
Morgan Neville
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 10, 1967
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Morgan Neville (born October 10, 1967) is an American documentary film producer, director, and writer. His acclaimed film 20 Feet from Stardom won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2014 as well as a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. His documentary Best of Enemies, on the debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, was shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Award and won an Emmy Award. His 2018 film Won't You Be My Neighbor?, a documentary about Fred Rogers, received critical acclaim and became the highest-grossing biographical documentary of all time. Neville has been nominated for five additional Grammys for films including Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters: Can’t Be Satisfied, Johnny Cash’s America, and The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Neville’s other films include The Cool School, Shotgun Freeway, Keith Richards: Under the Influence, and, as producer, Miss Americana, Beauty Is Embarrassing, and Crossfire Hurricane. For television, Neville directed and executive produced the series Ugly Delicious, Abstract: The Art of Design, Chelsea Does, Shangri-La, and Song Exploder.
Filmography

Always Lalisa 2026
Executive Producer

Who Is Martin Mull? 2026
Executive Producer

Lorne 2026
as Self (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer

Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation 2026
as himself, Director

Man on the Run 2026
Director, Producer

Breakdown: 1975 2025
Director, Producer, Writer

BTS Army: Forever We Are Young 2025
Executive Producer

Thank You Very Much 2025
Executive Producer

Piece by Piece 2024
as Morgan Neville (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

Leap of Faith 2024
Producer
- This is Not a House
This is Not a House 2023
Director

The Saint of Second Chances 2023
Director, Producer

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman 2023
Director, Producer

Art for Everybody 2023
Producer

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song 2022
Executive Producer

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 2022
Producer

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain 2021
Producer, Director

We Were There to Be There 2021
Executive Producer

The Painter and the Thief 2020
Executive Producer

Miss Americana 2020
Producer

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 2019
Director

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead 2018
Director, Producer

Won't You Be My Neighbor? 2018
Director, Producer

A Documentary on Documentaries 2017
as Self - Documentary Filmmaker

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble 2016
Director, Producer

A Fighting Chance 2016
Director, Writer

Keith Richards: Under the Influence 2015
Director, Producer

Best of Enemies 2015
Director, Writer, Producer

Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies 2013
Director, Producer

20 Feet from Stardom 2013
Director, Producer

Burn 2012
Executive Producer

Crossfire Hurricane 2012
Producer

Beauty Is Embarrassing 2012
Producer

Pearl Jam Twenty 2011
Producer

The Union 2011
Co-Producer

Troubadours 2011
Director

Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power 2010
Director, Executive Producer

Johnny Cash's America 2008
Director, Executive Producer

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston 2008
Writer, Producer

The Cool School 2008
Director

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story 2007
Director

American Revolutions: The Highwaymen 2006
Director, Executive Producer

Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues 2004
Director, Writer

Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied 2003
Director

Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll 2000
Director

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life 1998
Producer

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. 1995
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.