Morgan Neville

Known for DirectingBorn 1967-10-10 (age 58)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Union

American Revolutions: The Highwaymen

Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied

Johnny Cash's America

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll

Miss Americana

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

Abstract: The Art of Design

Pearl Jam Twenty

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song

Man on the Run

Troubadours

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

Thank You Very Much

The Painter and the Thief

Burn

Shangri-La

Lorne

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Piece by Piece

Best of Enemies

20 Feet from Stardom

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Crossfire Hurricane

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The Saint of Second Chances

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

Breakdown: 1975

Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

Ugly Delicious

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

Keith Richards: Under the Influence

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

The 12th Victim

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

The Cool School

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

Chelsea Does

Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation