Alex Gibney
- Directing
- October 23, 1953 · 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
Filmography
- Mohabat · Producer
- Musk · Director, Producer
- A Statement · Executive producer
- Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie · Director, Producer
- Edward Said: Between Worlds · Executive producer
- Connect with Jacob Soboroff · Executive producer
- Speechless · Executive producer
- Mr. Scorsese · Thanks
- Orwell: 2+2=5 · Producer
- Bodyguard of Lies · Producer
- The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster · Executive producer
- The Dark Money Game · Narrator (Voice), Director
- The Bibi Files · Producer
- Walk with Me · Executive producer
- Between Goodbyes · Executive producer
- Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos · Self, Director
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon · Director, Producer
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon · Director, Producer
- God Save Texas · Executive producer
- Painkiller · Executive producer
- The Ruling Class · Executive producer
- Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker · Producer, Director
- Money Shot: The Pornhub Story · Thanks, Executive producer
- Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo · Producer
- How to Change Your Mind · Executive producer, Writer
- 137 Shots · Executive producer
- The Forever Prisoner · Self, Director
- Citizen Ashe · Executive producer
- The First Wave · Executive producer
- The Line · Executive producer
- The Crime of the Century · Director, Producer
- Totally Under Control · Narrator (Voice), Director
- Tiger · Executive producer
- Kingdom of Silence · Executive producer
- Agents of Chaos · Narrator, Director
- Laurel Canyon · Executive producer
- The Innocence Files · Executive producer, Director
- How to Fix a Drug Scandal · Executive producer
- Crazy, Not Insane · Director, Producer
- Citizen K · Narrator (Voice), Director
- Los Últimos Frikis · Executive producer
- Why We Hate · Executive producer, Writer
- Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America · Executive producer, Creator
- The Family · Executive producer
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley · Self, Director
- Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes · Executive producer
- Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI · Executive producer, Director
- The Clinton Affair · Executive producer
- Salt Fat Acid Heat · Executive producer
- Enhanced · Executive producer
- The China Hustle · Executive producer
- The Looming Tower · Executive producer, Director
- Dirty Money · Self, Executive producer
- Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind · Producer
- Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge · Director, Executive producer
- No Stone Unturned · Director, Writer
- The Last Shot · Executive producer
- Accidental Anarchist · Executive producer
- City of Ghosts · Executive producer
- Elián · Executive producer
- American Jihad · Executive producer
- Parched · Executive producer
- Water & Power: A California Heist · Executive producer
- Zero Days VR · Executive producer
- The Killing Season · Executive producer
- Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley · Executive producer
- Zero Days · Director, Writer
- Spring Broke · Executive producer
- The 4%: Film's Gender Problem · Executive producer
- Cooked · Director, Executive producer
- The New Yorker Presents · Narrator, Executive producer
- Billions · Director
- Every Move You Make · Consulting Producer
- Janis: Little Girl Blue · Producer
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine · Narrator (Voice), Director
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Sunshine Superman · Executive producer
- Sinatra: All or Nothing at All · Director, Executive producer
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief · Narrator (Voice), Director
- What Happened, Miss Simone? · Thanks