Directing
Alex Gibney
EN, RU, DE cinema · 101 credits
Born
23 October 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Philip Alexander Gibney · 亚历克斯·吉布尼
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
Two Wolves
Two Wolves
Producer, Director
Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary
Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary
Director, Executive Producer
Musk
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
Director, Producer
A Statement
Executive Producer
Speechless
Executive Producer
Edward Said: Between Worlds
Executive Producer
Orwell: 2+2=5
Producer
Bodyguard of Lies
Producer
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Producer, Director
Between Goodbyes
Executive Producer
The Bibi Files
Producer
Walk with Me
Executive Producer
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Thanks, Executive Producer
Totally Under Control
as Narrator (voice), Writer, Producer, Director
The Forever Prisoner
as Self- Narrator, Director, Producer
The First Wave
Executive Producer
137 Shots
Executive Producer
Citizen Ashe
Executive Producer
Crazy, Not Insane
Director, Producer, Writer
Kingdom of Silence
Executive Producer
Citizen K
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
as Self - Narrator / Interviewer, Director, Producer, Writer
Los Últimos Frikis
Executive Producer
The China Hustle
Executive Producer
Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
Executive Producer
Elián
Executive Producer
Accidental Anarchist
Executive Producer
No Stone Unturned
Director, Writer, Producer
American Jihad
Executive Producer
Water & Power: A California Heist
Executive Producer
City of Ghosts
Executive Producer
Zero Days VR
Executive Producer
Zero Days
Director, Writer, Producer
Every Move You Make
2016
Every Move You Make
Consulting Producer
Spring Broke
Executive Producer
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Executive Producer
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
as Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Writer
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
What's Motivating Hayes
Executive Producer
Sunshine Superman
Executive Producer
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Finding Fela
Producer, Director
Ceasefire Massacre
Director, Producer
The Armstrong Lie
as Self - Narrator, Director, Producer, Writer
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
The Last Gladiators
Director, Producer
Venus and Serena
Executive Producer
Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
Director, Writer
Dear Governor Cuomo
Director
Catching Hell
as Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Writer, Director, Producer
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
as Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Director, Producer, Writer
Freakonomics
Writer, Director, Screenplay, Producer
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Producer, Director
Taxi to the Dark Side
as Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Mr. Untouchable
Producer
Love Comes Lately
Executive Producer
No End in Sight
Executive Producer
The House Is Burning
Producer
The Human Behavior Experiments
Director, Producer, Writer
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Consulting Producer
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Behind Those Eyes
2005
Behind Those Eyes
Writer, Director, Producer
The Soul of a Man
Producer, Camera Operator
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Writer, Producer
Brooklyn Babylon
Executive Producer
The Huntress
Executive Producer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy
1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy
Writer, Director, Producer
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
1988
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
Director, Producer, Writer
Manufacturing Miracles
1988
Manufacturing Miracles
Director, Producer
The Golden Seal
Associate Editor
The Ruling Classroom
1980
The Ruling Classroom
Director, Producer, Editor, Sound
Flipper
Director, Writer