Philip Alexander Gibney is an American documentary film director and producer.
15 Facts About Alex Gibney
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Alex Gibney was born in New York City, the son of Harriet and journalist Frank Alex Gibney.
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Alex Gibney served as executive producer of the documentary No End in Sight.
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Alex Gibney's film Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson is a documentary based on Hunter S Thompson's life and his "Gonzo" style of journalism.
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Under executive producer Martin Scorsese, Alex Gibney was series producer for the PBS television series The Blues and writer-producer of The Pacific Century.
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Alex Gibney is president of Jigsaw Productions, which produces independent films, documentaries and television series.
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Alex Gibney has been honored by the Yale Film Studies program for his contributions to film culture.
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Alex Gibney's 2013 film We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, is a comprehensive look at WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning.
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The Wikileaks organization itself has objected to the way Alex Gibney portrayed it, and has posted a line-by-line rebuttal to the entire film.
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In 2015, Alex Gibney received the inaugural Hitchens Prize, awarded in honor of the late writer Christopher Hitchens.
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Alex Gibney had previously collaborated with Hitchens on a documentary film adaption of Hitchens's book The Trial of Henry Kissinger.
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Alex Gibney writes for The Atlantic, and has written for Huffington Post and other publications.
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Alex Gibney has been a resident of Summit, New Jersey.
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On June 19,2008, Alex Gibney's company filed for arbitration, arguing that THINKFilm failed to properly distribute and promote his film Taxi to the Dark Side.
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Alex Gibney sued for over a million dollars in damages and stated that the film has grossed only $280,000.