Alex Gibney
Oct 23, 1953 (72)
New York City, New York, USA
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Born in New York City, New York, USA, Alex Gibney is a director. They directed the film Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. Their filmography further includes The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. They have directed 46 films and 24 TV productions, working mainly across genres like drama.
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Born in New York City, New York, USA, Alex Gibney is a director. They directed the film Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. Their filmography further includes The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. They have directed 46 films and 24 TV productions, working mainly across genres like drama.
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How old is Alex Gibney and where are they from?
Alex Gibney is 72 years old, born on October 23, 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.
What are the most famous roles of Alex Gibney?
Alex Gibney is best known for directing Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
How many movies has Alex Gibney directed?
Over a 46-year career (since 1980), Alex Gibney has directed or written 47 films and worked on 46 TV shows.
What was Alex Gibney's first movie?
The career of Alex Gibney began with Two Wolves ().
What is Alex Gibney's most recent movie or series?
Alex Gibney's most recent release is Connect with Jacob Soboroff, which premiered on June 13, 2026.
What TV shows has Alex Gibney created or directed?
On television, Alex Gibney has appeared in Billions, Painkiller, Dirty Money, The Looming Tower.
Does Alex Gibney have any upcoming projects?
Yes, Alex Gibney's upcoming work includes: Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie (2026).
Alex Gibney
1953-10-23 · New York City, New York, USA
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.