Person
Alex Gibney
Directing · Born 1953-10-23 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Philip Alexander Gibney (/ˈɡɪbni/; born October 23, 1953; New York City) is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, Esquire magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time." Gibney's works as director include The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (winner of three Emmys in 2015), We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (the winner of three 2013 primetime Emmy awards), Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (nominated in 2005 for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature); Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (short-listed in 2011 for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature), Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and Taxi to the Dark Side (winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature), focusing on a taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed at Bagram Air Force Base in 2002. In 2019, he released his documentary Citizen K, about Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian billionaire exile Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Known for
The Daily Show
Self
The View
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Billions
Director
Storyville
Director
Independent Lens
Director
The Oscars
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Uppdrag granskning
Writer
Dirty Money
Self
Filmography
- 2026MuskDirector
- 2026Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman RushdieDirector
- 2026Connect with Jacob SoboroffExecutive Producer
- 2026SpeechlessExecutive Producer
- 2025Mr. ScorseseThanks
- 2025Orwell: 2+2=5Producer
- 2025Bodyguard of LiesProducer
- 2025The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a MonsterExecutive Producer
- 2025The Dark Money GameNarrator (voice)
- 2024The Bibi FilesProducer
- 2024Walk with MeExecutive Producer
- 2024Between GoodbyesExecutive Producer
- 2024Wise Guy: David Chase and The SopranosSelf
- 2024In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonProducer
- 2024In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonDirector
- 2024God Save TexasExecutive Producer
- 2023PainkillerExecutive Producer
- 2023The Ruling ClassExecutive Producer
- 2023Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris BeckerProducer
- 2023Money Shot: The Pornhub StoryThanks
- 2022Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del MundoProducer
- 2022How to Change Your MindExecutive Producer
- 2021137 ShotsExecutive Producer
- 2021The Forever PrisonerDirector
- 2021Citizen AsheExecutive Producer
- 2021The First WaveExecutive Producer
- 2021The LineExecutive Producer
- 2021The Crime of the CenturyProducer
- 2021Totally Under ControlNarrator (voice)
- 2021TigerExecutive Producer
- 2020Kingdom of SilenceExecutive Producer
- 2020Agents of ChaosNarrator
- 2020Laurel CanyonExecutive Producer
- 2020The Innocence FilesExecutive Producer
- 2020How to Fix a Drug ScandalExecutive Producer
- 2020Crazy, Not InsaneDirector
- 2019Citizen KNarrator (voice)
- 2019Los Últimos FrikisExecutive Producer
- 2019Why We HateExecutive Producer
- 2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaExecutive Producer
- 2019The FamilyExecutive Producer
- 2019The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleySelf - Narrator / Interviewer
- 2018Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger AilesExecutive Producer
- 2018Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBIDirector
- 2018The Clinton AffairExecutive Producer
- 2018Salt Fat Acid HeatExecutive Producer
- 2018EnhancedExecutive Producer
- 2018The China HustleExecutive Producer
- 2018The Looming TowerExecutive Producer
- 2018Dirty MoneySelf
- 2018Robin Williams: Come Inside My MindProducer
- 2017Rolling Stone: Stories from the EdgeExecutive Producer
- 2017No Stone UnturnedDirector
- 2017The Last ShotExecutive Producer
- 2017Accidental AnarchistExecutive Producer
- 2017City of GhostsExecutive Producer
- 2017EliánExecutive Producer
- 2017American JihadExecutive Producer
- 2017ParchedExecutive Producer
- 2017Water & Power: A California HeistExecutive Producer
- 2017Zero Days VRExecutive Producer
- 2016The Killing SeasonExecutive Producer
- 2016Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord BuckleyExecutive Producer
- 2016Zero DaysDirector
- 2016Spring BrokeExecutive Producer
- 2016The 4%: Film's Gender ProblemExecutive Producer
- 2016CookedDirector
- 2016The New Yorker PresentsNarrator
- 2016BillionsDirector
- 2016Every Move You MakeConsulting Producer
- 2015Janis: Little Girl BlueProducer
- 2015Steve Jobs: The Man in the MachineNarrator (voice)
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2015Sunshine SupermanExecutive Producer
- 2015Sinatra: All or Nothing at AllDirector
- 2015Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefNarrator (voice)
- 2015What Happened, Miss Simone?Thanks
- 2015What's Motivating HayesExecutive Producer
- 2014Edge of EighteenExecutive Producer
- 2014Fields of FearDirector
- 2014Finding FelaProducer
- 2014Ceasefire MassacreDirector
- 2014Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James BrownWriter
- 201430 for 30: Soccer StoriesProducer
- 2014Death Row StoriesExecutive Producer
- 2013The Armstrong LieSelf - Narrator
- 2013We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksNarrator (voice)
- 2013History of the EaglesProducer
- 2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2012Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American DreamDirector
- 2012The Last GladiatorsDirector
- 2012Venus and SerenaExecutive Producer
- 2012Speaking with LightDirector
- 2012Dear Governor CuomoDirector
- 2012Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirector
- 201230 for 30 ShortsDirector
- 2011Catching HellSelf
- 2011Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool PlaceWriter
- 201130 for 30 - ESPN FilmsDirector
- 2011Biba! One Island, 879 VotesExecutive Producer
- 2010Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2010FreakonomicsWriter
- 2010Casino Jack and the United States of MoneyDirector
- 2010My Trip to Al-QaedaProducer
- 2009Dirty BusinessProducer
- 2009Money-Driven MedicineProducer
- 2008Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonDirector
- 2008Taxi to the Dark SideNarrator (voice)
- 2007Mr. UntouchableProducer
- 2007Love Comes LatelyExecutive Producer
- 2007No End in SightExecutive Producer
- 2006Time PieceDirector
- 2006The House Is BurningProducer
- 2006Who Killed the Electric Car?Consulting Producer
- 2006The Human Behavior ExperimentsDirector
- 2006Herbie Hancock: PossibilitiesProducer
- 20053 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, TexasDirector
- 2005Behind Those EyesWriter
- 2005Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomDirector
- 2004Lightning in a BottleProducer
- 2003The BluesProducer
- 2003The Soul of a ManProducer
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
- 2002The Trials of Henry KissingerWriter
- 2001Jimi Hendrix and The BluesDirector
- 2001Brooklyn BabylonExecutive Producer
- 2001Uppdrag granskningWriter
- 2000The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to PowerProducer
- 2000Soldiers in the Army of GodProducer
- 2000The HuntressExecutive Producer
- 1999The Sexual Century: The Look of LoveProducer
- 1999Independent LensDirector
- 1998AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love CrazyWriter
- 1998AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesProducer
- 1997The FiftiesExecutive Producer
- 1997StoryvilleDirector
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf
- 1992Inside Japan, Inc.Director
- 1992The Pacific CenturyWriter
- 1988Manufacturing MiraclesDirector
- 1988Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in AmericaDirector
- 1983The Golden SealAssociate Editor
- 1980The Ruling ClassroomDirector
- 1980FlipperDirector
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —Two WolvesProducer
- —The Sound of PhiladelphiaProducer
- —The Hands That Held the KnivesProducer
- —Untitled Barbra Streisand DocumentaryProducer
- —Kids Don't Know What's BestProducer
- —Return to TimbuktuProducer
- —Untitled Luigi Mangione DocumentaryDirector
- —The StatementExecutive Producer
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