---
title: 'High Flying Bird (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Steven Soderbergh'
released: '2019-01-27'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-flying-bird-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8128188/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# High Flying Bird (2019)

2019 · 90 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

High Flying Bird is a 2019 American sports drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, from a story suggested by André Holland, with the screenplay by Tarell Alvin McCraney. The film stars Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Glenn Fleshler, Jeryl Prescott, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Caleb McLaughlin, Bobbi Bordley, Kyle MacLachlan, and Bill Duke, with additional appearances of basketball players Reggie Jackson, Karl-Anthony Towns and Donovan Mitchell. The film follows a sports agent who must pull off a plan in 72 hours, pitching a controversial opportunity to his client, a rookie basketball player during the company's lockout. The film was shot entirely on the iPhone 8, becoming Soderbergh's second film to be shot on an iPhone, after Unsane.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-soderbergh)
- **Director of Photography:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-soderbergh)
- **Editor:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-soderbergh)
- **Screenplay:** [Tarell Alvin McCraney](https://cinepixo.com/people/tarell-alvin-mccraney)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman)

## Cast

- [Sonja Sohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonja-sohn)
- [Caleb McLaughlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/caleb-mclaughlin)
- [Zachary Quinto](https://cinepixo.com/people/zachary-quinto)
- [André Holland](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-holland)
- [Glenn Fleshler](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-fleshler)
- [Melvin Gregg](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-gregg)
- [Jeryl Prescott](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeryl-prescott)
- [Zazie Beetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/zazie-beetz)
- [Bill Duke](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-duke)
- [Kyle MacLachlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyle-maclachlan)

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