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.
2024 | The Bibi Files - Producer |
2024 | Walk with Me - Executive Producer |
2024 | Between Goodbyes - Executive Producer |
2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon - Director |
2024 | In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon - Producer |
2023 | Pornhub'ın Milyar Dolarlık Hikâyesi - Executive Producer |
2023 | Pornhub'ın Milyar Dolarlık Hikâyesi - Thanks |
2021 | 137 Kurşun - Executive Producer |
2021 | The Forever Prisoner - Director |
2021 | Citizen Ashe - Executive Producer |
2021 | The Forever Prisoner - Producer |
2021 | İlk Dalga - Executive Producer |
2021 | Totally Under Control - Director |
2021 | Totally Under Control - Producer |
2021 | Totally Under Control - Writer |
2020 | Kingdom of Silence - Executive Producer |
2020 | Crazy, Not Insane - Director |
2020 | Crazy, Not Insane - Producer |
2020 | Crazy, Not Insane - Writer |
2019 | Гражданин Х - Director |
2019 | Гражданин Х - Producer |
2019 | Гражданин Х - Screenplay |
2019 | Los Últimos Frikis - Executive Producer |
2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley - Director |
2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley - Producer |
2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley - Writer |
2018 | Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes - Executive Producer |
2018 | Çin Oyunu - Executive Producer |
2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind - Producer |
2017 | No Stone Unturned - Director |
2017 | No Stone Unturned - Producer |
2017 | No Stone Unturned - Writer |
2017 | Accidental Anarchist - Executive Producer |
2017 | Hayaletler Şehri - Executive Producer |
2017 | Elián - Executive Producer |
2017 | American Jihad - Executive Producer |
2017 | Water & Power: A California Heist - Executive Producer |
2017 | Zero Days VR - Executive Producer |
2016 | Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley - Executive Producer |
2016 | Zero Days - Director |
2016 | Zero Days - Producer |
2016 | Zero Days - Writer |
2016 | Spring Broke - Executive Producer |
2016 | The 4%: Film's Gender Problem - Executive Producer |
2016 | Every Move You Make - Consulting Producer |
2015 | Janis: Little Girl Blue - Producer |
2015 | Steve Jobs: Makine Adam - Director |
2015 | Steve Jobs: Makine Adam - Producer |
2015 | Steve Jobs: Makine Adam - Writer |
2015 | Gerçek Bir Superman - Executive Producer |
2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Director |
2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Producer |
2015 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Writer |
2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? - Thanks |
2015 | What's Motivating Hayes - Executive Producer |
2014 | Fields of Fear - Director |
2014 | Finding Fela - Director |
2014 | Finding Fela - Producer |
2014 | Ceasefire Massacre - Director |
2014 | Ceasefire Massacre - Producer |
2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown - Director |
2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown - Executive Producer |
2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown - Writer |
2013 | The Armstrong Lie - Director |
2013 | The Armstrong Lie - Producer |
2013 | The Armstrong Lie - Writer |
2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks - Director |
2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks - Producer |
2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks - Writer |
2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God - Director |
2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God - Producer |
2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God - Screenplay |
2012 | Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream - Director |
2012 | Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream - Writer |
2012 | The Last Gladiators - Director |
2012 | The Last Gladiators - Producer |
2012 | Venus and Serena - Executive Producer |
2012 | Dear Governor Cuomo - Director |
2012 | Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas - Director |
2012 | Speaking with Light - Director |
2011 | Catching Hell - Director |
2011 | Catching Hell - Executive Producer |
2011 | Catching Hell - Writer |
2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place - Director |
2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place - Producer |
2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place - Writer |
2011 | Biba! One Island, 879 Votes - Executive Producer |
2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer - Director |
2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer - Producer |
2010 | Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer - Writer |
2010 | Freakonomics - Director |
2010 | Freakonomics - Producer |
2010 | Freakonomics - Screenplay |
2010 | Freakonomics - Writer |
2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money - Director |
2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money - Producer |
2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money - Writer |
2010 | My Trip to Al-Qaeda - Director |
2010 | My Trip to Al-Qaeda - Producer |
2009 | Dirty Business - Producer |
2009 | Money-Driven Medicine - Producer |
2008 | Gonzo: Dr. Hunter S. Thompson'ın Yaşamı - Director |
2008 | Gonzo: Dr. Hunter S. Thompson'ın Yaşamı - Producer |
2008 | Gonzo: Dr. Hunter S. Thompson'ın Yaşamı - Screenplay |
2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side - Director |
2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side - Producer |
2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side - Writer |
2007 | Mr. Untouchable - Producer |
2007 | Love Comes Lately - Executive Producer |
2007 | No End in Sight - Executive Producer |
2006 | Time Piece - Director |
2006 | The House Is Burning - Producer |
2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? - Consulting Producer |
2006 | The Human Behavior Experiments - Director |
2006 | The Human Behavior Experiments - Producer |
2006 | The Human Behavior Experiments - Writer |
2006 | Herbie Hancock: Possibilities - Producer |
2005 | 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas - Director |
2005 | 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas - Producer |
2005 | Behind Those Eyes - Director |
2005 | Behind Those Eyes - Producer |
2005 | Behind Those Eyes - Writer |
2005 | Enron: Odadaki Hoş Adamlar - Director |
2005 | Enron: Odadaki Hoş Adamlar - Producer |
2005 | Enron: Odadaki Hoş Adamlar - Screenplay |
2004 | Lightning in a Bottle - Producer |
2003 | The Soul of a Man - Camera Operator |
2003 | The Soul of a Man - Producer |
2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger - Producer |
2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger - Writer |
2001 | Jimi Hendrix and The Blues - Director |
2001 | Jimi Hendrix and The Blues - Producer |
2001 | Brooklyn Babylon - Executive Producer |
2000 | The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power - Producer |
2000 | Soldiers in the Army of God - Producer |
2000 | The Huntress - Executive Producer |
1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy - Director |
1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy - Producer |
1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy - Writer |
1992 | Inside Japan, Inc. - Director |
1988 | Manufacturing Miracles - Director |
1988 | Manufacturing Miracles - Producer |
1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America - Director |
1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America - Producer |
1988 | Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America - Writer |
1983 | The Golden Seal - Associate Editor |
1980 | Flipper - Director |
1980 | The Ruling Classroom - Director |
1980 | The Ruling Classroom - Editor |
1980 | The Ruling Classroom - Producer |
1980 | The Ruling Classroom - Sound |
1980 | Flipper - Writer |
| Knife - Director |
| Musk - Director |
| Two Wolves - Director |
| Kids Don't Know What's Best - Producer |
| Knife - Producer |
| Musk - Producer |
| Orwell: 2+2=5 - Producer |
| Return to Timbuktu - Producer |
| The Hands That Held the Knives - Producer |
| The Sound of Philadelphia - Producer |
| Two Wolves - Producer |
| Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary - Producer |
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