Biography
Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning American documentary and live action film director and producer. His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for 'Superman'. Since 2006, Guggenheim is the only filmmaker to release three different films that were ranked within the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting for 'Superman'). Guggenheim's cinematographic projects received severals awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for An Inconvenient Truth, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature for He Named Me Malala and two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.
Directed 34
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
- 2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Co-Director
2010s
- 2019
- 2015
He Named Me Malala
Director
- 2013
- 2012
The Road We've Traveled
Director
- 2011
U2: From the Sky Down
Director
- 2010
Waiting for "Superman"
Director
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Gracie
Director
- 2006
3 lbs
Director
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
Push, Nevada
Director
- 2001
The First Year
Director
- 2000
1990s
- 1997
C-16: FBI
Director
- 1996
Relativity
Director
- 1995
Charlie Grace
Director
- 1994
- 1993
- 1991
Sisters
Director
Produced 63
2020s
- 2026
Soul Patrol
Executive Producer
Love Apptually
Executive Producer
- 2025
Uvalde Mom
Executive Producer
Mistress Dispeller
Executive Producer
- 2024
Rita
Executive Producer
Eternal You
Executive Producer
We Can Be Heroes
Executive Producer
- 2023
Under G-d
Executive Producer
- 2022
Mija
Executive Producer
Accepted
Executive Producer
Once Upon a Time in Londongrad
Executive Producer
- 2021
At the Ready
Executive Producer
All These Sons
Executive Producer
- 2020
A Thousand Cuts
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2019
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Executive Producer
Wolf's Mouth
Executive Producer
Darlin
Executive Producer
To Be Queen
Executive Producer
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Executive Producer
Sweetheart Dancers
Executive Producer
- 2018
Bisbee '17
Executive Producer
The Price of Free
Producer
- 2017
- 2016
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
Executive Producer
- 2015
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
Executive Producer
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015
Executive Producer
He Named Me Malala
Producer
- 2014
Spent: Looking for Change
Executive Producer
- 2011
U2: From the Sky Down
Producer
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Gracie
Producer
- 2006
3 lbs
Executive Producer
- 2004
- 2001
The First Year
Producer
1990s
- 1992
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Co-Producer
- 1991
Wrote 5
2010s
- 2013
- 2010
Waiting for "Superman"
Writer
2000s
- 2008
- 2007
Gracie
Writer
- 2006
Camera 3
2010s
- 2010
Waiting for "Superman"
Camera Operator
2000s
- 2006
- 2001
The First Year
Director of Photography
Acted in 1
1990s
- 1992
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Pitcher
Sound 1
1990s
- 1992
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Music Supervisor
Created 1
Appearances1
2020s
- 2023
Subject
Self