Alex Gibney
Directing
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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tvThe Dark Money Game
2025
Director
movieThe Forever Prisoner
2021
Director
tvThe Crime of the Century
2021
Director
movieTotally Under Control
2021
Director
tvAgents of Chaos
2020
Director
tvThe Innocence Files
2020
Director
movieCrazy, Not Insane
2020
Director
movieCitizen K
2019
Director
tvThe Looming Tower
2018
Director
tvDirty Money
2018
Director
movieNo Stone Unturned
2017
Director
movieZero Days
2016
Director
tvCooked
2016
Director
tvThe New Yorker Presents
2016
Director
tvBillions
2016
Director
movieFinding Fela
2014
Director
movieCeasefire Massacre
2014
Director
tv30 for 30: Soccer Stories
2014
Director
movieThe Armstrong Lie
2013
Director
movieThe Last Gladiators
2012
Director
tv30 for 30 Shorts
2012
Director
movieCatching Hell
2011
Director
tv30 for 30 - ESPN Films
2011
Director
movieFreakonomics
2010
Director
movieMy Trip to Al-Qaeda
2010
Director
movieTaxi to the Dark Side
2008
Director
Time Piece
2006
Director
tvUppdrag granskning
2001
Director
tvIndependent Lens
1999
Director
tvThe Fifties
1997
Director
tvStoryville
1997
Director
movieFlipper
1980
Director
Two Wolves
Director
Musk
Director
Production134
tvConnect with Jacob Soboroff
2026
Executive Producer
movieSpeechless
2026
Executive Producer
movieOrwell: 2+2=5
2025
Producer
movieBodyguard of Lies
2025
Producer
tvThe Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster
2025
Executive Producer
tvThe Dark Money Game
2025
Producer
movieThe Bibi Files
2024
Producer
movieWalk with Me
2024
Executive Producer
movieBetween Goodbyes
2024
Executive Producer
tvGod Save Texas
2024
Executive Producer
tvPainkiller
2023
Executive Producer
tvThe Ruling Class
2023
Executive Producer
movieMoney Shot: The Pornhub Story
2023
Executive Producer
tvHow to Change Your Mind
2022
Executive Producer
movie137 Shots
2021
Executive Producer
movieThe Forever Prisoner
2021
Producer
movieCitizen Ashe
2021
Executive Producer
movieThe First Wave
2021
Executive Producer
tvThe Line
2021
Executive Producer
tvThe Crime of the Century
2021
Producer
movieTotally Under Control
2021
Producer
tvTiger
2021
Executive Producer
movieKingdom of Silence
2020
Executive Producer
tvAgents of Chaos
2020
Producer
tvLaurel Canyon
2020
Executive Producer
tvThe Innocence Files
2020
Executive Producer
tvHow to Fix a Drug Scandal
2020
Executive Producer
movieCrazy, Not Insane
2020
Producer
movieCitizen K
2019
Producer
movieLos Últimos Frikis
2019
Executive Producer
tvWhy We Hate
2019
Executive Producer
tvHip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
Executive Producer
tvThe Family
2019
Executive Producer
movieDivide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
2018
Executive Producer
tvEnemies: The President, Justice & the FBI
2018
Executive Producer
tvThe Clinton Affair
2018
Executive Producer
tvSalt Fat Acid Heat
2018
Executive Producer
Enhanced
2018
Executive Producer
movieThe China Hustle
2018
Executive Producer
tvThe Looming Tower
2018
Executive Producer
tvDirty Money
2018
Executive Producer, Producer
tvRolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017
Executive Producer
movieNo Stone Unturned
2017
Producer
tvThe Last Shot
2017
Executive Producer
movieAccidental Anarchist
2017
Executive Producer
movieCity of Ghosts
2017
Executive Producer
movieElián
2017
Executive Producer
movieAmerican Jihad
2017
Executive Producer
tvParched
2017
Executive Producer
movieWater & Power: A California Heist
2017
Executive Producer
movieZero Days VR
2017
Executive Producer
tvThe Killing Season
2016
Executive Producer
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
2016
Executive Producer
movieZero Days
2016
Producer
movieSpring Broke
2016
Executive Producer
movieThe 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
Executive Producer
tvCooked
2016
Executive Producer
tvThe New Yorker Presents
2016
Executive Producer
Every Move You Make
2016
Consulting Producer
movieJanis: Little Girl Blue
2015
Producer
movieSunshine Superman
2015
Executive Producer
tvSinatra: All or Nothing at All
2015
Executive Producer
movieWhat's Motivating Hayes
2015
Executive Producer
Edge of Eighteen
2014
Executive Producer
movieFinding Fela
2014
Producer
movieCeasefire Massacre
2014
Producer
movieMr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014
Executive Producer
tv30 for 30: Soccer Stories
2014
Producer
tvDeath Row Stories
2014
Executive Producer
movieThe Armstrong Lie
2013
Producer
tvHistory of the Eagles
2013
Producer
movieThe Last Gladiators
2012
Producer
movieVenus and Serena
2012
Executive Producer
movieCatching Hell
2011
Executive Producer
Biba! One Island, 879 Votes
2011
Executive Producer
movieFreakonomics
2010
Producer
movieMy Trip to Al-Qaeda
2010
Producer
movieMoney-Driven Medicine
2009
Producer
movieTaxi to the Dark Side
2008
Producer
movieMr. Untouchable
2007
Producer
movieLove Comes Lately
2007
Executive Producer
movieNo End in Sight
2007
Executive Producer
movieThe House Is Burning
2006
Producer
movieWho Killed the Electric Car?
2006
Consulting Producer
movieLightning in a Bottle
2004
Producer
tvThe Blues
2003
Producer
movieThe Soul of a Man
2003
Producer
movieBrooklyn Babylon
2001
Executive Producer
tvUppdrag granskning
2001
Producer
movieThe Huntress
2000
Executive Producer
tvIndependent Lens
1999
Producer
tvThe Fifties
1997
Executive Producer
The Pacific Century
1992
Executive Producer
Two Wolves
Producer
Musk
Producer
The Statement
Executive Producer
Writing41
tvAgents of Chaos
2020
Writer
movieCitizen K
2019
Writer
tvWhy We Hate
2019
Writer
movieZero Days
2016
Writer
movieCatching Hell
2011
Writer
movieFreakonomics
2010
Writer, Screenplay
tvUppdrag granskning
2001
Writer
tvIndependent Lens
1999
Writer
tvThe Fifties
1997
Writer
movieFlipper
1980
Writer
Acting21
tvThe Dark Money Game
2025
Narrator (voice)
movieTotally Under Control
2021
Narrator (voice)
tvAgents of Chaos
2020
Narrator
movieCitizen K
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
2019
Self - Narrator / Interviewer
tvThe New Yorker Presents
2016
Narrator
movieSteve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieGoing Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Armstrong Lie
2013
Self - Narrator
movieWe Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieMea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
2012
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieClient 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
2010
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieTaxi to the Dark Side
2008
Narrator (voice)
tvThe View
1997
Self
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Creator11
tvThe Dark Money Game
2025
Creator
tvAgents of Chaos
2020
Creator
tvThe Innocence Files
2020
Creator
tvThe Looming Tower
2018
Creator
tvCooked
2016
Creator
tvThe Fifties
1997
Creator
Crew3
Editing2
movieThe Golden Seal
1983
Associate Editor
Camera1
movieThe Soul of a Man
2003
Camera Operator