Alex Gibney
TIFF: Anti-Netanyahu Film Premiere Goes Forward in Toronto After Court Motion Fails
After facing a failed attempt by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to block their world-premiere screening, the filmmakers behind the anti-Netanyahu documentary The Bibi Files carried on Monday night debuting their work at the Toronto International Film Festival with a mix of grim resolve and giddy triumph. Alexis Bloom’s film, which builds its case against […]
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‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ Review: Alex Gibney’s Affectionate Documentary Is a Must-See for Fans
The TV creator, plus stars like Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli, sit down for a two-part look back at the game-changing mob dramedy.
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News and Documentary Emmys: Jane Pauley and Alex Gibney Tapped for Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Emmy-winning TV anchor Jane Pauley and the Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney will receive lifetime achievement awards at the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. Pauley will be feted at the News ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 25, while Gibney will be honored at the […]
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‘Sopranos’ Cast Reunites at Tribeca Festival Premiere of Sprawling Doc About David Chase
Twenty-five years after The Sopranos premiered on HBO, 12 surviving cast members of the acclaimed HBO series stood on a Manhattan stage on Thursday night, fanned out in a row as they received loud applause from the sold-out audience and were joined by two of the drama’s top writers — one of whom was the […]
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Morgan Spurlock Remembered by Alex Gibney, Ted Sarandos, Brett Morgen: “He Actually Changed the World”
The entertainment industry is mourning documentarian Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock, best known for his Academy Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me, in which he consumed fast food for 30 days to highlight its dangers, died on Thursday at the age of 53 from cancer. “It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” […]
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Steve James, Alex Gibney Team for AI Docuseries ‘Mind vs. Machine’
Steve James, the Oscar-nominated director behind Hoop Dreams and Life Itself, will tackle AI in the docuseries Mind vs. Machine, which has Alex Gibney on board as a producer. Closer Media and Anonymous Content, which are working with Gibney on his upcoming Elon Musk doc Musk, are financing the project and also producing alongside James […]
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Toronto: Paul Simon Talks Hearing Loss, New Song at ‘In Restless Dreams’ Doc Premiere
Paul Simon talked about his hearing loss in his left ear and his ability to continue playing, and even performed his music live, at a post-screening Q&A for In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, the Alex Gibney documentary that had a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday. “I haven’t accepted […]
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‘In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon’ Review: Alex Gibney’s Brilliantly Composed Doc Charts the Singer-Songwriter’s Career
Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, the award-winning filmmaker's latest is a close-up look at one of America's most important pop music figures.
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Alex Gibney Finishes Paul Simon Doc ‘In Restless Dreams’ for Expected Fall Festival Bow
Alex Gibney — who recently set his Elon Musk doc, Musk, at HBO — has wrapped his Paul Simon doc in time for an expected fall festival run. The doc, titled In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, is three years in the making and follows Simon as he makes his latest album, Seven […]
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HBO Lands Elon Musk Doc From Alex Gibney
Musk, Alex Gibney’s doc about the tech giant Elon Musk, has landed at HBO Documentary Films in North America. Musk has been described as a “definitive and unvarnished examination” of the controversial and headline-making CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter. (When the doc was first announced, in characteristic fashion, Musk made a comment on Twitter, […]
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Neon Lands George Orwell Doc From Raoul Peck, Alex Gibney
Neon has landed the North American rights to Orwell, the Raoul Peck- directed doc about the 1984 author. The doc, which has the cooperation of the Orwell Estate and is currently in production, will tell the story of the English novelist who is known for his satirical and outright critiques of authoritarianism as seen in […]
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Alex Gibney Working on Elon Musk Documentary
Elon Musk is getting the Alex Gibney treatment. Gibney, who has tackled Scientology, Wikileaks and Russian president Vladimir Putin, announced Monday that tech entrepreneur and multi-billionaire Elon Musk is the focus of his latest work. Titled Musk, the feature project already months into making is described as a “definitive and unvarnished examination” of the controversial […]
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