Directing
Morgan Neville
EN, NO, FR cinema · 47 credits
Born
10 October 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation
as himself, Director
Lorne
as Self (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
Man on the Run
Director, Producer
Who Is Martin Mull?
Executive Producer
Always Lalisa
Executive Producer
Thank You Very Much
Executive Producer
BTS Army: Forever We Are Young
Executive Producer
Breakdown: 1975
Director, Producer, Writer
Piece by Piece
as Morgan Neville (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
Leap of Faith
Producer
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Director, Producer
Art for Everybody
Producer
The Saint of Second Chances
Director, Producer
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Executive Producer
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Producer, Director
We Were There to Be There
Executive Producer
The Painter and the Thief
Executive Producer
Miss Americana
Producer
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Director, Producer
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Director, Producer
A Documentary on Documentaries
as Self - Documentary Filmmaker
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Director, Producer
A Fighting Chance
Director, Writer
Best of Enemies
Director, Writer, Producer
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Director, Producer
20 Feet from Stardom
Director, Producer
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
Director, Producer
Crossfire Hurricane
Producer
Burn
Executive Producer
Troubadours
Director
Pearl Jam Twenty
Producer
The Union
Co-Producer
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
Director, Executive Producer
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Writer, Producer
Johnny Cash's America
Director, Executive Producer
The Cool School
Director
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
Director, Executive Producer
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
Director, Writer
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
Director, Writer