Academy & Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Founder & President of Jigsaw Productions

New York, NY, USA
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Alex Gibney Biography

Alex Gibney is a documentary filmmaker recognized for investigative work exploring power, corruption, and ethics. Gibney graduated with a degree in Japanese studies from Yale University and attended film school at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the founder and president of Jigsaw Productions.

Gibney gained recognition with the Oscar-nominated "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," a documentary examining a major corporate scandal in American business history. He followed with "Taxi to the Dark Side," which investigated the torture and death of a taxi driver at Bagram Air Base and earned the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Earlier, "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" examined the actions of the former U.S. diplomat during the Vietnam War. Gibney has also explored music and culture through projects such as "Sinatra: All or Nothing at All" and "Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge."

His documentary "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" won three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award, becoming a widely viewed HBO documentary. Gibney received three Primetime Emmy Awards for "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God." Other works include the Peabody Award-winning "Zero Days," "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley," which won the Writers Guild Award for Best Documentary Screenplay, and "Citizen K." He also executive produced and directed the first episode of "The Looming Tower" on Hulu.

Gibney's work has been recognized with an Academy Award, multiple Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, several Peabody Awards, the DuPont-Columbia Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and Writers Guild Awards. He has received the International Documentary Association Career Achievement Award, the Christopher Hitchens Prize, the Robert J. Flaherty Award, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Career Achievement Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the News & Doc Emmys.

Gibney continues to examine influential figures and contemporary issues in documentary filmmaking. His documentary "Musk" explores the impact of businessman Elon Musk on modern politics and society, reflecting Gibney's ongoing commitment to investigating the influence of powerful individuals in technology, business, and culture.

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Alex Gibney Videos

Velshi Banned Book Club: Filmmaker Alex Gibney on the frightening relevance of Orwell’s warnings

Velshi Banned Book Club: Filmmaker Alex Gibney on the frightening relevance of Orwell’s warnings

A brand new documentary from director Raoul Peck and producer Alex Gibney is a timely film centered around the writings and warnings of author George...

"The Dark Money Game": Director Alex Gibney on How Citizens United Ushered in "Legalized Corruption"

"The Dark Money Game": Director Alex Gibney on How Citizens United Ushered in "Legalized Corruption"

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt A new set of documentaries directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney...

The documentary mission of filmmaker Alex Gibney

The documentary mission of filmmaker Alex Gibney

Filmmaker Alex Gibney is prolific - he has made 14 documentaries in just five years. His subjects range from Enron and the fall of former New ...

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