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Morgan Neville

Morgan Neville

Director · Born October 10, 1967 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

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.

Directed 33

2010s

  1. 2019

    Shangri-La

    Director

  2. 2018
  3. 2017
  4. 2016

    The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

    Director

  5. A Fighting Chance

    Director

  6. 2015
  7. 2013

    Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies

    Director

  8. 20 Feet from Stardom

    Director

  9. 2011

    Troubadours

    Director

  10. 2010

    Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power

    Director

2000s

  1. 2008

    Johnny Cash's America

    Director

  2. The Cool School

    Director

  3. 2007

    Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

    Director

  4. 2006

    American Revolutions: The Highwaymen

    Director

  5. 2004

    Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

    Director

  6. 2003

    Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied

    Director

  7. 2000

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

    Director

1990s

  1. 1995

    Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

    Director

Produced 44

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. 2025
  3. BTS Army: Forever We Are Young

    Executive Producer

  4. 2024
  5. Leap of Faith

    Producer

  6. 2023
  7. Art for Everybody

    Producer

  8. The 12th Victim

    Executive Producer

  9. 2022
  10. 2021
  11. We Were There to Be There

    Executive Producer

  12. 2020

    The Painter and the Thief

    Executive Producer

2010s

  1. 2019

    Shangri-La

    Executive Producer

  2. 2018
  3. 2017
  4. 2016

    The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

    Producer

  5. 2015
  6. 2013

    Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies

    Producer

  7. 20 Feet from Stardom

    Producer

  8. 2012
  9. Crossfire Hurricane

    Producer

  10. Beauty Is Embarrassing

    Producer

  11. 2011

    Pearl Jam Twenty

    Producer

  12. The Union

    Co-Producer

  13. 2010

    Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power

    Executive Producer

2000s

  1. 2008

    Johnny Cash's America

    Executive Producer

  2. 2006

    American Revolutions: The Highwaymen

    Executive Producer

1990s

  1. 1998

    Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

    Producer

Wrote 8

2010s

  1. 2016

    A Fighting Chance

    Writer

  2. 2015

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. 2004

    Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1995

    Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

    Writer

Acted in 1

Created 1

Appearances5

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation

    himself

2010s

  1. 2017

    A Documentary on Documentaries

    Self - Documentary Filmmaker

  2. 2015
  3. 2014