Biografía y filmografía

Alex Gibney

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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Películas (101)

Mohabat

Mohabat

2026 · Producer

Musk

Musk

2026 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

A Statement

A Statement

2026 · Executive Producer

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

2026 · Director, Producer

Edward Said: Between Worlds

Edward Said: Between Worlds

2026 · Executive Producer

Speechless

Speechless

2026 · Executive Producer

Orwell: 2+2=5

Orwell: 2+2=5

2025 · Producer

Bodyguard of Lies

Bodyguard of Lies

2025 · Producer

Expediente Netanyahu

Expediente Netanyahu

2024 · Producer

Walk with Me

Walk with Me

2024 · Executive Producer

Between Goodbyes

Between Goodbyes

2024 · Executive Producer

In Restless Dreams: La música de Paul Simon

In Restless Dreams: La música de Paul Simon

2024 · Producer, Director

El clímax del millón: La historia de Pornhub

El clímax del millón: La historia de Pornhub

2023 · Thanks, Executive Producer

137 Disparos

137 Disparos

2021 · Executive Producer

Prisionero Para Siempre

Prisionero Para Siempre

2021 · Self- Narrator, Director, Producer

Ciudadano Ashe

Ciudadano Ashe

2021 · Executive Producer

The First Wave

The First Wave

2021 · Executive Producer

Totally Under Control

Totally Under Control

2021 · Narrator (voice), Writer, Producer, Director

Kingdom of Silence

Kingdom of Silence

2020 · Executive Producer

Loco, No Demente

Loco, No Demente

2020 · Director, Producer, Writer

Citizen K

Citizen K

2019 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

Los Últimos Frikis

Los Últimos Frikis

2019 · Executive Producer

Desangrando A Silicon Valley

Desangrando A Silicon Valley

2019 · Self - Narrator / Interviewer, Director, Producer, Writer

Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

2018 · Executive Producer

The China Hustle

The China Hustle

2018 · Executive Producer

Robin Williams: Entra a mi mente

Robin Williams: Entra a mi mente

2018 · Producer

No Stone Unturned

No Stone Unturned

2017 · Director, Writer, Producer

Accidental Anarchist

Accidental Anarchist

2017 · Executive Producer

City of Ghosts

City of Ghosts

2017 · Executive Producer

Elián

Elián

2017 · Executive Producer

American Jihad

American Jihad

2017 · Executive Producer

Water & Power: A California Heist

Water & Power: A California Heist

2017 · Executive Producer

Zero Days VR

Zero Days VR

2017 · Executive Producer

Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley

Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley

2016 · Executive Producer

Zero Days

Zero Days

2016 · Director, Writer, Producer

Spring Broke

Spring Broke

2016 · Executive Producer

4% desigualdad en Hollywood

4% desigualdad en Hollywood

2016 · Executive Producer

Every Move You Make

Every Move You Make

2016 · Consulting Producer

Janis. La verdadera historia de la reina del blues

Janis. La verdadera historia de la reina del blues

2015 · Producer

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

2015 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

Sunshine Superman

Sunshine Superman

2015 · Executive Producer

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

2015 · Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Writer

What Happened, Miss Simone?

What Happened, Miss Simone?

2015 · Thanks

What's Motivating Hayes

What's Motivating Hayes

2015 · Executive Producer

Fields of Fear

Fields of Fear

2014 · Director

Finding Fela

Finding Fela

2014 · Producer, Director

Ceasefire Massacre

Ceasefire Massacre

2014 · Director, Producer

Mr. Dynamite: El Ascenso de James Brown

Mr. Dynamite: El Ascenso de James Brown

2014 · Writer, Director, Executive Producer

La Mentira de Armstrong

La Mentira de Armstrong

2013 · Self - Narrator, Director, Producer, Writer

Robamos secretos: La historia de Wikileaks

Robamos secretos: La historia de Wikileaks

2013 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

2012 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream

Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream

2012 · Director, Writer

The Last Gladiators

The Last Gladiators

2012 · Director, Producer

Venus y Serena

Venus y Serena

2012 · Executive Producer

Speaking with Light

Speaking with Light

2012 · Director

Dear Governor Cuomo

Dear Governor Cuomo

2012 · Director

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

2012 · Director

Catching Hell

Catching Hell

2011 · Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

2011 · Writer, Director, Producer

Biba! One Island, 879 Votes

Biba! One Island, 879 Votes

2011 · Executive Producer

Cliente 9: Ascenso y caída de Eliot Spitzer

Cliente 9: Ascenso y caída de Eliot Spitzer

2010 · Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer

Freakonomics

Freakonomics

2010 · Writer, Director, Screenplay, Producer

Casino Jack and the United States of Money

Casino Jack and the United States of Money

2010 · Director, Producer, Writer

My Trip to Al-Qaeda

My Trip to Al-Qaeda

2010 · Producer, Director

Dirty Business

Dirty Business

2009 · Producer

Money-Driven Medicine

Money-Driven Medicine

2009 · Producer

Gonzo: Vida y hazañas del Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Gonzo: Vida y hazañas del Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

2008 · Director, Screenplay, Producer

Taxi al lado oscuro

Taxi al lado oscuro

2008 · Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer

Mr. Untouchable

Mr. Untouchable

2007 · Producer

Love Comes Lately

Love Comes Lately

2007 · Executive Producer

La guerra sin fin (No End in Sight)

La guerra sin fin (No End in Sight)

2007 · Executive Producer

Time Piece

Time Piece

2006 · Director

The House Is Burning

The House Is Burning

2006 · Producer

¿Quién mató al coche eléctrico?

¿Quién mató al coche eléctrico?

2006 · Consulting Producer

The Human Behavior Experiments

The Human Behavior Experiments

2006 · Director, Producer, Writer

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

2006 · Producer

3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas

3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas

2005 · Director, Producer

Behind Those Eyes

Behind Those Eyes

2005 · Writer, Director, Producer

Enron, los tipos que estafaron a América

Enron, los tipos que estafaron a América

2005 · Director, Screenplay, Producer

Lightning in a Bottle

Lightning in a Bottle

2004 · Producer

The Soul of a Man

The Soul of a Man

2003 · Producer, Camera Operator

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

2002 · Writer, Producer

Jimi Hendrix and The Blues

Jimi Hendrix and The Blues

2001 · Director, Producer

Brooklyn Babylon

Brooklyn Babylon

2001 · Executive Producer

The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power

The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power

2000 · Producer

Soldiers in the Army of God

Soldiers in the Army of God

2000 · Producer

The Huntress

The Huntress

2000 · Executive Producer

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy

1998 · Writer, Director, Producer

Inside Japan, Inc.

Inside Japan, Inc.

1992 · Director

Manufacturing Miracles

Manufacturing Miracles

1988 · Director, Producer

Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

1988 · Director, Producer, Writer

The Golden Seal

The Golden Seal

1983 · Associate Editor

The Ruling Classroom

The Ruling Classroom

1980 · Director, Producer, Editor, Sound

Flipper

Flipper

1980 · Director, Writer

Two Wolves

Two Wolves

· Producer, Director

The Sound of Philadelphia

The Sound of Philadelphia

· Producer

The Hands That Held the Knives

The Hands That Held the Knives

· Producer

Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary

Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary

· Producer

Return to Timbuktu

Return to Timbuktu

· Producer

Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary

Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary

· Director, Executive Producer

Untitled Penny Lane Documentary

Untitled Penny Lane Documentary

· Executive Producer

Series (57)

Connect with Jacob Soboroff

Connect with Jacob Soboroff

2026 · Executive Producer

Mr. Scorsese

Mr. Scorsese

2025 · Thanks

Detectives Furry: Desenmascarando a un Monstruo

Detectives Furry: Desenmascarando a un Monstruo

2025 · Executive Producer

El negocio del dinero oscuro (2025)

El negocio del dinero oscuro (2025)

2025 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer, Creator

Uno de los nuestros: David Chase y «Los Soprano»

Uno de los nuestros: David Chase y «Los Soprano»

2024 · Self, Producer, Director

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

2024 · Director, Producer

Dios salve a Texas

Dios salve a Texas

2024 · Executive Producer

Medicina letal

Medicina letal

2023 · Executive Producer

The Ruling Class

The Ruling Class

2023 · Executive Producer

El mundo vs. Boris Becker

El mundo vs. Boris Becker

2023 · Producer, Director, Writer

Detrás del velo: Sobreviviendo a la iglesia de La Luz del Mundo

Detrás del velo: Sobreviviendo a la iglesia de La Luz del Mundo

2022 · Producer

Cómo cambiar tu mente

Cómo cambiar tu mente

2022 · Executive Producer, Writer

La línea

La línea

2021 · Executive Producer

El crimen del siglo

El crimen del siglo

2021 · Director, Producer, Writer, Creator

Tiger

Tiger

2021 · Executive Producer

Agentes del caos

Agentes del caos

2020 · Narrator, Director, Producer, Writer, Creator

Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon

2020 · Executive Producer

Proyecto Inocencia

Proyecto Inocencia

2020 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator

Los problemas de la química

Los problemas de la química

2020 · Executive Producer

Why We Hate

Why We Hate

2019 · Executive Producer, Writer

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

2019 · Executive Producer, Creator

La Familia

La Familia

2019 · Executive Producer

Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI

Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI

2018 · Director, Executive Producer

The Clinton Affair

The Clinton Affair

2018 · Executive Producer

Sal, grasa, ácido, calor

Sal, grasa, ácido, calor

2018 · Executive Producer

Enhanced

Enhanced

2018 · Executive Producer

The Looming Tower

The Looming Tower

2018 · Executive Producer, Director, Story, Creator

Dirty Money

Dirty Money

2018 · Self, Executive Producer, Producer, Director

Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge

Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge

2017 · Director, Executive Producer

The Last Shot

The Last Shot

2017 · Executive Producer

Un mundo sin agua

Un mundo sin agua

2017 · Executive Producer

Asesino de Mujeres

Asesino de Mujeres

2016 · Executive Producer

Cooked

Cooked

2016 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator

The New Yorker Presents

The New Yorker Presents

2016 · Narrator, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator

Billions

Billions

2016 · Director

Hollywood en primer plano

Hollywood en primer plano

2015 · Self

Sinatra: todo o nada

Sinatra: todo o nada

2015 · Director, Executive Producer

Edge of Eighteen

Edge of Eighteen

2014 · Executive Producer

30 for 30: Soccer Stories

30 for 30: Soccer Stories

2014 · Producer, Director

Death Row Stories

Death Row Stories

2014 · Executive Producer

The Eagles: Historia de los Eagles

The Eagles: Historia de los Eagles

2013 · Producer

30 for 30 Shorts

30 for 30 Shorts

2012 · Director

30 for 30 - ESPN Films

30 for 30 - ESPN Films

2011 · Director

Martin Scorsese Presenta: The Blues

Martin Scorsese Presenta: The Blues

2003 · Producer

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003 · Self

Uppdrag granskning

Uppdrag granskning

2001 · Writer, Director, Producer

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now!

2001 · Self

The Sexual Century: The Look of Love

The Sexual Century: The Look of Love

1999 · Producer, Director, Writer, Creator

Independent Lens

Independent Lens

1999 · Director, Writer, Producer

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

1998 · Producer, Writer, Director

The Fifties

The Fifties

1997 · Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator

Storyville

Storyville

1997 · Director

The View

The View

1997 · Self

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996 · Self

The Pacific Century

The Pacific Century

1992 · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Mind vs/+ Machine: The Human Story of A.I.

Mind vs/+ Machine: The Human Story of A.I.

· Executive Producer