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Dedicated his Oscar win for Best Documentary for Taxi to the Dark Side to Dilawar, the 22-year-old Afghan taxi driver on whom the documentary is based. See more trivia »

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Philip Alexander Gibney
in New York City, New York, USA
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Hide HideProducer (45 titles)
2014 Gravity (documentary) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
???? Finding Fela! (documentary) (producer) (post-production)
 
???? Lance Armstrong: The Road Back (documentary) (producer) (post-production)
 
2013 History of the Eagles Part One (documentary) (producer)
 
2012 Venus and Serena (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2012 Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (documentary) (producer)
 
2011 The Last Gladiators (documentary) (producer)
 
2011 Magic Trip (documentary) (producer)
 
2011 Catching Hell (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2011 Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (documentary) (producer)
 
2011 Biba! One Island, 879 Votes (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2010 Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (documentary) (producer)
 
2010 Freakonomics (documentary) (segment producer)
 
2010 My Trip to Al-Qaeda (documentary) (producer)
 
2010 Casino Jack and the United States of Money (documentary) (producer)
 
2009 Dirty Business (video documentary) (producer)
 
2009 Money Driven Medicine (documentary) (producer)
 
2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (documentary) (producer)
 
2007 Mr. Untouchable (documentary) (producer)
 
2007 Love Comes Lately (executive producer)
 
2007 Taxi to the Dark Side (documentary) (producer)
 
2007 No End in Sight (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2006 The Human Behavior Experiments (TV documentary) (producer)
 
2006 The House Is Burning (producer)
 
2006 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (documentary) (producer)
 
2006 Who Killed the Electric Car? (documentary) (consulting producer)
 
2005 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas (video) (producer)
 
2005 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary) (producer)
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (producer)
 
2005 Behind Those Eyes (documentary) (producer)
 
2004 Lightning in a Bottle (documentary) (producer)
 
2003 The Blues (TV series documentary) (series producer)
 
2003 The Soul of a Man (documentary) (producer)
 
2002 The Trials of Henry Kissinger (documentary) (producer)
 
2001 Brooklyn Babylon (executive producer)
 
2000 The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power (TV documentary) (producer)
 
2000 Soldiers in the Army of God (documentary) (senior producer)
 
2000 The Huntress (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Pilot (2000) (executive producer)
 
1999 The Sexual Century: The Sexual Revolution (TV movie) (producer)
 
1999 The Sexual Century: Sexual Explorers (TV movie) (producer)
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy (TV special documentary) (producer)
 
1997 The Fifties (TV mini-series documentary) (executive producer)
 
1992 The Pacific Century (documentary) (producer)
 
1988 Manufacturing Miracles (short) (producer)
 
1980 The Ruling Classroom (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (29 titles)
???? Finding Fela! (documentary) (post-production)
 
???? Lance Armstrong: The Road Back (documentary) (post-production)
 
2013 We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (documentary)
 
2005-2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream (2012)
– Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
 
2012 Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (documentary)
 
2012 Dear Governor Cuomo (documentary) (collaborating director)
 
2012 Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (documentary)
 
2012 Speaking with Light (documentary short)
 
2011 The Last Gladiators (documentary)
 
2011 Magic Trip (documentary)
 
2011 Catching Hell (documentary)
 
2011 Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (documentary)
 
2010 Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (documentary)
 
2010 Freakonomics (documentary)
 
2010 My Trip to Al-Qaeda (documentary)
 
2010 Casino Jack and the United States of Money (documentary)
 
2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (documentary)
 
2007 Taxi to the Dark Side (documentary)
 
2006 The Human Behavior Experiments (TV documentary)
 
2006 Time Piece (documentary) (segment "Empire of the Pushcarts")
 
2005 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas (video)
 
2005 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary)
 
2005 Behind Those Eyes (documentary)
 
1999 The Sexual Century: The Sexual Revolution (TV movie)
 
1999 The Sexual Century: Sexual Explorers (TV movie)
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy (TV special documentary)
 
1997 The Fifties (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1988 Manufacturing Miracles (short)
 
1980 The Ruling Classroom
 
Show ShowWriter (21 titles)
2013 We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (documentary) (written by)
 
2005-2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream (2012)
– Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (written by)
 
2012 Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (documentary)
 
2012 Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (documentary)
 
2011 Magic Trip (documentary) (screenplay)
 
2011 Catching Hell (documentary) (screenplay)
 
2011 Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (documentary)
 
2010 Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (documentary) (written by)
 
2010 Freakonomics (documentary) (written by / segment "Pure Corruption")
 
2010 Casino Jack and the United States of Money (documentary) (written by)
 
2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (documentary) (screenplay)
 
2007 Taxi to the Dark Side (documentary) (written by)
 
2006 The Human Behavior Experiments (TV documentary)
 
2005 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary)
 
2005 Behind Those Eyes (documentary)
 
2002 The Trials of Henry Kissinger (documentary) (written by)
 
1999 The Sexual Century: The Sexual Revolution (TV movie)
 
1999 The Sexual Century: Sexual Explorers (TV movie)
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy (TV special documentary)
 
1997 The Fifties (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1992 The Pacific Century (documentary)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2007 Taxi to the Dark Side (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
1983 The Golden Seal (associate editor)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1980 The Ruling Classroom (sound)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2008 Frontline (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) (special thanks)
 
2007 No End in Sight (documentary) (thanks)
 
1995 Frank and Ollie (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
2011-2013 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 10 June 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 14 January 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2013 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Alex Gibney (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2013 See Hear (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #32.36 (2013) … Himself
 
2013 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.3 (2013) … Himself
 
2008-2013 Democracy Now! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 January 2013 (2013) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 November 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 January 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
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2012 Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2012 56th BFI London Film Festival (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2012 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.167 (2012) … Himself
 
2011 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die (TV series documentary)
Himself - 'Taxi to the Dark Side' Director
– The Boy Who Loves Jesus Grows Up (2011) … Himself - 'Taxi to the Dark Side' Director
– Life After Donkey Kong (2011) … Himself - 'Taxi to the Dark Side' Director
 
2011 Doc Talk (TV series)
Himself
– Decision Point (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Fabulous Picture Show (TV series)
Himself
– Client 9 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Catching Hell (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 VBS Meets: Alex Gibney (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 April 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 April 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 April 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2008 Festival Updates (TV series)
Himself (2008)
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Documentary
 
2007 The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.7 (1989) … Himself
 

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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks -- Clip: Rock Star Magic Trip -- A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster's fabled road trip across America. Taxi to the Dark Side -- Clip: Political show
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Personal Quote:

[on Magic Trip's original footage]: If you had to watch all 40 hours, it would be like something out of Clockwork Orange. (1971) They'd have to prop your eyelids open. Kesey had an innate distrust of experts: stay away from the experts. In this case that meant stay away from a cameraman. Imagine how great it would have been if they had a real cameraman... See more »

Trivia:

Dedicated his Oscar win for Best Documentary for Taxi to the Dark Side to Dilawar, the 22-year-old Afghan taxi driver on whom the documentary is based. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra