Alex Gibney
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 23, 1953 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
| 2025 | The Dark Money GameNarrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | Wise Guy: David Chase and The SopranosSelf | |
| 2021 | Totally Under ControlNarrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | Agents of ChaosNarrator | |
| 2019 | Citizen KNarrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleySelf - Narrator / Interviewer | |
| 2018 | Dirty MoneySelf | |
| 2016 | The New Yorker PresentsNarrator | |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefNarrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the MachineNarrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf | |
| 2013 | The Armstrong LieSelf - Narrator | |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksNarrator (voice) | |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | Catching HellSelf | |
| 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark SideNarrator (voice) | |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill MaherSelf | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf |
| 2026 | Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman RushdieProducer | |
| 2026 | SpeechlessExecutive Producer | |
| 2025 | Orwell: 2+2=5Producer | |
| 2025 | Bodyguard of LiesProducer | |
| 2025 | The Dark Money GameProducer | |
| 2025 | The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a MonsterExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonProducer | |
| 2024 | Between GoodbyesExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | The Bibi FilesProducer | |
| 2024 | Walk with MeExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | God Save TexasExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonProducer | |
| 2024 | Wise Guy: David Chase and The SopranosProducer | |
| 2023 | Money Shot: The Pornhub StoryExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | PainkillerExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris BeckerProducer | |
| 2023 | The Ruling ClassExecutive Producer | |
| 2022 | How to Change Your MindExecutive Producer | |
| 2022 | Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del MundoProducer | |
| 2021 | The First WaveExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | 137 ShotsExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | The Forever PrisonerProducer | |
| 2021 | Totally Under ControlProducer | |
| 2021 | Citizen AsheExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | TigerExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | The Crime of the CenturyProducer | |
| 2021 | The LineExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not InsaneProducer | |
| 2020 | Kingdom of SilenceExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | Laurel CanyonExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | The Innocence FilesExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | Agents of ChaosProducer | |
| 2020 | How to Fix a Drug ScandalExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleyProducer | |
| 2019 | Citizen KProducer | |
| 2019 | Los Últimos FrikisExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | Why We HateExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | The FamilyExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | The China HustleExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My MindProducer | |
| 2018 | Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger AilesExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | The Looming TowerExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBIExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Dirty MoneyExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Dirty MoneyProducer | |
| 2018 | The Clinton AffairExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Salt Fat Acid HeatExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | EnhancedExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | EliánExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Accidental AnarchistExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | No Stone UnturnedProducer | |
| 2017 | American JihadExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Water & Power: A California HeistExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | City of GhostsExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Zero Days VRExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories From the EdgeExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | The Last ShotExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | ParchedExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | Zero DaysProducer | |
| 2016 | Every Move You MakeConsulting Producer | |
| 2016 | Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord BuckleyExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | Spring BrokeExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | The 4%: Film's Gender ProblemExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | The New Yorker PresentsExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | The Killing SeasonExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | CookedExecutive Producer | |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefProducer | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the MachineProducer | |
| 2015 | Janis: Little Girl BlueProducer | |
| 2015 | What's Motivating HayesExecutive Producer | |
| 2015 | Sunshine SupermanExecutive Producer | |
| 2015 | Sinatra: All or Nothing at AllExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | Finding FelaProducer | |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James BrownExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | Ceasefire MassacreProducer | |
| 2014 | Death Row StoriesExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | Edge of EighteenExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | 30 for 30: Soccer StoriesProducer | |
| 2013 | The Armstrong LieProducer | |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksProducer | |
| 2013 | History of the EaglesProducer | |
| 2012 | Venus and SerenaExecutive Producer | |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodProducer | |
| 2012 | The Last GladiatorsProducer | |
| 2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool PlaceProducer | |
| 2011 | Biba! One Island, 879 VotesExecutive Producer | |
| 2011 | Catching HellExecutive Producer | |
| 2010 | My Trip to Al-QaedaProducer | |
| 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerProducer | |
| 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of MoneyProducer | |
| 2010 | FreakonomicsProducer | |
| 2009 | Dirty BusinessProducer | |
| 2009 | Money-Driven MedicineProducer | |
| 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonProducer | |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark SideProducer | |
| 2007 | Mr. UntouchableProducer | |
| 2007 | Love Comes LatelyExecutive Producer | |
| 2007 | No End in SightExecutive Producer | |
| 2006 | The House Is BurningProducer | |
| 2006 | The Human Behavior ExperimentsProducer | |
| 2006 | Herbie Hancock: PossibilitiesProducer | |
| 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car?Consulting Producer | |
| 2005 | Behind Those EyesProducer | |
| 2005 | 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, TexasProducer | |
| 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomProducer | |
| 2004 | Lightning in a BottleProducer | |
| 2003 | The Soul of a ManProducer | |
| 2003 | The BluesProducer | |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry KissingerProducer | |
| 2001 | Brooklyn BabylonExecutive Producer | |
| 2001 | Jimi Hendrix and The BluesProducer | |
| 2001 | Uppdrag granskningProducer | |
| 2000 | The HuntressExecutive Producer | |
| 2000 | The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to PowerProducer | |
| 2000 | Soldiers in the Army of GodProducer | |
| 1999 | Independent LensProducer | |
| 1999 | The Sexual Century: The Look of LoveProducer | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love CrazyProducer | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesProducer | |
| 1997 | The FiftiesExecutive Producer | |
| 1992 | The Pacific CenturyExecutive Producer | |
| 1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in AmericaProducer | |
| 1988 | Manufacturing MiraclesProducer | |
| 1980 | The Ruling ClassroomProducer | |
| - | Two WolvesProducer | |
| - | The Sound of PhiladelphiaProducer | |
| - | MuskProducer | |
| - | The Hands That Held the KnivesProducer | |
| - | Untitled Barbra Streisand DocumentaryProducer | |
| - | Kids Don't Know What's BestProducer | |
| - | Return to TimbuktuProducer | |
| - | Untitled Luigi Mangione DocumentaryExecutive Producer | |
| - | The StatementExecutive Producer | |
| - | Untitled Saeid Mollaei TV ProjectExecutive Producer |
| 2026 | Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman RushdieDirector | |
| 2025 | The Dark Money GameDirector | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonDirector | |
| 2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonDirector | |
| 2024 | Wise Guy: David Chase and The SopranosDirector | |
| 2023 | Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris BeckerDirector | |
| 2021 | The Forever PrisonerDirector | |
| 2021 | Totally Under ControlDirector | |
| 2021 | The Crime of the CenturyDirector | |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not InsaneDirector | |
| 2020 | The Innocence FilesDirector | |
| 2020 | Agents of ChaosDirector | |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleyDirector | |
| 2019 | Citizen KDirector | |
| 2018 | The Looming TowerDirector | |
| 2018 | Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBIDirector | |
| 2018 | Dirty MoneyDirector | |
| 2017 | No Stone UnturnedDirector | |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories From the EdgeDirector | |
| 2016 | Zero DaysDirector | |
| 2016 | CookedDirector | |
| 2016 | BillionsDirector | |
| 2016 | The New Yorker PresentsDirector | |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefDirector | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the MachineDirector | |
| 2015 | Sinatra: All or Nothing at AllDirector | |
| 2014 | Finding FelaDirector | |
| 2014 | Ceasefire MassacreDirector | |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James BrownDirector | |
| 2014 | Fields of FearDirector | |
| 2014 | 30 for 30: Soccer StoriesDirector | |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksDirector | |
| 2013 | The Armstrong LieDirector | |
| 2012 | The Last GladiatorsDirector | |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodDirector | |
| 2012 | Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American DreamDirector | |
| 2012 | Speaking with LightDirector | |
| 2012 | Dear Governor CuomoDirector | |
| 2012 | Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirector | |
| 2012 | 30 for 30 ShortsDirector | |
| 2011 | Catching HellDirector | |
| 2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool PlaceDirector | |
| 2011 | 30 for 30 - ESPN FilmsDirector | |
| 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of MoneyDirector | |
| 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerDirector | |
| 2010 | FreakonomicsDirector | |
| 2010 | My Trip to Al-QaedaDirector | |
| 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonDirector | |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark SideDirector | |
| 2006 | The Human Behavior ExperimentsDirector | |
| 2006 | Time PieceDirector | |
| 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomDirector | |
| 2005 | Behind Those EyesDirector | |
| 2005 | 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, TexasDirector | |
| 2001 | Jimi Hendrix and The BluesDirector | |
| 2001 | Uppdrag granskningDirector | |
| 1999 | Independent LensDirector | |
| 1999 | The Sexual Century: The Look of LoveDirector | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love CrazyDirector | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesDirector | |
| 1997 | StoryvilleDirector | |
| 1997 | The FiftiesDirector | |
| 1992 | Inside Japan, Inc.Director | |
| 1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in AmericaDirector | |
| 1988 | Manufacturing MiraclesDirector | |
| 1980 | The Ruling ClassroomDirector | |
| 1980 | FlipperDirector | |
| - | Two WolvesDirector | |
| - | MuskDirector | |
| - | Untitled Luigi Mangione DocumentaryDirector |
| 2025 | The Dark Money GameWriter | |
| 2023 | Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris BeckerWriter | |
| 2022 | How to Change Your MindWriter | |
| 2021 | Totally Under ControlWriter | |
| 2021 | The Crime of the CenturyWriter | |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not InsaneWriter | |
| 2020 | Agents of ChaosWriter | |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleyWriter | |
| 2019 | Citizen KWriter | |
| 2019 | Why We HateWriter | |
| 2018 | The Looming TowerStory | |
| 2017 | No Stone UnturnedWriter | |
| 2016 | Zero DaysWriter | |
| 2016 | The New Yorker PresentsWriter | |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefWriter | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the MachineWriter | |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James BrownWriter | |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksWriter | |
| 2013 | The Armstrong LieWriter | |
| 2012 | Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American DreamWriter | |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodWriter | |
| 2011 | Catching HellWriter | |
| 2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool PlaceWriter | |
| 2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerWriter | |
| 2010 | FreakonomicsWriter | |
| 2010 | FreakonomicsScreenplay | |
| 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of MoneyWriter | |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark SideWriter | |
| 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonScreenplay | |
| 2006 | The Human Behavior ExperimentsWriter | |
| 2005 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomScreenplay | |
| 2005 | Behind Those EyesWriter | |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry KissingerWriter | |
| 2001 | Uppdrag granskningWriter | |
| 1999 | Independent LensWriter | |
| 1999 | The Sexual Century: The Look of LoveWriter | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love CrazyWriter | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesWriter | |
| 1997 | The FiftiesWriter | |
| 1992 | The Pacific CenturyWriter | |
| 1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in AmericaWriter | |
| 1980 | FlipperWriter |
| 2025 | Mr. ScorseseThanks | |
| 2023 | Money Shot: The Pornhub StoryThanks | |
| 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone?Thanks |