Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

b. 1953 (age 73) New York City, New York USA
Director Writer

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Alex Gibney is an American documentary film director and producer. His works as director include Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (nominated in 2005 for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature) The Human Behavior Experiments (2006), Jimi Hendrix and the Blues (2001), and Taxi to the Dark Side  (winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature) focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed at Bagram Air Force Base in 2002. Casino Jack and the United States of Money, chronicles the life of disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff (released in theaters May 7, 2010). A rough cut of an almost-finished documentary on Eliot Spitzer directed by Gibney, was shown on April 24, 2010 at the Tribeca Film Festival.  Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer opens in theaters Nov. 5, 2010; but will be released on Ultra-VOD on Oct. 1. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Gibney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
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★ 7.2
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
2026 Director
The Dark Money Game
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★ 7.5
The Dark Money Game
2025 Director Writer
Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos
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★ 8.2
Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos
2024 Self Director
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The 45th Annual Documentary Emmy Awards
2024 Self
Boom! Boom!: The World vs. Boris Becker
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★ 7.4
Boom! Boom!: The World vs. Boris Becker
2023 Director Writer
How to Change Your Mind
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★ 7.9
How to Change Your Mind
2022 Writer
The Crime of the Century
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★ 8.1
The Crime of the Century
2021 Director Writer
The Forever Prisoner
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★ 7.4
The Forever Prisoner
2021 Director
Totally Under Control
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★ 7.6
Totally Under Control
2020 Director Writer
The Innocence Files
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★ 7.9
The Innocence Files
2020 Director
Crazy, Not Insane
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★ 6.9
Crazy, Not Insane
2020 Director Writer
Agents of Chaos
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★ 7.4
Agents of Chaos
2020 Actor Director Writer
Narrator
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
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★ 7.2
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
2019 Self Director Writer
Citizen K
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★ 7.2
Citizen K
2019 Director Writer
Why We Hate
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★ 7.4
Why We Hate
2019 Writer
The Looming Tower
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★ 8.0
The Looming Tower
2018 Writer Director
Dirty Money
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★ 8.1
Dirty Money
2018 Self Director
Enemies: The President, Justice & The FBI
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★ 7.1
Enemies: The President, Justice & The FBI
2018 Director
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A Tribute to Sheila Nevins: Newhouse Mirror Awards
2018 Self
No Stone Unturned
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★ 7.2
No Stone Unturned
2017 Director Writer
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
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★ 7.4
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017 Director
Parched
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★ 8.0
Parched
2017 Actor
Narrator
Billions
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★ 8.3
Billions
2016 Director
Zero Days
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★ 7.7
Zero Days
2016 Director Writer
Cooked
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★ 8.0
Cooked
2016 Director
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
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★ 8.0
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
2015 Director Writer
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
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★ 6.9
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
2015 Self Director Writer
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
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★ 8.0
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
2015 Director
The New Yorker Presents
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★ 6.8
The New Yorker Presents
2015 Director Writer
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
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★ 7.4
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014 Director Writer
Finding Fela
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★ 7.1
Finding Fela
2014 Director
30 for 30: Soccer Stories
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★ 7.5
30 for 30: Soccer Stories
2014 Self Director
The Armstrong Lie
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★ 7.2
The Armstrong Lie
2013 Director Writer
We Steal Secrets
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★ 6.9
We Steal Secrets
2013 Self Director Writer
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
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★ 8.0
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
2012 Self Director Writer
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream
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★ 7.3
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream
2012 Actor Director Writer
Narrator
30 for 30 Shorts
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★ 7.9
30 for 30 Shorts
2012 Director
Dear Governor Cuomo
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★ 5.7
Dear Governor Cuomo
2012 Director
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★ 3.4
56th BFI London Film Festival
2012 Self
Speaking with Light
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★ 6.7
Speaking with Light
2012 Director
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Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2012 Director
The Last Gladiators
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★ 7.1
The Last Gladiators
2011 Director
Catching Hell
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★ 7.9
Catching Hell
2011 Self Director Writer
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
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★ 6.8
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
2011 Director Writer
ESPN Films
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★ 7.5
ESPN Films
2011 Director
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The 22th Annual Producers Guild Awards
2011 Self
Freakonomics
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★ 6.3
Freakonomics
2010 Director Writer
Client 9
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★ 7.3
Client 9
2010 Self Director Writer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
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★ 7.1
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
2010 Director Writer
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
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★ 7.2
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
2010 Director
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★ 8.1
The High Bar
2010 Self
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The 15th Annual Satellite Awards
2010 Self
Gonzo
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★ 7.6
Gonzo
2008 Director Writer
Taxi to the Dark Side
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★ 7.4
Taxi to the Dark Side
2007 Actor Director Writer
Narrator
The Human Behavior Experiments
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★ 7.5
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006 Director Writer
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★ 7.0
Time Piece
2006 Director
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
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★ 7.5
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005 Director Writer
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★ 8.7
Behind Those Eyes
2005 Director Writer
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Higher Definition
2003 Self
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
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★ 7.6
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
2002 Writer
Independent Lens
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★ 8.1
Independent Lens
1999 Director Writer
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★ 4.2
The Sexual Century: The Sexual Revolution
1999 Director Writer
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The Sexual Century: Sexual Explorers
1999 Director Writer
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AFI 100 Years 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998 Director Writer
The Fifties
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★ 8.0
The Fifties
1997 Director Writer
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★ 8.1
The Pacific Century
1992 Writer
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Manufacturing Miracles
1988 Director
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The Ruling Classroom
1980 Director
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The Action
Director
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Stuxnet
Director Writer
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Untitled Luigi Mangione Project
Director
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Musk
Director
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Two Wolves
Director Writer