Morgan Neville

Morgan Neville

b. 1967 (age 59) Los Angeles, California, USA
Director Writer

Morgan Neville is an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. For over twenty years he has been making films about music and cultural subjects including Troubadours, Search and Destroy and three Grammy-nominated films: Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters Can’t Be Satisfied, and Johnny Cash’s America. His non-music films include The Cool School, Steinbeck and Shotgun Freeway: Drives Thru Lost L.A.. Neville has also produced many documentaries, including Pearl Jam Twenty, Crossfire Hurricane and Beauty is Embarrassing. In 2014, 20 Feet From Stardom, won numerous awards including the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Most recently, Best of Enemies won an Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary at the 2017 News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The film was also shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Other recent projects include Keith Richards: Under the Influence (Director), Chelsea Does (Executive Producer), a series of four documentaries with Chelsea Handler for Netflix, and Abstract: The Art of Design, also for Netflix.

Known For

Filmography

Lorne
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★ 7.0
Lorne
2026 Director Writer
Man on the Run
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★ 7.5
Man on the Run
2025 Director
Breakdown: 1975
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★ 6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025 Director Writer
Piece by Piece
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★ 6.9
Piece by Piece
2024 Self Director Writer
Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces
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★ 7.5
Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces
2024 Director
What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates
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★ 6.3
What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates
2024 Director
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
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★ 7.8
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023 Director
The Saint of Second Chances
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★ 7.5
The Saint of Second Chances
2023 Director
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This Is Not a House
2023 Director
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
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★ 7.7
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021 Director
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
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★ 8.0
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021 Director
The Next Thing You Eat
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★ 7.1
The Next Thing You Eat
2021 Director
Song Exploder
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★ 7.4
Song Exploder
2020 Director
Shangri-La
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★ 7.5
Shangri-La
2019 Director
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
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★ 6.4
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2019 Director
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
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★ 8.3
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018 Director
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
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★ 7.4
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 Director
Ugly Delicious
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★ 7.7
Ugly Delicious
2018 Director
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Criterion Collection: Under the influence
2018 Self
Abstract: The Art of Design
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★ 8.3
Abstract: The Art of Design
2017 Director
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A Fighting Chance
2016 Director
Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal
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★ 7.6
Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal
2015 Director Writer
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
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★ 7.1
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015 Director
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
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★ 7.7
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2015 Director
20 Feet from Stardom
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★ 7.4
20 Feet from Stardom
2013 Director Writer
Troubadours
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★ 6.8
Troubadours
2011 Director
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
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★ 7.0
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2010 Director
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★ 6.6
Ray Charles America
2010 Writer
The Cool School
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★ 7.0
The Cool School
2008 Director Writer
The Night James Brown Saved Boston
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★ 7.3
The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008 Writer
Johnny Cash's America
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★ 7.8
Johnny Cash's America
2008 Director Writer
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The Joy of Lex
2008 Writer
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
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American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2006 Director
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
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★ 6.7
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
2005 Director
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Sundance Film Festival: YouTube Channel
2005 Self
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Hollywood Home Movies
2004 Director
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Dark Stars
2003 Writer
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
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★ 8.9
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
2000 Director
Independent Lens
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★ 8.1
Independent Lens
1999 Director Writer
Brian Wilson: A Beach Boy's Tale
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★ 8.3
Brian Wilson: A Beach Boy's Tale
1999 Director Writer
Legenden
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★ 6.8
Legenden
1998 Director
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The Hustons: Hollywood's Maverick Dynasty
1998 Director Writer
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Sidney Poitier: The Defiant One
1997 Director
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
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★ 6.6
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995 Director Writer
Biography
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★ 7.7
Biography
1987 Director Writer
American Masters
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★ 8.2
American Masters
1985 Director Writer
Arena
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★ 7.7
Arena
1975 Director
Great Performances
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★ 8.0
Great Performances
1971 Director Writer
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Fantasyland
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A Beautiful Game
Director
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Who Is Michael Donaldson?
Self