Alex Gibney
Directing Born Oct 23, 1953 New York City, New York, USA 287 credits
Biography
Alex Gibney is an American documentary film director and producer. He was born on October 23, 1953, in New York City. Gibney's works as a director include films such as The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. His documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. Gibney is also known for directing Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, which won three Emmy awards in 2015.
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Career overview
Alex Gibney is a documentary film director and producer. He was born on October 23, 1953, in New York City. Gibney's work as a director includes several notable documentaries. One of his films, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. Gibney also directed Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, which was short-listed for an award.
Gibney's other notable works include We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. Going Clear won three Emmys in 2015. Mea Maxima Culpa also won three primetime Emmy awards in 2013. Gibney's film The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is another example of his work as a director. Gibney's documentary films often focus on real-life stories and events.
Gibney has directed a total of 155 films and television shows throughout his career. His work has been recognized for its impact and accuracy in portraying real-life events. Gibney's ability to tell compelling stories through his documentaries has earned him a reputation as a skilled director.
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Career timeline
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie · DirectorKnife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie · ProducerConnect with Jacob Soboroff · Executive ProducerSpeechless · Executive ProducerMusk · Director
Mr. Scorsese · ThanksThe Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster · Executive ProducerThe Dark Money GameThe Dark Money Game · DirectorThe Dark Money Game · Producer
Wise Guy: David Chase and The SopranosWise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos · ProducerWise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos · DirectorGod Save Texas · Executive ProducerIn Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon · Director
Painkiller · Executive ProducerMoney Shot: The Pornhub Story · ThanksMoney Shot: The Pornhub Story · Executive ProducerBoom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker · ProducerBoom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker · Director
How to Change Your Mind · Executive ProducerHow to Change Your Mind · WriterUnveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo · Producer
The Line · Executive ProducerThe Crime of the Century · DirectorThe Crime of the Century · ProducerThe Crime of the Century · WriterThe Crime of the Century · Creator
The Innocence Files · Executive ProducerThe Innocence Files · DirectorThe Innocence Files · CreatorLaurel Canyon · Executive ProducerCrazy, Not Insane · Director
The Family · Executive ProducerHip Hop: The Songs That Shook America · Executive ProducerHip Hop: The Songs That Shook America · CreatorWhy We Hate · Executive ProducerWhy We Hate · Writer
Dirty MoneyDirty Money · Executive ProducerDirty Money · ProducerDirty Money · DirectorThe Looming Tower · Executive Producer
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge · DirectorRolling Stone: Stories from the Edge · Executive ProducerParched · Executive ProducerAccidental Anarchist · Executive ProducerElián · Executive Producer
Billions · DirectorThe New Yorker PresentsThe New Yorker Presents · Executive ProducerThe New Yorker Presents · DirectorThe New Yorker Presents · Writer
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterGoing Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefGoing Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief · ProducerGoing Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief · DirectorGoing Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief · Writer
Death Row Stories · Executive ProducerFinding Fela · ProducerFinding Fela · Director30 for 30: Soccer Stories · Producer30 for 30: Soccer Stories · Director
History of the Eagles · ProducerThe Armstrong LieThe Armstrong Lie · DirectorThe Armstrong Lie · ProducerThe Armstrong Lie · Writer
30 for 30 Shorts · DirectorThe Last Gladiators · DirectorThe Last Gladiators · ProducerVenus and Serena · Executive ProducerMea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
30 for 30 - ESPN Films · DirectorCatching HellCatching Hell · DirectorCatching Hell · WriterCatching Hell · Executive Producer
Freakonomics · WriterFreakonomics · DirectorFreakonomics · ScreenplayFreakonomics · ProducerClient 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Dirty Business · ProducerMoney-Driven Medicine · Producer
Taxi to the Dark SideTaxi to the Dark Side · WriterTaxi to the Dark Side · DirectorTaxi to the Dark Side · ProducerGonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson · Director
Mr. Untouchable · ProducerNo End in Sight · Executive ProducerLove Comes Lately · Executive Producer
Who Killed the Electric Car? · Consulting ProducerHerbie Hancock: Possibilities · ProducerThe House Is Burning · ProducerThe Human Behavior Experiments · DirectorThe Human Behavior Experiments · Producer
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room · DirectorEnron: The Smartest Guys in the Room · ScreenplayEnron: The Smartest Guys in the Room · Producer3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas · Director3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas · Producer
Lightning in a Bottle · Producer
Real Time with Bill MaherThe Blues · ProducerThe Soul of a Man · ProducerThe Soul of a Man · Camera Operator
The Trials of Henry Kissinger · WriterThe Trials of Henry Kissinger · Producer
Uppdrag granskning · WriterUppdrag granskning · DirectorUppdrag granskning · ProducerBrooklyn Babylon · Executive ProducerJimi Hendrix and The Blues · Director
The Huntress · Executive ProducerThe Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power · ProducerSoldiers in the Army of God · Producer
Independent Lens · DirectorIndependent Lens · WriterIndependent Lens · ProducerThe Sexual Century: The Look of Love · ProducerThe Sexual Century: The Look of Love · Director
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies · ProducerAFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies · WriterAFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies · DirectorAFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy · WriterAFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy · Director
The ViewStoryville · DirectorThe Fifties · Executive ProducerThe Fifties · DirectorThe Fifties · Writer
Full Filmography
287 titles- Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie (2026) Director
- Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie (2026) Producer
- Connect with Jacob Soboroff (2026) Executive Producer
- Speechless (2026) Executive Producer
- Musk (2026) Director
- Musk (2026) Producer
- Mr. Scorsese (2025) Thanks
- The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster (2025) Executive Producer
- The Dark Money Game (2025) as Narrator (voice)
- The Dark Money Game (2025) Director
- The Dark Money Game (2025) Producer
- The Dark Money Game (2025) Writer
- The Dark Money Game (2025) Creator
- Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025) Producer
- Bodyguard of Lies (2025) Producer
- Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (2024) as Self
- Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (2024) Producer
- Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (2024) Director
- God Save Texas (2024) Executive Producer
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024) Director
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024) Producer
- Between Goodbyes (2024) Executive Producer
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024) Producer
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024) Director
- The Bibi Files (2024) Producer
- Walk with Me (2024) Executive Producer
- Painkiller (2023) Executive Producer
- Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023) Thanks
- Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023) Executive Producer
- Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker (2023) Producer
- Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker (2023) Director
- Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker (2023) Writer
- The Ruling Class (2023) Executive Producer
- How to Change Your Mind (2022) Executive Producer
- How to Change Your Mind (2022) Writer
- Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo (2022) Producer
- The Line (2021) Executive Producer
- The Crime of the Century (2021) Director
- The Crime of the Century (2021) Producer
- The Crime of the Century (2021) Writer
- The Crime of the Century (2021) Creator
- Tiger (2021) Executive Producer
- The Forever Prisoner (2021) Director
- The Forever Prisoner (2021) Producer
- The First Wave (2021) Executive Producer
- Totally Under Control (2021) as Narrator (voice)
- Totally Under Control (2021) Writer
- Totally Under Control (2021) Producer
- Totally Under Control (2021) Director
- 137 Shots (2021) Executive Producer
- Citizen Ashe (2021) Executive Producer
- The Innocence Files (2020) Executive Producer
- The Innocence Files (2020) Director
- The Innocence Files (2020) Creator
- Laurel Canyon (2020) Executive Producer
- Crazy, Not Insane (2020) Director
- Crazy, Not Insane (2020) Producer
- Crazy, Not Insane (2020) Writer
- Agents of Chaos (2020) as Narrator
- Agents of Chaos (2020) Director
- Agents of Chaos (2020) Producer
- Agents of Chaos (2020) Writer
- Agents of Chaos (2020) Creator
- How to Fix a Drug Scandal (2020) Executive Producer
- Kingdom of Silence (2020) Executive Producer
- The Family (2019) Executive Producer
- Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (2019) Executive Producer
- Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (2019) Creator
- Why We Hate (2019) Executive Producer
- Why We Hate (2019) Writer
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) as Self - Narrator / Interviewer
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) Director
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) Producer
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) Writer
- Citizen K (2019) as Narrator (voice)
- Citizen K (2019) Director
- Citizen K (2019) Producer
- Citizen K (2019) Writer
- Los Últimos Frikis (2019) Executive Producer
- Dirty Money (2018) as Self
- Dirty Money (2018) Executive Producer
- Dirty Money (2018) Producer
- Dirty Money (2018) Director
- The Looming Tower (2018) Executive Producer
- The Looming Tower (2018) Director
- The Looming Tower (2018) Story
- The Looming Tower (2018) Creator
- Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018) Producer
- The Clinton Affair (2018) Executive Producer
- Salt Fat Acid Heat (2018) Executive Producer
- Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI (2018) Director
- Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI (2018) Executive Producer
- The China Hustle (2018) Executive Producer
- Enhanced (2018) Executive Producer
- Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018) Executive Producer
- Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge (2017) Director
- Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge (2017) Executive Producer
- Parched (2017) Executive Producer
- Accidental Anarchist (2017) Executive Producer
- Elián (2017) Executive Producer
- The Last Shot (2017) Executive Producer
- American Jihad (2017) Executive Producer
- City of Ghosts (2017) Executive Producer
- Zero Days VR (2017) Executive Producer
- No Stone Unturned (2017) Director
- No Stone Unturned (2017) Writer
- No Stone Unturned (2017) Producer
- Water & Power: A California Heist (2017) Executive Producer
- Billions (2016) Director
- The New Yorker Presents (2016) as Narrator
- The New Yorker Presents (2016) Executive Producer
- The New Yorker Presents (2016) Director
- The New Yorker Presents (2016) Writer
- The New Yorker Presents (2016) Creator
- The Killing Season (2016) Executive Producer
- The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016) Executive Producer
- Cooked (2016) Director
- Cooked (2016) Executive Producer
- Cooked (2016) Creator
- Zero Days (2016) Director
- Zero Days (2016) Writer
- Zero Days (2016) Producer
- Spring Broke (2016) Executive Producer
- Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley (2016) Executive Producer
- Every Move You Make (2016) Consulting Producer
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) as Narrator (voice)
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) Producer
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) Director
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) Writer
- Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015) Director
- Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015) Executive Producer
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) as Narrator (voice)
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) Director
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) Producer
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) Writer
- Sunshine Superman (2015) Executive Producer
- Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) Producer
- What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) Thanks
- What's Motivating Hayes (2015) Executive Producer
- Death Row Stories (2014) Executive Producer
- Finding Fela (2014) Producer
- Finding Fela (2014) Director
- 30 for 30: Soccer Stories (2014) Producer
- 30 for 30: Soccer Stories (2014) Director
- Fields of Fear (2014) Director
- Edge of Eighteen (2014) Executive Producer
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) Writer
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) Director
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) Executive Producer
- Ceasefire Massacre (2014) Director
- Ceasefire Massacre (2014) Producer
- History of the Eagles (2013) Producer
- The Armstrong Lie (2013) as Self - Narrator
- The Armstrong Lie (2013) Director
- The Armstrong Lie (2013) Producer
- The Armstrong Lie (2013) Writer
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) Director
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) Writer
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) Producer
- 30 for 30 Shorts (2012) Director
- The Last Gladiators (2012) Director
- The Last Gladiators (2012) Producer
- Venus and Serena (2012) Executive Producer
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) Director
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) Producer
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) Writer
- Dear Governor Cuomo (2012) Director
- Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas (2012) Director
- Speaking with Light (2012) Director
- Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream (2012) Director
- Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream (2012) Writer
- 30 for 30 - ESPN Films (2011) Director
- Catching Hell (2011) as Self
- Catching Hell (2011) Director
- Catching Hell (2011) Writer
- Catching Hell (2011) Executive Producer
- Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011) Writer
- Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011) Director
- Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011) Producer
- Biba! One Island, 879 Votes (2011) Executive Producer
- Freakonomics (2010) Writer
- Freakonomics (2010) Director
- Freakonomics (2010) Screenplay
- Freakonomics (2010) Producer
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Writer
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Director
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Producer
- Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010) Director
- Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010) Producer
- Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010) Writer
- My Trip to Al-Qaeda (2010) Producer
- My Trip to Al-Qaeda (2010) Director
- Dirty Business (2009) Producer
- Money-Driven Medicine (2009) Producer
- Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) as Narrator (voice)
- Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) Writer
- Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) Director
- Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) Producer
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) Director
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) Screenplay
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) Producer
- Mr. Untouchable (2007) Producer
- No End in Sight (2007) Executive Producer
- Love Comes Lately (2007) Executive Producer
- Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) Consulting Producer
- Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006) Producer
- The House Is Burning (2006) Producer
- The Human Behavior Experiments (2006) Director
- The Human Behavior Experiments (2006) Producer
- The Human Behavior Experiments (2006) Writer
- Time Piece (2006) Director
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Director
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Screenplay
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Producer
- 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas (2005) Director
- 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas (2005) Producer
- Behind Those Eyes (2005) Writer
- Behind Those Eyes (2005) Director
- Behind Those Eyes (2005) Producer
- Lightning in a Bottle (2004) Producer
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- The Blues (2003) Producer
- The Soul of a Man (2003) Producer
- The Soul of a Man (2003) Camera Operator
- The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) Writer
- The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) Producer
- Uppdrag granskning (2001) Writer
- Uppdrag granskning (2001) Director
- Uppdrag granskning (2001) Producer
- Brooklyn Babylon (2001) Executive Producer
- Jimi Hendrix and The Blues (2001) Director
- Jimi Hendrix and The Blues (2001) Producer
- The Huntress (2000) Executive Producer
- The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power (2000) Producer
- Soldiers in the Army of God (2000) Producer
- Independent Lens (1999) Director
- Independent Lens (1999) Writer
- Independent Lens (1999) Producer
- The Sexual Century: The Look of Love (1999) Producer
- The Sexual Century: The Look of Love (1999) Director
- The Sexual Century: The Look of Love (1999) Writer
- The Sexual Century: The Look of Love (1999) Creator
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) Producer
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) Writer
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) Director
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy (1998) Writer
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy (1998) Director
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy (1998) Producer
- The View (1997) as Self
- Storyville (1997) Director
- The Fifties (1997) Executive Producer
- The Fifties (1997) Director
- The Fifties (1997) Writer
- The Fifties (1997) Creator
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Pacific Century (1992) Writer
- The Pacific Century (1992) Executive Producer
- The Pacific Century (1992) Creator
- Inside Japan, Inc. (1992) Director
- Manufacturing Miracles (1988) Director
- Manufacturing Miracles (1988) Producer
- Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America (1988) Director
- Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America (1988) Producer
- Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America (1988) Writer
- The Golden Seal (1983) Associate Editor
- Flipper (1980) Director
- Flipper (1980) Writer
- The Ruling Classroom (1980) Director
- The Ruling Classroom (1980) Producer
- The Ruling Classroom (1980) Editor
- The Ruling Classroom (1980) Sound
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Statement Executive Producer
- The Sound of Philadelphia Producer
- Edward Said: Between Worlds Executive Producer
- Kids Don't Know What's Best Producer
- Two Wolves Producer
- Two Wolves Director
- Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary Director
- Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary Executive Producer
- Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary Producer
- Return to Timbuktu Producer
- The Hands That Held the Knives Producer
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Alex Gibney best known for?
Alex Gibney is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Painkiller (2023), Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023), Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023), Naughty Co-Eds (1974).
When and where was Alex Gibney born?
Alex Gibney was born on October 23, 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.
How many credits does Alex Gibney have?
Alex Gibney has accumulated over 287 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1953 to 2026.
What is Alex Gibney's background in cinema and television?
Alex Gibney is an American documentary film director and producer. He was born on October 23, 1953, in New York City. Gibney's works as a director include films such as The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Mea Maxima ...