Alex Gibney
Birth Name:
Philip Alexander Gibney
Birth Place:
New York City, New York, United States
Profession
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Sound department, Editor, Editorial department
Fast Facts
- Was awarded the first Christopher Hitchens Prize in 2015
- Received the International Documentary Association's Career Achievement Award
- Graduated from Yale University in 1977
- Best known as a documentary filmmaker who produced "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" and "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room․"
- Founder and President of Jigsaw Productions, which produces independent films, music documentaries and TV mini-series
- Dedicated his Oscar win for "Taxi to the Dark Side" to the Afghan taxi driver who was the inspiration for the film
- Regular blogger for the "Atlantic," and has also written for "Newsweek," "Huffington Post," "Los Angeles Times" and many more publications
Awards
- 2005Black Reel - Best Film, Musical or Comedy:Winner
- 2005Canal+ Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2005Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2005Grammy - Best Long Form Music Video:Nominated
- 2005IDA Award - Feature Documentaries:Nominated
- 2005LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:Nominated
- 2005Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
- 2006Oscar - Best Documentary, Features:Nominated
- 2006Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2006OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
- 2006Documentary Screenplay AwardWinner
- 2007Gold Hugo - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2007Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2007Jury Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2007Jury Award - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2008Oscar - Best Documentary, Features:Winner
- 2008Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Winner
- 2008DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:Nominated
- 2008Best World DocumentaryNominated
- 2008Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
- 2008True Vision Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2008Documentary Screenplay AwardWinner
- 2009Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
- 2009Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form:Nominated
- 2009Emmy - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2009WGA Award (Screen) - Best Documentary Screenplay:Nominated
- 2010Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
- 2010Best DocumentaryNominated
- 2011Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year:Nominated
- 2011DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:Nominated
- 2011Grand Jury Prize - Knight Dox Competition:Nominated
- 2011Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form:Nominated
- 2011Emmy - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2011PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2012Grierson AwardWinner
- 2012Gold Hugo - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2013Grierson AwardNominated
- 2013Politiken's Audience AwardNominated
- 2013F:ACT AwardNominated
- 2013Golden Firebird Award - Documentary:Nominated
- 2013Humanitas Prize - Documentaries - Special Awards Category:Nominated
- 2013Video Source AwardNominated
- 2013Feature Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 2013Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming:Winner
- 2013Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming:Nominated
- 2013Primetime Emmy - Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking:Winner
- 2013WGA Award (Screen) - Best Documentary Screenplay:Nominated
- 2014BAFTA Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2014BAFTA Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television:Nominated
- 2014FOCAL Award - Best Use of Footage in a Current Affairs Production:Winner
- 2014Gold Derby Film Award - Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2014Silver St. George - Best Film of the Documentary Competition:Nominated
- 2014OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
- 2014OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
- 2014PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:Winner
- 2014Television Academy Honors - The Television Academy Honors - Documentary:Winner
- 2014WGA Award (Screen) - Best Documentary Screenplay:Nominated
- 2014Paul Selvin Honorary AwardWinner
- 2015ACCA - Best Documentary Feature Film:Nominated
- 2015Black Reel - Outstanding Television Documentary or Special:Winner
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special:Winner
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming:Winner
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special:Nominated
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming:Winner
- 2016EDA Award - Best Documentary Feature Film:Nominated
- 2016Amnesty International Film PrizeNominated
- 2016Golden Berlin BearNominated
- 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Production:Nominated
- 2016Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
- 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television:Nominated
- 2016DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:Nominated
- 2016Gold Derby Film Award - Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2016Grammy - Best Music Film:Nominated
- 2016IDA Award - Best Limited Series:Nominated
- 2016OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
- 2016Seattle Film Critics Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2016WGA Award (Screen) - Best Documentary Screenplay:Winner
- 2017Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Production:Nominated
- 2017WGA Award (Screen) - Best Documentary Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018George Morrison Feature Documentary Award - Best Feature Documentary:Nominated
- 2018Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Documentary:Nominated
- 2018Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Documentary:Nominated
- 2018Primetime Emmy - Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2018WGA Award (Screen) - Documentary Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Documentary:Nominated
- 2019Jury Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2019Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special:Nominated
- 2019Primetime Emmy - Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2019Audience Award - Documentary:Nominated
- 2019Best Documentary - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2019WGA Award (TV) - Long Form Adapted:Nominated
- 2020Critics' Choice Documentary Award - Best Narration:Nominated
- 2020Jury Award - ConScience Award:Nominated
- 2020Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary FeatureNominated
- 2020Peabody Award - Documentary:Nominated
- 2020Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special:Nominated
- 2020WGA Award (Screen) - Documentary Screenplay:Winner
- 2020WGA Award (Screen) - Documentary Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Dove on Global Health:Nominated
- 2021Critics' Choice Documentary Award - Best Narration:Nominated
- 2021IDA Award - Best Episodic Series:Nominated
- 2021Emmy - Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary:Winner
- 2021Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Documentary:Nominated
- 2021PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:Nominated
- 2021WGA Award (Screen) - Documentary Screenplay:Nominated
- 2022Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Documentary:Winner
- 2024Indiemusic Schweppes AwardNominated
- 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Anthology Series:Nominated
- 2025IDA Award - Honorable Mention - Feature Documentaries:Winner
- 2026Windie - Best Documentary Film:Nominated