Alex Gibney

AKA: Philip Alexander Gibney, 亚历克斯·吉布尼
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1953-10-23

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.

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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Writer
The First Wave
Executive Producer
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Director
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Director
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
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The House Is Burning
Producer
Taxi to the Dark Side
Director
Taxi to the Dark Side
Writer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Director
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Director
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
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Freakonomics
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Freakonomics
Writer
Freakonomics
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My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Director
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Producer
Mr. Untouchable
Producer
Catching Hell
Director
Catching Hell
Writer
The Last Gladiators
Director
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
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The Soul of a Man
Producer
Venus and Serena
Executive Producer
Love Comes Lately
Executive Producer
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
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Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
Director
Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
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The Armstrong Lie
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Finding Fela
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Finding Fela
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The Human Behavior Experiments
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Ceasefire Massacre
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Producer
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
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137 Shots
Executive Producer
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Director
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Producer
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Director
Fields of Fear
Director
The Huntress
Executive Producer
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Writer
Dirty Business
Producer
Two Wolves
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Two Wolves
Director
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Producer
The Forever Prisoner
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The Forever Prisoner
Producer
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Executive Producer
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
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Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
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Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
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Zero Days
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Zero Days
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Janis: Little Girl Blue
Producer
What Happened, Miss Simone?
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The Ruling Classroom
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The Armstrong Lie
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The Armstrong Lie
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The Sound of Philadelphia
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
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Zero Days
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Musk
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Musk
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Orwell: 2+2=5
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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
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Elián
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Accidental Anarchist
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No Stone Unturned
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Taxi to the Dark Side
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No Stone Unturned
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Knife
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The China Hustle
Executive Producer
The Hands That Held the Knives
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
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In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
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In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Producer
Flipper
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Flipper
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Between Goodbyes
Executive Producer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Producer
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
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Citizen K
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Citizen K
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Citizen K
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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
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Crazy, Not Insane
Director
Crazy, Not Insane
Producer
Kingdom of Silence
Executive Producer
Totally Under Control
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Totally Under Control
Producer
Totally Under Control
Writer
Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
Executive Producer
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Writer
The Bibi Files
Producer
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
Producer
Walk with Me
Executive Producer
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Executive Producer
Citizen Ashe
Executive Producer
Los Últimos Frikis
Executive Producer
No Stone Unturned
Producer
American Jihad
Executive Producer
Water & Power: A California Heist
Executive Producer
City of Ghosts
Executive Producer
Zero Days VR
Executive Producer
Every Move You Make
Consulting Producer
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
Executive Producer
Spring Broke
Executive Producer
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Executive Producer
What's Motivating Hayes
Executive Producer
Sunshine Superman
Executive Producer
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Producer
Biba! One Island, 879 Votes
Executive Producer
The Last Gladiators
Producer
Catching Hell
Executive Producer
Freakonomics
Producer
Money-Driven Medicine
Producer
No End in Sight
Executive Producer
The Human Behavior Experiments
Producer
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Producer
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Consulting Producer
Behind Those Eyes
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Behind Those Eyes
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Behind Those Eyes
Producer
3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas
Director
3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas
Producer
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Producer
Lightning in a Bottle
Producer
Brooklyn Babylon
Executive Producer
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Producer
The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power
Producer
Soldiers in the Army of God
Producer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy
Writer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy
Director
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy
Producer
The Ruling Classroom
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Manufacturing Miracles
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Manufacturing Miracles
Producer
Kids Don't Know What's Best
Producer
Knife
Producer
Return to Timbuktu
Producer
Speaking with Light
Director
Dear Governor Cuomo
Director
Time Piece
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
Crazy, Not Insane
Writer
The Human Behavior Experiments
Writer
The Ruling Classroom
Editor
The Ruling Classroom
Sound
The Soul of a Man
Camera Operator
The Golden Seal
Associate Editor
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
Director
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
Producer
Inside Japan, Inc.
Director
Ceasefire Massacre
Producer
Bodyguard of Lies
Producer
Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary
Director
Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary
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