
Alex Gibney
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 23, 1953
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
- Untitled Penny Lane Documentary
Untitled Penny Lane Documentary TBA
Executive Producer
- Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary
Untitled Luigi Mangione Documentary TBA
Director, Executive Producer
- Return to Timbuktu
Return to Timbuktu TBA
Producer
- Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary TBA
Producer
- The Hands That Held the Knives
The Hands That Held the Knives TBA
Producer
- The Sound of Philadelphia
The Sound of Philadelphia TBA
Producer
- Two Wolves
Two Wolves TBA
Producer, Director
- Mohabat
Mohabat 2026
Producer

Musk 2026
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

A Statement 2026
Executive Producer

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie 2026
Director, Producer

Edward Said: Between Worlds 2026
Executive Producer

Speechless 2026
Executive Producer

Orwell: 2+2=5 2025
Producer

Bodyguard of Lies 2025
Producer

The Bibi Files 2024
Producer

Walk with Me 2024
Executive Producer

Between Goodbyes 2024
Executive Producer

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon 2024
Producer, Director

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story 2023
Thanks, Executive Producer

137 Shots 2021
Executive Producer

Citizen Ashe 2021
Executive Producer

The Forever Prisoner 2021
as Self- Narrator, Director, Producer

The First Wave 2021
Executive Producer

Totally Under Control 2021
as Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Writer

Kingdom of Silence 2020
Executive Producer

Crazy, Not Insane 2020
Director, Producer, Writer

Citizen K 2019
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

Los Últimos Frikis 2019
Executive Producer

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley 2019
as Self - Narrator / Interviewer, Director, Producer, Writer

Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes 2018
Executive Producer

The China Hustle 2018
Executive Producer

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 2018
Producer

No Stone Unturned 2017
Director, Writer, Producer

Accidental Anarchist 2017
Executive Producer

City of Ghosts 2017
Executive Producer

Elián 2017
Executive Producer

American Jihad 2017
Executive Producer

Water & Power: A California Heist 2017
Executive Producer

Zero Days VR 2017
Executive Producer

Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley 2016
Executive Producer

Zero Days 2016
Director, Writer, Producer

Spring Broke 2016
Executive Producer

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem 2016
Executive Producer
- Every Move You Make
Every Move You Make 2016
Consulting Producer

Janis: Little Girl Blue 2015
Producer

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine 2015
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

Sunshine Superman 2015
Executive Producer

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 2015
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

What Happened, Miss Simone? 2015
Thanks

What's Motivating Hayes 2015
Executive Producer
- Fields of Fear
Fields of Fear 2014
Director

Finding Fela 2014
Producer, Director

Ceasefire Massacre 2014
Director, Producer

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown 2014
Writer, Director, Executive Producer

The Armstrong Lie 2013
as Self - Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks 2013
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God 2012
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer

Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream 2012
Director, Writer

The Last Gladiators 2012
Director, Producer

Venus and Serena 2012
Executive Producer

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas 2012
Director

Dear Governor Cuomo 2012
Director
- Speaking with Light
Speaking with Light 2012
Director

Catching Hell 2011
as Self, Writer, Director, Executive Producer

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place 2011
Writer, Director, Producer
- Biba! One Island, 879 Votes
Biba! One Island, 879 Votes 2011
Executive Producer

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer 2010
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer

Freakonomics 2010
Director, Writer, Screenplay, Producer

Casino Jack and the United States of Money 2010
Director, Writer, Producer

My Trip to Al-Qaeda 2010
Producer, Director
- Dirty Business
Dirty Business 2009
Producer

Money-Driven Medicine 2009
Producer

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 2008
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Taxi to the Dark Side 2008
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer

Mr. Untouchable 2007
Producer

Love Comes Lately 2007
Executive Producer

No End in Sight 2007
Executive Producer
- Time Piece
Time Piece 2006
Director

The House Is Burning 2006
Producer

Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006
Consulting Producer

The Human Behavior Experiments 2006
Director, Producer, Writer

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities 2006
Producer

3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas 2005
Director, Producer
- Behind Those Eyes
Behind Those Eyes 2005
Writer, Director, Producer

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 2005
Screenplay, Director, Producer

Lightning in a Bottle 2004
Producer

The Soul of a Man 2003
Producer, Camera Operator

The Trials of Henry Kissinger 2002
Writer, Producer
- Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues 2001
Director, Producer

Brooklyn Babylon 2001
Executive Producer
- The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power
The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power 2000
Producer

Soldiers in the Army of God 2000
Producer

The Huntress 2000
Executive Producer
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy 1998
Writer, Director, Producer
- Inside Japan, Inc.
Inside Japan, Inc. 1992
Director
- Manufacturing Miracles
Manufacturing Miracles 1988
Director, Producer
- Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America 1988
Director, Writer, Producer

The Golden Seal 1983
Associate Editor

Flipper 1980
Director, Writer
- The Ruling Classroom
The Ruling Classroom 1980
Director, Producer, Editor, Sound
Credits from TMDB.