Alex Gibney
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: October 23, 1953 (71 years old)
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
2024
2023
2021
2020
2019
Actor Narrator (voice)
Citizen K
Actor Self - Narrator / Interviewer
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Director
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Producer
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Writer
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Director
Citizen K
Screenplay
Citizen K
Producer
Citizen K
Executive Producer
Los Últimos Frikis
2018
2017
2016
2015
Actor Narrator (voice)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Actor Narrator (voice)
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Director
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Producer
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Director
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Writer
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Producer
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Writer
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Producer
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Thanks
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Executive Producer
What's Motivating Hayes
Executive Producer
Sunshine Superman
2014
2013
Actor Self - Narrator
The Armstrong Lie
Actor Narrator (voice)
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Director
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Director
The Armstrong Lie
Writer
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Writer
The Armstrong Lie
Producer
The Armstrong Lie
Producer
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
2012
Director
The Last Gladiators
Executive Producer
Venus and Serena
Director
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Screenplay
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Director
Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
Writer
Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
Producer
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Producer
The Last Gladiators
Director
Speaking with Light
Director
Dear Governor Cuomo
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2011
2010
Actor Self - Narrator (voice)
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Director
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Director
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Writer
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Director
Freakonomics
Writer
Freakonomics
Screenplay
Freakonomics
Director
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Producer
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Producer
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Writer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Producer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Producer
Freakonomics
2009
2008
Actor Narrator (voice)
Taxi to the Dark Side
Director
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Director
Taxi to the Dark Side
Writer
Taxi to the Dark Side
Screenplay
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Producer
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Producer
Taxi to the Dark Side
2007
2006
2005
Director
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Screenplay
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Writer
Behind Those Eyes
Director
Behind Those Eyes
Producer
Behind Those Eyes
Director
3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas
Producer
3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas
Producer
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
