Alex Gibney

Directing·Oct 23, 1953·New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
MMusk2026 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie2026 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Orwell: 2+2=52025 · Producer	Producer
Bodyguard of Lies2025 · Producer	Producer
The Bibi Files2024 · Producer	Producer
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon2024 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The Forever Prisoner2021 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Totally Under Control2021 · Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Writer	Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Writer
Crazy, Not Insane2020 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Citizen K2019 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer	Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley2019 · Self - Narrator / Interviewer, Director, Producer, Writer	Self - Narrator / Interviewer, Director, Producer, Writer
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind2018 · Producer	Producer
No Stone Unturned2017 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Zero Days2016 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Janis: Little Girl Blue2015 · Producer	Producer
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine2015 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer	Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief2015 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer	Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
FFields of Fear2014 · Director	Director
Finding Fela2014 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Ceasefire Massacre2014 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown2014 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Armstrong Lie2013 · Self - Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer	Self - Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks2013 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God2012 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer	Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Last Gladiators2012 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
SSpeaking with Light2012 · Director	Director
DDear Governor Cuomo2012 · Director	Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas2012 · Director	Director
Catching Hell2011 · Self, Writer, Director	Self, Writer, Director
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place2011 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer2010 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer	Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
Freakonomics2010 · Director, Writer, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Writer, Screenplay, Producer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money2010 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
My Trip to Al-Qaeda2010 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
DDirty Business2009 · Producer	Producer
Money-Driven Medicine2009 · Producer	Producer
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson2008 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Taxi to the Dark Side2008 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
Mr. Untouchable2007 · Producer	Producer
TTime Piece2006 · Director	Director
The House Is Burning2006 · Producer	Producer
The Human Behavior Experiments2006 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities2006 · Producer	Producer
3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas2005 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
BBehind Those Eyes2005 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Lightning in a Bottle2004 · Producer	Producer