Morgan Neville

Directing·Oct 10, 1967·Los Angeles, California, USA

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Morgan Neville (born October 10, 1967) is an American documentary film producer, director, and writer. His acclaimed film 20 Feet from Stardom won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2014 as well as a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. His documentary Best of Enemies, on the debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, was shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Award and won an Emmy Award. His 2018 film Won't You Be My Neighbor?, a documentary about Fred Rogers, received critical acclaim and became the highest-grossing biographical documentary of all time. Neville has been nominated for five additional Grammys for films including Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters: Can’t Be Satisfied, Johnny Cash’s America, and The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Neville’s other films include The Cool School, Shotgun Freeway, Keith Richards: Under the Influence, and, as producer, Miss Americana, Beauty Is Embarrassing, and Crossfire Hurricane. For television, Neville directed and executive produced the series Ugly Delicious, Abstract: The Art of Design, Chelsea Does, Shangri-La, and Song Exploder.

Film	Credit
Lorne2026 · Self (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer	Self (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation2026 · himself, Director	himself, Director
Man on the Run2026 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Breakdown: 19752025 · Director	Director
Piece by Piece2024 · Morgan Neville (voice), Director, Producer, Writer	Morgan Neville (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
Leap of Faith2024 · Producer	Producer
TThis is Not a House2023 · Director	Director
The Saint of Second Chances2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Art for Everybody2023 · Producer	Producer
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse2022 · Producer	Producer
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain2021 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Miss Americana2020 · Producer	Producer
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 102019 · Director	Director
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead2018 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Won't You Be My Neighbor?2018 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A Documentary on Documentaries2017 · Self - Documentary Filmmaker	Self - Documentary Filmmaker
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble2016 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A Fighting Chance2016 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Keith Richards: Under the Influence2015 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Best of Enemies2015 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies2013 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
20 Feet from Stardom2013 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Crossfire Hurricane2012 · Producer	Producer
Beauty Is Embarrassing2012 · Producer	Producer
Pearl Jam Twenty2011 · Producer	Producer
Troubadours2011 · Director	Director
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power2010 · Director	Director
Johnny Cash's America2008 · Director	Director
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston2008 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
The Cool School2008 · Director	Director
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story2007 · Director	Director
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen2006 · Director	Director
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied2003 · Director	Director
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll2000 · Director	Director
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life1998 · Producer	Producer
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer