Alex Gibney

Born: 1953-10-23

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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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2015-08-07

When Steve Jobs died the world wept. But what accounted for the grief of millions of people who...

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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

as Self - Narrator / Interviewer
Released: 2019-01-24

With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes...

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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2013-05-24

Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms...

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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

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Released: 2015-01-25

GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a...

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The Armstrong Lie

as Self- Narrator
Released: 2013-09-08

In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling. The...

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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2010-11-05

An in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

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Taxi to the Dark Side

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2008-01-18

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and...

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Citizen K

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2019-12-13

The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia —...

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Totally Under Control

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2021-05-05

This documentary puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic...

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Catching Hell

as Self
Released: 2011-09-27

After the Chicago Cubs blow an opportunity to reach the World Series in 2003, Cubs fans blame...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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Real Time with Bill Maher

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First aired: 2003-02-21

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors,...

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The View

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First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

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First aired: 2015-08-02

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of...

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Dirty Money

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First aired: 2018-01-26

From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series...

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Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

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First aired: 2024-09-07

A portrait of celebrated filmmaker David Chase: his life, his career and his groundbreaking work...

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The New Yorker Presents

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First aired: 2016-02-16

A groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to...

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Agents of Chaos

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First aired: 2020-09-23

This two-part documentary pulls back the curtain on Russian collusion in the 2016 U.S....

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