Alex Gibney
Directing
- Born:
- 1953-10-23
- Place of birth:
- 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
Musk
A Statement
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
Edward Said: Between Worlds
Connect with Jacob Soboroff
Speechless
Mr. Scorsese
Orwell: 2+2=5
Bodyguard of Lies
The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster
The Dark Money Game
The Bibi Files
Walk with Me
Between Goodbyes
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
God Save Texas
Painkiller
The Ruling Class
Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo
How to Change Your Mind
137 Shots
The Forever Prisoner
Citizen Ashe
The First Wave
The Line
The Crime of the Century
Totally Under Control
Tiger
Kingdom of Silence
Agents of Chaos
Laurel Canyon
The Innocence Files
How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Crazy, Not Insane
Citizen K
Los Últimos Frikis
Why We Hate
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
The Family
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI
The Clinton Affair
Salt Fat Acid Heat
Enhanced
The China Hustle
The Looming Tower
Dirty Money
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
No Stone Unturned
The Last Shot
Accidental Anarchist
City of Ghosts
Elián