Directing
Morgan Neville
Born Oct 10, 1967 · 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.
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Directed
Lorne
2026
Comedy · Documentary
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation
2026
Documentary
Man on the Run
2026
Documentary · Music
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Documentary
Piece by Piece
2024
Animation · Music · Documentary
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024
Documentary
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
2024
Documentary
The Saint of Second Chances
2023
Documentary
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023
Documentary · Music
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
Documentary
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021
Documentary
Shangri-La
2019
Documentary
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2019
Animation · Family · Comedy
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Documentary
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
Documentary
Ugly Delicious
2018
Documentary
Abstract: The Art of Design
2017
Documentary
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2016
Music · Documentary
A Fighting Chance
2016
Documentary
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015
Documentary · Music
Best of Enemies
2015
Documentary · History
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
2013
Documentary
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
Documentary · Music
Troubadours
2011
Documentary
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2010
Music · Documentary
Johnny Cash's America
2008
Documentary · Music
The Cool School
2008
Documentary
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
2007
Music · Documentary
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2006
Documentary · Music
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2004
Documentary · Music
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2003
Documentary · Music
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
2000
Documentary · Music
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995
Documentary
Written
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008
Documentary · Music
Acting
Lorne
2026
Comedy · Documentary
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation
2026
Documentary
Piece by Piece
2024
Animation · Music · Documentary
A Documentary on Documentaries
2017
Documentary