
Person
Morgan Neville
Directing · Born 1967-10-10 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Morgan Neville (born October 10, 1967) is an American documentary film producer, director, and writer. His acclaimed film 20 Feet from Stardom won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2014 as well as a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. His documentary Best of Enemies, on the debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, was shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Award and won an Emmy Award. His 2018 film Won't You Be My Neighbor?, a documentary about Fred Rogers, received critical acclaim and became the highest-grossing biographical documentary of all time. Neville has been nominated for five additional Grammys for films including Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters: Can’t Be Satisfied, Johnny Cash’s America, and The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Neville’s other films include The Cool School, Shotgun Freeway, Keith Richards: Under the Influence, and, as producer, Miss Americana, Beauty Is Embarrassing, and Crossfire Hurricane. For television, Neville directed and executive produced the series Ugly Delicious, Abstract: The Art of Design, Chelsea Does, Shangri-La, and Song Exploder.
Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Executive Producer

Lorne
Self (voice) (uncredited)

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Director

Piece by Piece
Morgan Neville (voice)

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Executive Producer

Man on the Run
Director

Ugly Delicious
Executive Producer

Abstract: The Art of Design
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026LorneSelf (voice) (uncredited)
- 2026Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversationhimself
- 2026Man on the RunDirector
- 2025Breakdown: 1975Director
- 2025BTS Army: Forever We Are YoungExecutive Producer
- 2025Thank You Very MuchExecutive Producer
- 2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightExecutive Producer
- 2024Piece by PieceMorgan Neville (voice)
- 2024Leap of FaithProducer
- 2024What's Next? The Future with Bill GatesExecutive Producer
- 2024STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 piecesDirector
- 2023This is Not a HouseDirector
- 2023The Saint of Second ChancesDirector
- 2023Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave LettermanDirector
- 2023Art for EverybodyProducer
- 2023The 12th VictimExecutive Producer
- 2022Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a SongExecutive Producer
- 2022Mickey: The Story of a MouseProducer
- 2021Watch the Sound with Mark RonsonExecutive Producer
- 2021Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony BourdainProducer
- 2021We Were There to Be ThereExecutive Producer
- 2020The Painter and the ThiefExecutive Producer
- 2020Miss AmericanaProducer
- 2019Shangri-LaDirector
- 2019Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10Director
- 2018They'll Love Me When I'm DeadDirector
- 2018Won't You Be My Neighbor?Director
- 2018Ugly DeliciousExecutive Producer
- 2017A Documentary on DocumentariesSelf - Documentary Filmmaker
- 2017Abstract: The Art of DesignExecutive Producer
- 2016The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road EnsembleDirector
- 2016A Fighting ChanceDirector
- 2016Chelsea DoesExecutive Producer
- 2015Keith Richards: Under the InfluenceDirector
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2015Best of EnemiesDirector
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
- 2013Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home MoviesDirector
- 201320 Feet from StardomDirector
- 2012BurnExecutive Producer
- 2012Crossfire HurricaneProducer
- 2012Beauty Is EmbarrassingProducer
- 2011Pearl Jam TwentyProducer
- 2011The UnionCo-Producer
- 2011TroubadoursDirector
- 2010Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw PowerDirector
- 2008Johnny Cash's AmericaDirector
- 2008James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved BostonWriter
- 2008The Cool SchoolDirector
- 2007Respect Yourself: The Stax Records StoryDirector
- 2006American Revolutions: The HighwaymenDirector
- 2004Hank Williams: Honky Tonk BluesDirector
- 2003Muddy Waters: Can't Be SatisfiedDirector
- 2000Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'RollDirector
- 1998Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's LifeProducer
- 1995Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.Director
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