Morgan Neville
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 10, 1967 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
Man on the Run
Movie · Director
Lorne
Movie · Director
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation
Movie · Director
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · Director
Piece by Piece
Movie · Director
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
TV · Director · 2 eps
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
TV · Director · 1 ep
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Movie · Director
The Saint of Second Chances
Movie · Director
This is Not a House
Movie · Director
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Movie · Director
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
TV · Director · 1 ep
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
Movie · Director
Shangri-La
TV · Director · 2 eps
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Movie · Director
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie · Director
Ugly Delicious
TV · Director · 2 eps
Abstract: The Art of Design
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Movie · Director
A Fighting Chance
Movie · Director
Best of Enemies
Movie · Director
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Movie · Director
20 Feet from Stardom
Movie · Director
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
Movie · Director
Troubadours
Movie · Director
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
Movie · Director
Johnny Cash's America
Movie · Director
The Cool School
Movie · Director
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
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American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
Movie · Director
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
Movie · Director
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
Movie · Director
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
Movie · Director
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
Movie · Director