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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-10-23 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Philip Alexander Gibney
亚历克斯·吉布尼
Алекс Ґібні
Алекс Гибни

Alex Gibney

Biography

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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Acting

2025

Ohio Confidential as Narrator (voice)

2024

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos as Self

2021

Totally Under Control as Narrator (voice)

2020

Agents of Chaos as Narrator

2019		Citizen K as Narrator (voice)
2019		The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley as Self - Narrator / Interviewer

2018

Dirty Money as Self

2016

The New Yorker Presents as Narrator

2015		Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine as Narrator (voice)
2015		Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015		Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief as Narrator (voice)

2013		The Armstrong Lie as Self - Narrator
2013		We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks as Narrator (voice)

2011

Catching Hell as Self

2010

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer as Self - Narrator (voice)

2008

Taxi to the Dark Side as Narrator (voice)

2003

Real Time with Bill Maher as Self

1997

The View as Self

1996

The Daily Show as Self

Camera

2003

The Soul of a Man as Camera Operator

Creator

2025

The Dark Money Game as Creator

2021

The Crime of the Century as Creator

2020		Agents of Chaos as Creator
2020		The Innocence Files as Creator

2019

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America as Creator

2018

The Looming Tower as Creator

2016		Cooked as Creator
2016		The New Yorker Presents as Creator

1999

The Sexual Century: The Look of Love as Creator

1997

The Fifties as Creator

1992

The Pacific Century as Creator

Crew

2023

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story as Thanks

2015

What Happened, Miss Simone? as Thanks

Directing

—		Two Wolves as Director
—		Musk as Director
—		Knife as Director

2025		Ohio Confidential as Director
2025		Wealth of the Wicked as Director
2025		The Dark Money Game as Director

2024		Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos as Director
2024		In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon as Director
2024		In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon as Director

2023

Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker as Director

2021		The Forever Prisoner as Director
2021		The Crime of the Century as Director
2021		Totally Under Control as Director

2020		Agents of Chaos as Director
2020		The Innocence Files as Director
2020		Crazy, Not Insane as Director

2019		Citizen K as Director
2019		The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley as Director

2018		Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI as Director
2018		The Looming Tower as Director
2018		Dirty Money as Director

2017		Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge as Director
2017		No Stone Unturned as Director

2016		Zero Days as Director
2016		Cooked as Director
2016		The New Yorker Presents as Director
2016		Billions as Director

2015		Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine as Director
2015		Sinatra: All or Nothing at All as Director
2015		Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief as Director

2014		Fields of Fear as Director
2014		Finding Fela as Director
2014		Ceasefire Massacre as Director
2014		Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown as Director
2014		30 for 30: Soccer Stories as Director

2013		The Armstrong Lie as Director
2013		We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks as Director

2012		Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God as Director
2012		Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream as Director
2012		The Last Gladiators as Director
2012		Speaking with Light as Director
2012		Dear Governor Cuomo as Director
2012		Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas as Director
2012		30 for 30 Shorts as Director

2011		Catching Hell as Director
2011		Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place as Director
2011		30 for 30 - ESPN Films as Director

2010		Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer as Director
2010		Freakonomics as Director
2010		Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Director
2010		My Trip to Al-Qaeda as Director

2008		Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson as Director
2008		Taxi to the Dark Side as Director

2006		Time Piece as Director
2006		The Human Behavior Experiments as Director

2005		3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas as Director
2005		Behind Those Eyes as Director
2005		Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room as Director

2001		Jimi Hendrix and The Blues as Director
2001		Uppdrag granskning as Director

1999		The Sexual Century: The Look of Love as Director
1999		Independent Lens as Director

1998		AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy as Director
1998		AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Director

1997		The Fifties as Director
1997		Storyville as Director

1992

Inside Japan, Inc. as Director

1988		Manufacturing Miracles as Director
1988		Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Director

1980		The Ruling Classroom as Director
1980		Flipper as Director

Editing

1983

The Golden Seal as Associate Editor

1980

The Ruling Classroom as Editor

Production

—		Two Wolves as Producer
—		The Sound of Philadelphia as Producer
—		Musk as Producer
—		The Hands That Held the Knives as Producer
—		Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary as Producer
—		Kids Don't Know What's Best as Producer
—		Knife as Producer
—		Return to Timbuktu as Producer
—		Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary as Producer
—		Untitled Saeid Mollaei TV Project as Executive Producer

2025		Bodyguard of Lies as Producer
2025		Orwell: 2+2=5 as Producer
2025		Ohio Confidential as Producer
2025		The Dark Money Game as Producer

2024		The Bibi Files as Producer
2024		Walk with Me as Executive Producer
2024		Between Goodbyes as Executive Producer
2024		Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos as Producer
2024		In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon as Producer
2024		In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon as Producer
2024		God Save Texas as Executive Producer

2023		Painkiller as Executive Producer
2023		The Ruling Class as Executive Producer
2023		Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker as Producer
2023		Money Shot: The Pornhub Story as Executive Producer

2022		Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo as Producer
2022		How to Change Your Mind as Executive Producer

2021		137 Shots as Executive Producer
2021		The Forever Prisoner as Producer
2021		Citizen Ashe as Executive Producer
2021		The First Wave as Executive Producer
2021		The Line as Executive Producer
2021		The Crime of the Century as Producer
2021		Totally Under Control as Producer
2021		Tiger as Executive Producer

2020		Kingdom of Silence as Executive Producer
2020		Agents of Chaos as Producer
2020		Laurel Canyon as Executive Producer
2020		The Innocence Files as Executive Producer
2020		How to Fix a Drug Scandal as Executive Producer
2020		Crazy, Not Insane as Producer

2019		Citizen K as Producer
2019		Los Últimos Frikis as Executive Producer
2019		Why We Hate as Executive Producer
2019		Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America as Executive Producer
2019		The Family as Executive Producer
2019		The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley as Producer

2018		Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes as Executive Producer
2018		Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI as Executive Producer
2018		The Clinton Affair as Executive Producer
2018		Salt Fat Acid Heat as Executive Producer
2018		Enhanced as Executive Producer
2018		The China Hustle as Executive Producer
2018		The Looming Tower as Executive Producer
2018		Dirty Money as Executive Producer
2018		Dirty Money as Producer
2018		Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind as Producer

2017		Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge as Executive Producer
2017		No Stone Unturned as Producer
2017		The Last Shot as Executive Producer
2017		Accidental Anarchist as Executive Producer
2017		City of Ghosts as Executive Producer
2017		Elián as Executive Producer
2017		American Jihad as Executive Producer
2017		Parched as Executive Producer
2017		Water & Power: A California Heist as Executive Producer
2017		Zero Days VR as Executive Producer

2016		The Killing Season as Executive Producer
2016		Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley as Executive Producer
2016		Zero Days as Producer
2016		Spring Broke as Executive Producer
2016		The 4%: Film's Gender Problem as Executive Producer
2016		Cooked as Executive Producer
2016		The New Yorker Presents as Executive Producer
2016		Every Move You Make as Consulting Producer

2015		Janis: Little Girl Blue as Producer
2015		Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine as Producer
2015		Sunshine Superman as Executive Producer
2015		Sinatra: All or Nothing at All as Executive Producer
2015		Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief as Producer
2015		What's Motivating Hayes as Executive Producer

2014		Edge of Eighteen as Executive Producer
2014		Finding Fela as Producer
2014		Ceasefire Massacre as Producer
2014		Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown as Executive Producer
2014		30 for 30: Soccer Stories as Producer
2014		Death Row Stories as Executive Producer

2013		The Armstrong Lie as Producer
2013		We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks as Producer
2013		History of the Eagles as Producer

2012		Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God as Producer
2012		The Last Gladiators as Producer
2012		Venus and Serena as Executive Producer

2011		Catching Hell as Executive Producer
2011		Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place as Producer
2011		Biba! One Island, 879 Votes as Executive Producer

2010		Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer as Producer
2010		Freakonomics as Producer
2010		Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Producer
2010		My Trip to Al-Qaeda as Producer

2009		Dirty Business as Producer
2009		Money-Driven Medicine as Producer

2008		Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson as Producer
2008		Taxi to the Dark Side as Producer

2007		Mr. Untouchable as Producer
2007		Love Comes Lately as Executive Producer
2007		No End in Sight as Executive Producer

2006		The House Is Burning as Producer
2006		Who Killed the Electric Car? as Consulting Producer
2006		The Human Behavior Experiments as Producer
2006		Herbie Hancock: Possibilities as Producer

2005		3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas as Producer
2005		Behind Those Eyes as Producer
2005		Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room as Producer

2004

Lightning in a Bottle as Producer

2003		The Blues as Producer
2003		The Soul of a Man as Producer

2002

The Trials of Henry Kissinger as Producer

2001		Jimi Hendrix and The Blues as Producer
2001		Brooklyn Babylon as Executive Producer
2001		Uppdrag granskning as Producer

2000		The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power as Producer
2000		Soldiers in the Army of God as Producer
2000		The Huntress as Executive Producer

1999		The Sexual Century: The Look of Love as Producer
1999		Independent Lens as Producer

1998		AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy as Producer
1998		AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Producer

1997

The Fifties as Executive Producer

1992

The Pacific Century as Executive Producer

1988		Manufacturing Miracles as Producer
1988		Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Producer

1980

The Ruling Classroom as Producer

Sound

1980

The Ruling Classroom as Sound

Writing

2025		Ohio Confidential as Writer
2025		Wealth of the Wicked as Writer
2025		The Dark Money Game as Writer

2023

Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker as Writer

2022

How to Change Your Mind as Writer

2021		The Crime of the Century as Writer
2021		Totally Under Control as Writer

2020		Agents of Chaos as Writer
2020		Crazy, Not Insane as Writer

2019		Citizen K as Screenplay
2019		Why We Hate as Writer
2019		The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley as Writer

2018

The Looming Tower as Story

2017

No Stone Unturned as Writer

2016		Zero Days as Writer
2016		The New Yorker Presents as Writer

2015		Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine as Writer
2015		Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief as Writer

2014

Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown as Writer

2013		The Armstrong Lie as Writer
2013		We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks as Writer

2012		Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God as Screenplay
2012		Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream as Writer

2011		Catching Hell as Writer
2011		Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place as Writer

2010		Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer as Writer
2010		Freakonomics as Writer
2010		Freakonomics as Screenplay
2010		Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Writer

2008		Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson as Screenplay
2008		Taxi to the Dark Side as Writer

2006

The Human Behavior Experiments as Writer

2005		Behind Those Eyes as Writer
2005		Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room as Screenplay

2002

The Trials of Henry Kissinger as Writer

2001

Uppdrag granskning as Writer

1999		The Sexual Century: The Look of Love as Writer
1999		Independent Lens as Writer

1998		AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy as Writer
1998		AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Writer

1997

The Fifties as Writer

1992

The Pacific Century as Writer

1988

Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America as Writer

1980

Flipper as Writer