Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
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.
Directed 57
2020s
- 2026
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
Director
- 2025
- 2024
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Director
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Director
- 2023
- 2021
Totally Under Control
Director
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI
Director
- 2017
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Director
No Stone Unturned
Director
- 2016
The New Yorker Presents
Director
- 2015
- 2014
Finding Fela
Director
Ceasefire Massacre
Director
- 2013
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Director
- 2012
Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
Director
The Last Gladiators
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
30 for 30 Shorts
Director
- 2011
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Director
30 for 30 - ESPN Films
Director
- 2010
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Director
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Director
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Director
2000s
- 2008
Taxi to the Dark Side
Director
- 2006
The Human Behavior Experiments
Director
- 2005
3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas
Director
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Director
- 1997
The Fifties
Director
1980s
- 1980
Flipper
Director
Produced 114
2020s
- 2026
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
Producer
Edward Said: Between Worlds
Executive Producer
Connect with Jacob Soboroff
Executive Producer
Speechless
Executive Producer
- 2025
The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster
Executive Producer
- 2024
The Bibi Files
Producer
Walk with Me
Executive Producer
Between Goodbyes
Executive Producer
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Producer
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Producer
- 2023
The Ruling Class
Executive Producer
- 2022
- 2021
Citizen Ashe
Executive Producer
Totally Under Control
Producer
- 2020
Kingdom of Silence
Executive Producer
Laurel Canyon
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2019
Los Últimos Frikis
Executive Producer
Why We Hate
Executive Producer
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Executive Producer
- 2018
Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
Executive Producer
Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI
Executive Producer
The Clinton Affair
Executive Producer
- 2017
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Executive Producer
No Stone Unturned
Producer
The Last Shot
Executive Producer
Accidental Anarchist
Executive Producer
American Jihad
Executive Producer
Zero Days VR
Executive Producer
- 2016
The Killing Season
Executive Producer
Spring Broke
Executive Producer
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Executive Producer
The New Yorker Presents
Executive Producer
- 2015
What's Motivating Hayes
Executive Producer
- 2014
Finding Fela
Producer
Ceasefire Massacre
Producer
Death Row Stories
Executive Producer
- 2013
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Producer
History of the Eagles
Producer
- 2012
The Last Gladiators
Producer
- 2011
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Producer
- 2010
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Producer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Producer
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Producer
2000s
- 2009
Money-Driven Medicine
Producer
- 2008
Taxi to the Dark Side
Producer
- 2007
Love Comes Lately
Executive Producer
- 2006
The House Is Burning
Producer
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Consulting Producer
The Human Behavior Experiments
Producer
- 2005
3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas
Producer
- 2004
Lightning in a Bottle
Producer
- 2003
The Blues
Producer
The Soul of a Man
Producer
- 2002
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Producer
- 2001
Brooklyn Babylon
Executive Producer
- 2000
Soldiers in the Army of God
Producer
The Huntress
Executive Producer
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Producer
- 1997
The Fifties
Executive Producer
Wrote 37
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
Totally Under Control
Writer
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Why We Hate
Writer
- 2018
- 2017
No Stone Unturned
Writer
- 2016
The New Yorker Presents
Writer
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Writer
- 2012
Park Avenue: Money, Power & The American Dream
Writer
- 2011
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Writer
- 2010
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Writer
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Writer
2000s
- 2008
Taxi to the Dark Side
Writer
- 2006
The Human Behavior Experiments
Writer
- 2005
- 2002
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Writer
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Writer
- 1997
The Fifties
Writer
1980s
- 1980
Flipper
Writer
Created 9
2020s
- 2025
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Creator
- 2018
- 2016
The New Yorker Presents
Creator
1990s
- 1997
The Fifties
Creator
Camera 1
2000s
- 2003
The Soul of a Man
Camera Operator
Edited 1
1980s
- 1983
The Golden Seal
Associate Editor
Appearances24
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2021
Totally Under Control
Narrator (voice)
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2016
The New Yorker Presents
Narrator · 1 episode
- 2015
- 2013
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Narrator (voice)
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Self - Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2008
Taxi to the Dark Side
Narrator (voice)
- 2003
- 2001
1990s
- 1997
- 1996
1950s
- 1953
Thanked in the credits3
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
2010s
- 2015
