George Clooney

The Profile

American actor and filmmaker from Kentucky, George Clooney is known for acclaimed performances and a parallel career as a director. His films include Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (debut), Good Night and Good Luck, The Ides of March, and Suburbicon.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is his directorial debut; Good Night and Good Luck centers on Edward R. Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy-era fear; The Ides of March adapts Beau Willimon’s play and examines campaign backrooms; Suburbicon reworks a Coen brothers script with 1959 suburbia, racism, and dark humor. Clooney is an American actor-director active since 1978.

Reviews focus on Clooney’s work as a director: from the media-bite of Good Night and Good Luck to the campaign cynicism of The Ides of March, the Coen-tinged Suburbicon, and his debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Strong casts and solid craft recur, with some notes on superficiality and pacing. Politics, media, and hypocrisy are center stage.