01 |work=Deadline }}</ref> He performed an uncredited rewrites of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' film ''[[Rogue One]]'' and [[James Bond]] film ''[[No Time to Die]]'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web|last=Perez|first=Rodrigo|url=https://theplaylist.net/chris-weitz-mcquarrie-burns-rogue-one-star-wars-20180829/|title=Chris Weitz Says Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Z. Burns & More Wrote On ''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story''|date=August 29, 2018|work=The Playlist|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414132526/https://theplaylist.net/chris-weitz-mcquarrie-burns-rogue-one-star-wars-20180829/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref> https://theplaylist.net/scott-z-burns-writing-no-time-to-die-climate-change-projects-interview-20210930/ </ref>
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{{quote|Every scientist who I spoke to when I worked on the movie said that exact same thing to me: It’s not a matter of “if,” it’s a matter of “when.” You can decide that most of the time, firemen are just sitting around. But it’s very hard to start a fire department once your house is on fire. And so the notion that we’re going to cut these things and we’ll just try to rebuild them when we need them is foolish and dangerous. I was very aware that our [[Department of Homeland Security]] had a pandemic team standing by because this is a real threat.}}


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Public interest in Burns's film ''Contagion'' (2011) renewed during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], making it the seventh-most downloaded film on [[iTunes]] by March 6, 2020.<ref>{{citation |date=2020-03-06 |title=Pandemic movie 'Contagion' is surging in popularity due to the coronavirus and has hit the No. 7 spot on iTunes |publisher=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-contagion-movie-is-surging-in-piracy-rentals-on-itunes-2020-3 |accessdate=2020-03-25 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |date=2020-03-04 |title='Contagion,' Steven Soderbergh's 2011 Thriller, Is Climbing Up the Charts |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/business/media/coronavirus-contagion-movie.html |accessdate=2020-03-25 }}</ref>
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==Early life and education==

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Burns was born in [[Golden Valley, Minnesota|Golden Valley]], [[Minnesota]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/11823536.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121014957/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/11823536.html|url-status=dead|title=Star Tribune|archive-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> and graduated ''summa cum laude'' in 1985 with a degree in English from the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cla.umn.edu/alumni/ana.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116215046/http://cla.umn.edu/alumni/ana.php|url-status=dead|title=Cla.umn.edu|archive-date=January 16, 2011}}</ref> He currently lives in Los Angeles.
In a March 2020 interview, Burns commented on the film's resurgence and similarities to the active pandemic, especially in the wake of a round of [[CDC]] budget cuts:

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{{blockquote|"I was terrified. Every scientist who I spoke to when I worked on the movie said that exact same thing to me: It's not a matter of 'if,' it's a matter of 'when.' You can decide that most of the time, firemen are just sitting around. But it's very hard to start a fire department once your house is on fire. And so the notion that we're going to cut these things and we'll just try to rebuild them when we need them is foolish and dangerous. I was very aware that our [[Department of Homeland Security]] had a pandemic team standing by because this is a real threat. The fact that this administration decided to do away with that puts all of us at risk."|Scott Burns<ref name="setoodeh">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/features/contagion-coronavirus-scott-z-burns-trump-1203532260/ |title='Contagion' Screenwriter on Coronavirus, Donald Trump and What We Can Do |first=Ramin |last=Setoodeh |date=2020-03-12 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> }}


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
===Films===
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! Writer
! Producer
! Producer
! Notes
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| rowspan="2"| 2006
| rowspan="2"| 2006
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Pu-239 (film)|Pu-239]]''
| ''[[Pu-239 (film)|Pu-239]]''
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 2007
| 2007
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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|-
|-
| 2009
| 2009
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 2011
| 2011
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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|-
|-
| 2013
| 2013
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Last Days (2014 film)|Last Days]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Animated short documentary film
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Rogue One]]''
| {{no}}
| {{maybe|Uncredited}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| ''[[The Mercy]]''<ref>http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Colin-Firth-Rachel-Weisz-expected-Westcountry/story-26610876-detail/story.html</ref>
| ''[[The Mercy]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Colin-Firth-Rachel-Weisz-expected-Westcountry/story-26610876-detail/story.html | title=Bristol Live - latest local news, sport & business from Bristol }}</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| rowspan="2"| 2019
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|-
|-
| ''[[The Laundromat (2019 film)|The Laundromat]]''
| ''[[The Laundromat (2019 film)|The Laundromat]]''
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| 2021
| ''[[No Time to Die]]''
| {{no}}
| {{maybe|Uncredited}}
| {{no}}
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|}
|}


=== Television ===
===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
* "[[Filthy Lucre (Californication)|Filthy Lucre" (''Californication'')]] (2007) director
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
! Executive<br>Producer
! Notes
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Episode "Filthy Lucre"
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Loudest Voice]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Episode "2016"
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Extrapolations (TV series)|Extrapolations]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Also showrunner
|-
|}


===Plays===
===Plays===
{| class="wikitable"
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* ''[[The Library (play)|The Library]]'' (2014) writer<ref name="Public">{{cite web |url= https://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/13-14-Season/The-Library/ |title= The Library|author=<!--Not stated--> |website= publictheater.org|publisher= The Public Theater |access-date= 3 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Healy|first=Patrick |date=16 January 2014 |title=Soderbergh to Direct New Play at Public Theater |url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/soderbergh-to-direct-new-play-at-public-theater/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 |work=The New York Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rooney |first=David |date=16 January 2014 |title=Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-soderbergh-direct-broadway-play-671668 |work=The Hollywood Reporter }}</ref>
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
| 2014
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| ''[[The Library (play)|The Library]]''<ref name="Public">{{cite web |url= https://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/13-14-Season/The-Library/ |title=The Library |author=The Public Theater |date=2014-04-18 |website=publictheater.org |publisher=The Public Theater |access-date=2017-02-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408162654/https://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/13-14-Season/The-Library/ |archivedate=2016-04-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Healy |first=Patrick |date=2014-01-16 |title=Soderbergh to Direct New Play at Public Theater |url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/soderbergh-to-direct-new-play-at-public-theater/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 |work=The New York Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2014-01-16 |title=Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-soderbergh-direct-broadway-play-671668 |work=The Hollywood Reporter }}</ref>
|-
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 02:38, 19 November 2024

Scott Z. Burns
Born (1962-07-17) July 17, 1962 (age 62)
Golden Valley, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director, producer
Notable workThe Bourne Ultimatum
The Informant!
Contagion
Side Effects
The Laundromat

Scott Z. Burns (born July 17, 1962) is an American filmmaker and playwright.

Early life and education

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On July 17, 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-07-17), Burns was born in Golden Valley, Minnesota.[1]

In 1985, Burns graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English from the University of Minnesota.[2]

Career

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After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Burns began his career in advertising, later becoming a television commercials director. He was part of the team at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners that created the original Got Milk? campaign.[3][4]

Burns has written screenplays for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Informant! (2009), and Contagion (2011), all of which feature Matt Damon. His films The Informant! (2009), Contagion (2011), and Side Effects (2013) were directed by Steven Soderbergh.[5] Burns also produced the Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth (2006). He wrote and directed the film The Report (2019), a drama about the secret torture program inside the CIA.[6] He performed an uncredited rewrites of the Star Wars film Rogue One and James Bond film No Time to Die (2021).[7][8]

Public interest in Burns's film Contagion (2011) renewed during the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the seventh-most downloaded film on iTunes by March 6, 2020.[9][10]

In a March 2020 interview, Burns commented on the film's resurgence and similarities to the active pandemic, especially in the wake of a round of CDC budget cuts:

"I was terrified. Every scientist who I spoke to when I worked on the movie said that exact same thing to me: It's not a matter of 'if,' it's a matter of 'when.' You can decide that most of the time, firemen are just sitting around. But it's very hard to start a fire department once your house is on fire. And so the notion that we're going to cut these things and we'll just try to rebuild them when we need them is foolish and dangerous. I was very aware that our Department of Homeland Security had a pandemic team standing by because this is a real threat. The fact that this administration decided to do away with that puts all of us at risk."

— Scott Burns[11]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2006 An Inconvenient Truth No No Yes
Pu-239 Yes Yes No
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum No Yes No
2009 The Informant! No Yes No
2011 Contagion No Yes No
2013 Side Effects No Yes Yes
2014 Last Days No Yes No Animated short documentary film
2016 Rogue One No Uncredited No
2017 The Mercy[12] No Yes Yes
2019 The Report Yes Yes Yes
The Laundromat No Yes Yes
2021 No Time to Die No Uncredited No

Television

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Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer 		Notes
2007 Californication Yes No No Episode "Filthy Lucre"
2019 The Loudest Voice Yes No No Episode "2016"
2023 Extrapolations Yes Yes Yes Also showrunner

Plays

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Year Title
2014 The Library[13][14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "Star Tribune". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "CLA Alumni of Notable Achievement". Cla.umn.edu. Archived from the original on January 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "Scott Z. Burns".
  4. ^ Goldrich, Robert (October 25, 2019). "Writer-Director Scott Z. Burns Reflects on "The Report"". Shoot Online.
  5. ^ Scott, A. O. (February 7, 2013). "May Cause Greed, Lust or Retirement". The New York Times.
  6. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (May 1, 2018). "'The Torture Report': Tim Blake Nelson, Ben McKenzie, Matthew Rhys & More Round Cast Of CIA Drama – Cannes". Deadline.
  7. ^ Perez, Rodrigo (August 29, 2018). "Chris Weitz Says Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Z. Burns & More Wrote On Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". The Playlist. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  8. ^ https://theplaylist.net/scott-z-burns-writing-no-time-to-die-climate-change-projects-interview-20210930/
  9. ^ Pandemic movie 'Contagion' is surging in popularity due to the coronavirus and has hit the No. 7 spot on iTunes, Business Insider, March 6, 2020, retrieved March 25, 2020
  10. ^ "'Contagion,' Steven Soderbergh's 2011 Thriller, Is Climbing Up the Charts", The New York Times, March 4, 2020, retrieved March 25, 2020
  11. ^ Setoodeh, Ramin (March 12, 2020). "'Contagion' Screenwriter on Coronavirus, Donald Trump and What We Can Do". Variety.
  12. ^ "Bristol Live - latest local news, sport & business from Bristol".
  13. ^ The Public Theater (April 18, 2014). "The Library". publictheater.org. The Public Theater. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  14. ^ Healy, Patrick (January 16, 2014). "Soderbergh to Direct New Play at Public Theater". The New York Times.
  15. ^ Rooney, David (January 16, 2014). "Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz". The Hollywood Reporter.
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