Davis Guggenheim
Directing
Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning American documentary and live action film director and producer. His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for 'Superman'. Since 2006, Guggenheim is the only filmmaker to release three different films that were ranked within the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting for 'Superman'). Guggenheim's cinematographic projects received severals awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for An Inconvenient Truth, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature for He Named Me Malala and two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.
Known for
Directing48
movieDeaf President Now!
2025
Director
The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020
Director
Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020
Director
movieHe Named Me Malala
2015
Director
movieTeach
2013
Director
movieThe Road We've Traveled
2012
Director
movieU2: From the Sky Down
2011
Director
movieWaiting for "Superman"
2010
Director
tvThe Defenders
2010
Director
tvMelrose Place
2009
Director
movieIt Might Get Loud
2008
Director
The Tower
2008
Director
movieGracie
2007
Director
tv3 lbs
2006
Director
movieAn Inconvenient Truth
2006
Director
tvThe Unit
2006
Director
tvWanted
2005
Director
tvNumb3rs
2005
Director
tvDeadwood
2004
Director
tvimagine…
2003
Director
tvPush, Nevada
2002
Director
tvThe Shield
2002
Director
tv24
2001
Director
tvAlias
2001
Director
movieThe First Year
2001
Director
Teach
2001
Director
movieGossip
2000
Director
tvC-16: FBI
1997
Director
tvThe Visitor
1997
Director
tvRelativity
1996
Director
tvCharlie Grace
1995
Director
tvER
1994
Director
tvParty of Five
1994
Director
tvNYPD Blue
1993
Director
tvSisters
1991
Director
Production70
movieLove Apptually
2026
Executive Producer
movieThe Plastic Detox
2026
Executive Producer
movieSoul Patrol
2026
Executive Producer
movieThe Tale of Silyan
2025
Executive Producer
movieLast Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
2025
Executive Producer
movieUvalde Mom
2025
Executive Producer
movieMistress Dispeller
2025
Executive Producer
movieDeaf President Now!
2025
Producer
movieRita
2024
Executive Producer
movieEternal You
2024
Executive Producer
movieWe Can Be Heroes
2024
Executive Producer
movieGirls State
2024
Executive Producer
tvThe Enfield Poltergeist
2023
Executive Producer
tvNavajo Police: Class 57
2023
Executive Producer
tvBurden of Proof
2023
Executive Producer
tvWorking: What We Do All Day
2023
Executive Producer
movieUnder G-d
2023
Executive Producer
movieMija
2022
Executive Producer
movieAccepted
2022
Executive Producer
movieBitterbrush
2022
Executive Producer
tvOnce Upon a Time in Londongrad
2022
Executive Producer
movieAftershock
2022
Executive Producer
movieSwan Song
2021
Executive Producer
Mistress Dispeller
2021
Executive Producer
movieProcession
2021
Executive Producer
movieAt the Ready
2021
Executive Producer
movieAll These Sons
2021
Executive Producer
movieHomeroom
2021
Executive Producer
Container
2020
Executive Producer
movieTime
2020
Executive Producer
movieBloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020
Executive Producer
movieBoys State
2020
Executive Producer
movieA Thousand Cuts
2020
Executive Producer
movieWhere's My Roy Cohn?
2019
Executive Producer
tvInside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
2019
Executive Producer
Paulette
2019
Executive Producer
movieWolf's Mouth
2019
Executive Producer
movieTo Be Queen
2019
Executive Producer
movieDarlin
2019
Executive Producer
El Vacío
2019
Executive Producer
movieWalk Run Cha-Cha
2019
Executive Producer
movieSweetheart Dancers
2019
Executive Producer
movieBisbee '17
2018
Executive Producer
movieThe Price of Free
2018
Producer
movieAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Executive Producer
movieU2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2016
Executive Producer
movieU2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
2015
Executive Producer
movieU2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015
2015
Executive Producer
movieHe Named Me Malala
2015
Producer
movieSpent: Looking for Change
2014
Executive Producer
movieU2: From the Sky Down
2011
Producer
tvThe Defenders
2010
Executive Producer
tvMelrose Place
2009
Producer, Executive Producer
Carissa
2008
Executive Producer
movieIt Might Get Loud
2008
Producer
The Tower
2008
Executive Producer
movieGracie
2007
Producer
tv3 lbs
2006
Executive Producer
movieAn Inconvenient Truth
2006
Executive Producer
tvDeadwood
2004
Producer
movieTraining Day
2001
Executive Producer
movieThe First Year
2001
Producer
Teach
2001
Producer
movieDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
Associate Producer
moviesex, lies, and videotape
1989
Production Coordinator
The Statement
Executive Producer
Writing6
movieTeach
2013
Writer
movieIt Might Get Loud
2008
Screenplay
movieGracie
2007
Writer
movieAn Inconvenient Truth
2006
Screenplay
Camera4
movieWaiting for "Superman"
2010
Camera Operator
movieAn Inconvenient Truth
2006
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
movieThe First Year
2001
Director of Photography
Teach
2001
Director of Photography
Acting2
Creator1
Sound1
movieThe Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1992
Music Supervisor