Alex Gibney
Born: 1953-10-23 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- A Statement ... (Executive Producer)
- Musk ... (Director)
- Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie ... (Director)
- Edward Said: Between Worlds ... (Executive Producer)
- Connect with Jacob Soboroff ... (Executive Producer)
- Speechless ... (Executive Producer)
2025
- Mr. Scorsese ... (Thanks)
- Orwell: 2+2=5 ... (Producer)
- The Dark Money Game as Narrator (voice)
- The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster ... (Executive Producer)
- Bodyguard of Lies ... (Producer)
2024
- Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos as Self
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon ... (Director)
- God Save Texas ... (Executive Producer)
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon ... (Director)
- The Bibi Files ... (Producer)
- Between Goodbyes ... (Executive Producer)
- Walk with Me ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Painkiller ... (Executive Producer)
- Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker ... (Producer)
- Money Shot: The Pornhub Story ... (Thanks)
- The Ruling Class ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- How to Change Your Mind ... (Executive Producer)
- Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo ... (Producer)
2021
- The Crime of the Century ... (Director)
- The Line ... (Executive Producer)
- Tiger ... (Executive Producer)
- Totally Under Control as Narrator (voice)
- Citizen Ashe ... (Executive Producer)
- The First Wave ... (Executive Producer)
- The Forever Prisoner as Self- Narrator
- 137 Shots ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- The Innocence Files ... (Executive Producer)
- Laurel Canyon ... (Executive Producer)
- How to Fix a Drug Scandal ... (Executive Producer)
- Crazy, Not Insane ... (Director)
- Agents of Chaos as Narrator
- Kingdom of Silence ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- The Family ... (Executive Producer)
- Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America ... (Executive Producer)
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley as Self - Narrator / Interviewer
- Why We Hate ... (Executive Producer)
- Citizen K as Narrator (voice)
- Los Últimos Frikis ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Dirty Money as Self
- The Looming Tower ... (Executive Producer)
- Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind ... (Producer)
- The Clinton Affair ... (Executive Producer)
- Salt Fat Acid Heat ... (Executive Producer)
- Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI ... (Director)
- The China Hustle ... (Executive Producer)
- Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes ... (Executive Producer)
- Enhanced ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge ... (Director)
- Parched ... (Executive Producer)
- Accidental Anarchist ... (Executive Producer)
- Elián ... (Executive Producer)
- City of Ghosts ... (Executive Producer)
- American Jihad ... (Executive Producer)
- Water & Power: A California Heist ... (Executive Producer)
- No Stone Unturned ... (Director)
- The Last Shot ... (Executive Producer)
- Zero Days VR ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- Billions ... (Director)
- The New Yorker Presents as Narrator
- The Killing Season ... (Executive Producer)
- Zero Days ... (Director)
- The 4%: Film's Gender Problem ... (Executive Producer)
- Spring Broke ... (Executive Producer)
- Cooked ... (Director)
- Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley ... (Executive Producer)
- Every Move You Make ... (Consulting Producer)
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief as Narrator (voice)
- Sinatra: All or Nothing at All ... (Director)
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine as Narrator (voice)
- Janis: Little Girl Blue ... (Producer)
- What Happened, Miss Simone? ... (Thanks)
- Sunshine Superman ... (Executive Producer)
- What's Motivating Hayes ... (Executive Producer)
2014
- 30 for 30: Soccer Stories ... (Producer)
- Finding Fela ... (Director)
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown ... (Writer)
- Death Row Stories ... (Executive Producer)
- Edge of Eighteen ... (Executive Producer)
- Fields of Fear ... (Director)
- Ceasefire Massacre ... (Director)
2013
- History of the Eagles ... (Producer)
- The Armstrong Lie as Self - Narrator
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks as Narrator (voice)
2012
- 30 for 30 Shorts ... (Director)
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas ... (Director)
- Venus and Serena ... (Executive Producer)
- Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream ... (Director)
- The Last Gladiators ... (Director)
- Dear Governor Cuomo ... (Director)
- Speaking with Light ... (Director)
2011
- Catching Hell as Self
- 30 for 30 - ESPN Films ... (Director)
- Biba! One Island, 879 Votes ... (Executive Producer)
- Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place ... (Director)
2010
- Freakonomics ... (Director)
- Casino Jack and the United States of Money ... (Director)
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer as Self - Narrator (voice)
- My Trip to Al-Qaeda ... (Director)
2009
- Dirty Business ... (Producer)
- Money-Driven Medicine ... (Producer)
2008
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson ... (Director)
- Taxi to the Dark Side as Narrator (voice)
2007
- Mr. Untouchable ... (Producer)
- No End in Sight ... (Executive Producer)
- Love Comes Lately ... (Executive Producer)
2006
- Who Killed the Electric Car? ... (Consulting Producer)
- The House Is Burning ... (Producer)
- Herbie Hancock: Possibilities ... (Producer)
- The Human Behavior Experiments ... (Director)
- Time Piece ... (Director)
2005
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room ... (Director)
- 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas ... (Director)
- Behind Those Eyes ... (Writer)
2004
- Lightning in a Bottle ... (Producer)
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- The Blues ... (Producer)
- The Soul of a Man ... (Producer)
2002
- The Trials of Henry Kissinger ... (Writer)
2001
- Uppdrag granskning ... (Writer)
- Brooklyn Babylon ... (Executive Producer)
- Jimi Hendrix and The Blues ... (Director)
2000
- The Huntress ... (Executive Producer)
- Soldiers in the Army of God ... (Producer)
- The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power ... (Producer)
1999
- Independent Lens ... (Director)
- The Sexual Century: The Look of Love ... (Producer)
1998
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies ... (Producer)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy ... (Writer)
1997
- The View as Self
- Storyville ... (Director)
- The Fifties ... (Executive Producer)
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1992
- The Pacific Century ... (Writer)
- Inside Japan, Inc. ... (Director)
1988
- Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America ... (Director)
- Manufacturing Miracles ... (Director)
1983
- The Golden Seal ... (Associate Editor)
1980
- Flipper ... (Director)
- The Ruling Classroom ... (Director)
1953
- The Oscars as Self