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Morgan Neville
Los Angeles, California, USA
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 Docum…
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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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2026
Always Lalisa
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Who Is Martin Mull?
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Lorne
Movie Self (voice) (uncredited)
- 2026
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2026
Man on the Run
Movie Director
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2025
Breakdown: 1975
Movie Director
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2025
BTS Army: Forever We Are Young
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Thank You Very Much
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Piece by Piece
Movie Morgan Neville (voice)
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2024
Leap of Faith
Movie Producer
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2024
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
TV show Director
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2023
This is Not a House
Movie Director
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2023
The Saint of Second Chances
Movie Producer
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2023
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Movie Director
More credits
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2023
Art for Everybody
Movie Producer
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2023
The 12th Victim
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
Movie Producer
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2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Movie Producer
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2021
We Were There to Be There
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
The Painter and the Thief
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Miss Americana
Movie Producer
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2019
Shangri-La
TV show Executive Producer
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2019
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
Movie Director
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2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie Director
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2018
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Movie Director
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2018
Ugly Delicious
TV show Executive Producer
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2017
A Documentary on Documentaries
Movie Self - Documentary Filmmaker
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2017
Abstract: The Art of Design
TV show Director
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2016
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Movie Director
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2016
A Fighting Chance
Movie Director
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2016
Chelsea Does
TV show Executive Producer
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2015
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Movie Director
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
Best of Enemies
Movie Director
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
- 2013
