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Alex Gibney

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Alex Gibney

Born October 23, 1953 in New York City, New York, USA46 films

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."

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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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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief posterFirst watchGoing Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief20157.6The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.View film

Essential films

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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room poster7.2Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005Zero Days poster7.4Zero Days2016The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley poster7.0The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley2019Taxi to the Dark Side poster6.9Taxi to the Dark Side2008Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine poster6.6Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine2015The Armstrong Lie poster7.0The Armstrong Lie2013Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson poster6.9Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson2008We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks poster6.5We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks2013

Filmography

46 films as director
  1. TBATwo WolvesDirector
  2. TBAUntitled Luigi Mangione DocumentaryDirector
  3. 2026MuskDirector
  4. 2026Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman RushdieDirector
  5. 2024In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonDirector
  6. 2021The Forever PrisonerDirector
  7. 2021Totally Under ControlDirector
  8. 2020Crazy, Not InsaneDirector
  9. 2019Citizen KDirector
  10. 2019The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleyDirector
  11. 2017No Stone UnturnedDirector
  12. 2016Zero DaysDirector
  13. 2015Steve Jobs: The Man in the MachineDirector
  14. 2015Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefDirector
  15. 2014Fields of FearDirector
  16. 2014Finding FelaDirector
  17. 2014Ceasefire MassacreDirector
  18. 2014Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James BrownDirector
  19. 2013The Armstrong LieDirector
  20. 2013We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksDirector
  21. 2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodDirector
  22. 2012Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American DreamDirector
  23. 2012The Last GladiatorsDirector
  24. 2012Speaking with LightDirector
  25. 2012Dear Governor CuomoDirector
  26. 2012Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirector
  27. 2011Catching HellDirector
  28. 2011Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool PlaceDirector
  29. 2010Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerDirector
  30. 2010FreakonomicsDirector
  31. 2010Casino Jack and the United States of MoneyDirector
  32. 2010My Trip to Al-QaedaDirector
  33. 2008Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonDirector
  34. 2008Taxi to the Dark SideDirector
  35. 2006Time PieceDirector
  36. 2006The Human Behavior ExperimentsDirector
  37. 20053 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, TexasDirector
  38. 2005Behind Those EyesDirector
  39. 2005Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomDirector
  40. 2001Jimi Hendrix and The BluesDirector
  41. 1998AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love CrazyDirector
  42. 1992Inside Japan, Inc.Director
  43. 1988Manufacturing MiraclesDirector
  44. 1988Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in AmericaDirector
  45. 1980The Ruling ClassroomDirector
  46. 1980FlipperDirector