Directed credits
45
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Alex Gibney
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.8
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 31Directed series: 14All crew credits: 118
TMDB ID: 71797
IMDb ID: nm0316795
Known for: Directing
Born: October 23, 1953
Age: 72
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 7
Wikidata: Q2832952
Also known as
Philip Alexander Gibney • 亚历克斯·吉布尼
Frequent jobs
Director (45)Executive Producer (48)Producer (18)Thanks (3)Writer (2)Associate Editor (1)Consulting Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Alex Gibney.
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
Director
2026 Movie
6.6
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Director
2024 Movie
7.9
The Forever Prisoner
Director
2021 Movie
6.8
Totally Under Control
Director
2021 Movie
7.2
Crazy, Not Insane
Director
2020 Movie
6.7
Citizen K
Director
2019 Movie
7.0
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Director
2019 Movie
7.6
No Stone Unturned
Director
2017 Movie
7.3
Zero Days
Director
2016 Movie
6.6
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Director
2015 Movie
7.6
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Director
2015 Movie
6.9
Finding Fela
Director
2014 Movie
5.0
Ceasefire Massacre
Director
2014 Movie
6.9
The Armstrong Lie
Director
2013 Movie
6.6
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Director
2013 Movie
7.3
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Director
2012 Movie
7.0
Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
Director
2012 Movie
6.8
The Last Gladiators
Director
2012 Movie
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
2012 Movie
6.9
Catching Hell
Director
2011 Movie
6.9
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Director
2011 Movie
6.2
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Director
2010 Movie
6.1
Freakonomics
Director
2010 Movie
7.1
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Director
2010 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Alex Gibney.
6.8
The Dark Money Game
Director • 2 eps
2025 Series
8.3
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos
Director • 2 eps
2024 Series
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Director • 2 eps
2024 Series
7.8
The Crime of the Century
Director • 2 eps
2021 Series
6.7
Agents of Chaos
Director • 2 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge
Director • 2 eps
2017 Series
7.2
Cooked
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.7
Billions
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.2
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
Director • 2 eps
2015 Series
7.8
30 for 30 Shorts
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
9.0
30 for 30 - ESPN Films
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.3
Uppdrag granskning
Director • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.5
Independent Lens
Director • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.6
Storyville
Director • 1 eps
1997 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Alex Gibney.
7.9
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Producer
2018 Movie
7.8
No End in Sight
Executive Producer
2007 Movie
7.6
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Director
2015 Movie
7.4
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Thanks
2015 Movie
7.3
Zero Days
Director
2016 Movie
7.3
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Producer
2015 Movie
7.2
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Consulting Producer
2006 Movie
7.2
City of Ghosts
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
7.2
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Director
2005 Movie
7.1
The China Hustle
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
7.0
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Director
2019 Movie
6.9
Taxi to the Dark Side
Director
2008 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Alex Gibney.
7.7
Billions
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.3
The Looming Tower
Executive Producer • 10 eps
2018 Series
7.2
Painkiller
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2023 Series
7.1
Dirty Money
Executive Producer • 12 eps
2018 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
6.7
The Family
Executive Producer • 5 eps
2019 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 2 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Alex Gibney.
6.1
Freakonomics
Director
2010 Movie
6.5
Elián
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
6.5
Sunshine Superman
Executive Producer
2015 Movie
5.8
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Thanks
2023 Movie
8.0
American Jihad
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
6.9
Catching Hell
Director
2011 Movie
7.6
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Director
2015 Movie
7.5
Orwell: 2+2=5
Producer
2025 Movie
6.0
Spring Broke
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
7.2
Crazy, Not Insane
Director
2020 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Alex Gibney.
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 2 eps
1996 Series
7.7
Billions
Director • 1 eps
2016 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.5
Independent Lens
Director • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.6
Storyville
Director • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.1
Dirty Money
Executive Producer • 12 eps
2018 Series
7.3
Uppdrag granskning
Director • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.3
The Looming Tower
Executive Producer • 10 eps
2018 Series
8.1
Mr. Scorsese
Thanks • 5 eps
2025 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Alex Gibney.
7.5
Orwell: 2+2=5
Producer
2025 Movie
8.5
Bodyguard of Lies
Producer
2025 Movie
7.1
The Bibi Files
Producer
2024 Movie
Walk with Me
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
Between Goodbyes
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
5.8
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Thanks
2023 Movie
6.3
137 Shots
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
4.2
Citizen Ashe
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
6.6
The First Wave
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
8.0
Kingdom of Silence
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
Los Últimos Frikis
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
6.7
Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
7.1
The China Hustle
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
7.9
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Producer
2018 Movie
6.9
Accidental Anarchist
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
7.2
City of Ghosts
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Alex Gibney.
8.1
Mr. Scorsese
Thanks • 5 eps
2025 Series
7.5
The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2025 Series
7.1
God Save Texas
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2024 Series
7.2
Painkiller
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2023 Series
The Ruling Class
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2023 Series
6.5
Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker
Producer • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.2
Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo
Producer • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.8
How to Change Your Mind
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2022 Series
7.1
The Line
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2021 Series
6.2
Tiger
Executive Producer • 2 eps
2021 Series
8.0
Laurel Canyon
Executive Producer • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.4
The Innocence Files
Executive Producer • 9 eps
2020 Series
6.9
How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2020 Series
6.7
Why We Hate
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2019 Series
8.0
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2019 Series
6.7
The Family
Executive Producer • 5 eps
2019 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Alex Gibney.
6.8
Totally Under Control
as Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
6.7
Citizen K
as Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
7.0
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
as Self - Narrator / Interviewer
2019 Movie
6.6
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
as Narrator (voice)
2015 Movie
7.6
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
as Narrator (voice)
2015 Movie
6.9
The Armstrong Lie
as Self - Narrator
2013 Movie
6.6
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
as Narrator (voice)
2013 Movie
7.3
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2012 Movie
6.9
Catching Hell
as Self
2011 Movie
6.2
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2010 Movie
6.9
Taxi to the Dark Side
as Narrator (voice)
2008 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Alex Gibney.
6.8
The Dark Money Game
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2025 Series
8.3
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos
as Self • 2 eps
2024 Series
6.7
Agents of Chaos
as Narrator • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.1
Dirty Money
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.8
The New Yorker Presents
as Narrator • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 2 eps
1996 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series