Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney is a documentary film director.

Alex Gibney appears in the following:

Alex Gibney, 'Citizen K'

Monday, January 13, 2020

Documentarian Alex Gibney's new film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky. 

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Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos

Friday, December 27, 2019

Alex Gibney on “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.”

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The Theranos Story

Friday, March 15, 2019

Alex Gibney on “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.”

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All of It with Alison Stewart: Alex Gibney, Carla Lalli Music, Dave Cullen and Come From Away

Friday, March 15, 2019

On today's show: The aftermath of the Parkland shooting, simple recipes from a Bon Appétit editor, the creators of "Come From Away," and Alex Gibney on his Theranos documentary.

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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange: Kingmaker of the 2016 Election?

Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Is Julian Assange all about transparency, or all about being a big player in the new media game of the 21st century?

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Inside the Cyberwar Unleashed by the Stuxnet Virus

Thursday, July 07, 2016

Alex Gibney's “Zero Days” explores the American/Israeli Stuxnet computer worm, and what happened after it was released. 

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Why Cooking Connects Us and Makes Us Human

Thursday, March 03, 2016

The Netflix Original Documentary series "Cooked" looks at how preparing meals connects us across cultures. 

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What Steve Jobs Had in Common With Vito Corleone

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

The latest film by Alex Gibney sheds new light on the protean founder of Apple Computers. 

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Filmmaker Alex Gibney: 'Sinatra Grew Up With America'

Monday, March 30, 2015

The award-winning filmmaker turns his lens on the towering icon of the American songbook in a new HBO documentary.

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'Mr. Dynamite' Debuts Tonight

Monday, October 27, 2014

When Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney got a call from Mick Jagger asking if he'd like to make a film about James Brown, he couldn't say no. "Mr. Dynamite" airs tonight on HBO.

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James Brown's Rise Revealed In The Explosive 'Mr. Dynamite'

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Filmmaker Alex Gibney captures James Brown's career as a rising funk star rooted in the jazz and big band era in his new documentary, Mr. Dynamite.

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Alex Gibney Explores James Brown In 'Mr. Dynamite'; How To Be Smarter About DJ Mustard; The Budos Band Plays Live

Thursday, October 23, 2014

A new documentary film explores the rise of the hardest working man in show business. Learn more about hit-making producer DJ Mustard. The Budos Band plays in the Soundcheck studio.

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Time to Rethink Solitary Confinement & Death Row?

Thursday, March 06, 2014

There are currently 80,000 people being held in solitary confinement across America. Many of these prisoners have been there for years or decades without any human contact. In an effo...

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Alex Gibney on "The Armstrong Lie"

Monday, December 30, 2013

Filmmaker Alex Gibney talks about his Oscar-shortlisted documentary, “The Armstrong Lie.” Throughout 2009, he followed Lance Armstrong on his celebrated comeback to professional cycling. The film looks at the doping revelations and how Armstrong could so effectively promote and protect such an elaborate lie.

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Guest Picks: Alex Gibney

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Filmmaker Alex Gibney was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to talk about his latest film, "Mea Maxima Culpa." He also told us what he's been reading and watching -- and his rather fishy favorite comfort food!

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Mea Maxima Culpa: Abuse and the Catholic Church

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney talks about his new documentary “Mea Maxima Culpa,” which exposes the abuse of power in the Catholic Church and a cover-up of child abuse.

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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Thursday, November 15, 2012

In recent years, the Catholic Church has faced countless accusations of child abuse, cover ups and institutional secrets. The cases number in the thousands. And all of them are horrif...

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Alex Gibney, Ken Kesey, and the Merry Pranksters

Friday, August 12, 2011

Back in 1964, some friends painted a school bus in wild colors and took a cross-country trip, hoping to take in some scenery and freak out the squares. The writer Ken Kesey and his ...

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A Magical Trip

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

In 1964, author Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters famously crossed the country in a drug and rock 'n' roll-fueled painted bus, bringing heightened meaning to the term "road trip." What’s not so famous is the footage they shot en route. Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney has turned that footage into a new movie called "Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place," and he'll tell us all about it.

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In Conversation: Alex Gibney

Monday, December 13, 2010

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney directed three documentaries in 2010 – all of which feature his signature use of popular music. He joins us to talk about linking songs with images in films like “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer."

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