Morgan Neville
Known for: Directing
Born: October 10, 1967
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
47 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
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Always Lalisa
2026NR
Who Is Martin Mull?
2026
6.9
Lorne
2026
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Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation
2026
7.4
Man on the Run
2026
6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025
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BTS Army: Forever We Are Young
2025
7.8
Thank You Very Much
2025
8.0
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
7.1
Piece by Piece
2024
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Leap of Faith
2024
5.4
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024
7.8
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
2024NR
This is Not a House
2023
6.9
The Saint of Second Chances
2023
7.6
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023
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Art for Everybody
2023
5.9
The 12th Victim
2023
7.4
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2022
7.0
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2022
7.4
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
7.0
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021
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We Were There to Be There
2021
7.4
The Painter and the Thief
2020
7.8
Miss Americana
2020
7.2
Shangri-La
2019
6.3
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2019
7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
8.0
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
6.9
Ugly Delicious
2018
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A Documentary on Documentaries
2017
7.8
Abstract: The Art of Design
2017
6.9
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2016
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A Fighting Chance
2016
5.4
Chelsea Does
2016
6.7
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
7.2
Best of Enemies
2015
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
8.0
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
2013
7.2
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
7.4
Burn
2012
7.1
Crossfire Hurricane
2012
7.3
Beauty Is Embarrassing
2012
7.8
Pearl Jam Twenty
2011
10.0
The Union
2011
7.5
Troubadours
2011
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Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2010
8.5
Johnny Cash's America
2008
6.7
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008
5.9
The Cool School
2008
8.5
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
2007
10.0
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2006
7.0
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2004
10.0
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2003
8.0
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
2000
8.0
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
7.0
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995