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Davis Guggenheim (b. 1963)

Alias:
Philip Davis Guggenheim

Birthplace:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Born:
November 3, 1963

Biography from TheMovieDB

Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning American documentary and live action film director and producer. His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for 'Superman'. Since 2006, Guggenheim is the only filmmaker to release three different films that were ranked within the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting for 'Superman'). Guggenheim's cinematographic projects received severals awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for An Inconvenient Truth, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature for He Named Me Malala and two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.

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Film Production

Associate Producer:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Camera Operator:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2010  Waiting for "Superman"

Co-Director:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

Co-Producer:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

Director:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  Breaking and Entering
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1999  The Art of Norton Simon
2000  Gossip
2001  Teach
2001  The First Year
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2007  Gracie
2008  A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2008  It Might Get Loud
2008  The Tower
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2011  U2: From the Sky Down
2012  Obama 2012 Convention Film
2012  The Road We've Traveled
2012  Widow Detective
2013  Teach
2013  The Dream Is Now
2015  He Named Me Malala
2016  Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film
2020  An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020  Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film
2020  The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020  When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film)
2023  STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Director of Photography:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  Breaking and Entering
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1999  The Art of Norton Simon
2000  Gossip
2001  Teach
2001  The First Year
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2007  Gracie
2008  A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2008  It Might Get Loud
2008  The Tower
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2011  U2: From the Sky Down
2012  Obama 2012 Convention Film
2012  The Road We've Traveled
2012  Widow Detective
2013  Teach
2013  The Dream Is Now
2015  He Named Me Malala
2016  Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film
2020  An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020  Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film
2020  The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020  When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film)
2023  STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Executive Producer:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  Breaking and Entering
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1999  The Art of Norton Simon
2000  Gossip
2001  Teach
2001  The First Year
2001  Training Day
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2007  Gracie
2008  A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2008  Carissa
2008  It Might Get Loud
2008  The Tower
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2011  U2: From the Sky Down
2012  Obama 2012 Convention Film
2012  The Road We've Traveled
2012  Widow Detective
2013  Teach
2013  The Dream Is Now
2014  Spent: Looking for Change
2015  He Named Me Malala
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015
2016  Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film
2017  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2018  Bisbee '17
2019  Darlin
2019  El Vacío
2019  Paulette
2019  Sweetheart Dancers
2019  To Be Queen
2019  Walk Run Cha-Cha
2019  Where's My Roy Cohn?
2019  Wolf's Mouth
2020  A Thousand Cuts
2020  An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020  Boys State
2020  Container
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020  Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film
2020  The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Time
2020  When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film)
2021  All These Sons
2021  At the Ready
2021  Homeroom
2021  Mistress Dispeller
2021  Procession
2021  Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021  Swan Song
2022  Accepted
2022  Aftershock
2022  Bitterbrush
2022  Mija
2023  STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023  Under G-d
2024  Eternal You
2024  Girls State
2024  We Can Be Heroes
????  Mistress Dispeller
????  Rita

Music Supervisor:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  Breaking and Entering
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1999  The Art of Norton Simon
2000  Gossip
2001  Teach
2001  The First Year
2001  Training Day
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2007  Gracie
2008  A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2008  Carissa
2008  It Might Get Loud
2008  The Tower
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2011  U2: From the Sky Down
2012  Obama 2012 Convention Film
2012  The Road We've Traveled
2012  Widow Detective
2013  Teach
2013  The Dream Is Now
2014  Spent: Looking for Change
2015  He Named Me Malala
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015
2016  Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film
2017  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2018  Bisbee '17
2019  Darlin
2019  El Vacío
2019  Paulette
2019  Sweetheart Dancers
2019  To Be Queen
2019  Walk Run Cha-Cha
2019  Where's My Roy Cohn?
2019  Wolf's Mouth
2020  A Thousand Cuts
2020  An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020  Boys State
2020  Container
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020  Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film
2020  The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Time
2020  When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film)
2021  All These Sons
2021  At the Ready
2021  Homeroom
2021  Mistress Dispeller
2021  Procession
2021  Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021  Swan Song
2022  Accepted
2022  Aftershock
2022  Bitterbrush
2022  Mija
2023  STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023  Under G-d
2024  Eternal You
2024  Girls State
2024  We Can Be Heroes
????  Mistress Dispeller
????  Rita

Producer:
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  Breaking and Entering
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1999  The Art of Norton Simon
2000  Gossip
2001  Teach
2001  The First Year
2001  Training Day
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2006  The Making of 'an Inconvenient Truth'
2007  Gracie
2008  A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2008  Carissa
2008  It Might Get Loud
2008  The Tower
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2011  U2: From the Sky Down
2012  Obama 2012 Convention Film
2012  The Road We've Traveled
2012  Widow Detective
2013  Teach
2013  The Dream Is Now
2014  Spent: Looking for Change
2015  He Named Me Malala
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015
2016  Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film
2017  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2018  Bisbee '17
2018  The Price of Free
2019  Darlin
2019  El Vacío
2019  Paulette
2019  Sweetheart Dancers
2019  To Be Queen
2019  Walk Run Cha-Cha
2019  Where's My Roy Cohn?
2019  Wolf's Mouth
2020  A Thousand Cuts
2020  An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020  Boys State
2020  Container
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020  Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film
2020  The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Time
2020  When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film)
2021  All These Sons
2021  At the Ready
2021  Homeroom
2021  Mistress Dispeller
2021  Procession
2021  Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021  Swan Song
2022  Accepted
2022  Aftershock
2022  Bitterbrush
2022  Mija
2023  STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023  Under G-d
2024  Eternal You
2024  Girls State
2024  We Can Be Heroes
????  Mistress Dispeller
????  Rita

Production Coordinator:
1989  sex, lies, and videotape
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  Breaking and Entering
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1999  The Art of Norton Simon
2000  Gossip
2001  Teach
2001  The First Year
2001  Training Day
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2006  The Making of 'an Inconvenient Truth'
2007  Gracie
2008  A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2008  Carissa
2008  It Might Get Loud
2008  The Tower
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2011  U2: From the Sky Down
2012  Obama 2012 Convention Film
2012  The Road We've Traveled
2012  Widow Detective
2013  Teach
2013  The Dream Is Now
2014  Spent: Looking for Change
2015  He Named Me Malala
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015
2016  Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film
2017  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2018  Bisbee '17
2018  The Price of Free
2019  Darlin
2019  El Vacío
2019  Paulette
2019  Sweetheart Dancers
2019  To Be Queen
2019  Walk Run Cha-Cha
2019  Where's My Roy Cohn?
2019  Wolf's Mouth
2020  A Thousand Cuts
2020  An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020  Boys State
2020  Container
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020  Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film
2020  The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Time
2020  When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film)
2021  All These Sons
2021  At the Ready
2021  Homeroom
2021  Mistress Dispeller
2021  Procession
2021  Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021  Swan Song
2022  Accepted
2022  Aftershock
2022  Bitterbrush
2022  Mija
2023  STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023  Under G-d
2024  Eternal You
2024  Girls State
2024  We Can Be Heroes
????  Mistress Dispeller
????  Rita

Screenplay:
1989  sex, lies, and videotape
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  Breaking and Entering
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1999  The Art of Norton Simon
2000  Gossip
2001  Teach
2001  The First Year
2001  Training Day
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2006  The Making of 'an Inconvenient Truth'
2007  Gracie
2008  A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2008  Carissa
2008  It Might Get Loud
2008  The Tower
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2011  U2: From the Sky Down
2012  Obama 2012 Convention Film
2012  The Road We've Traveled
2012  Widow Detective
2013  Teach
2013  The Dream Is Now
2014  Spent: Looking for Change
2015  He Named Me Malala
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015
2016  Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film
2017  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2018  Bisbee '17
2018  The Price of Free
2019  Darlin
2019  El Vacío
2019  Paulette
2019  Sweetheart Dancers
2019  To Be Queen
2019  Walk Run Cha-Cha
2019  Where's My Roy Cohn?
2019  Wolf's Mouth
2020  A Thousand Cuts
2020  An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020  Boys State
2020  Container
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020  Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film
2020  The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Time
2020  When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film)
2021  All These Sons
2021  At the Ready
2021  Homeroom
2021  Mistress Dispeller
2021  Procession
2021  Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021  Swan Song
2022  Accepted
2022  Aftershock
2022  Bitterbrush
2022  Mija
2023  STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023  Under G-d
2024  Eternal You
2024  Girls State
2024  We Can Be Heroes
????  Mistress Dispeller
????  Rita

Writer:
1989  sex, lies, and videotape
1991  Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992  Breaking and Entering
1992  The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1999  The Art of Norton Simon
2000  Gossip
2001  Teach
2001  The First Year
2001  Training Day
2006  An Inconvenient Truth
2006  The Making of 'an Inconvenient Truth'
2007  Gracie
2008  A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2008  Carissa
2008  It Might Get Loud
2008  The Tower
2010  Waiting for "Superman"
2011  U2: From the Sky Down
2012  Obama 2012 Convention Film
2012  The Road We've Traveled
2012  Widow Detective
2013  Teach
2013  The Dream Is Now
2014  Spent: Looking for Change
2015  He Named Me Malala
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
2015  U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015
2016  Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film
2017  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2018  Bisbee '17
2018  The Price of Free
2019  Darlin
2019  El Vacío
2019  Paulette
2019  Sweetheart Dancers
2019  To Be Queen
2019  Walk Run Cha-Cha
2019  Where's My Roy Cohn?
2019  Wolf's Mouth
2020  A Thousand Cuts
2020  An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020  Boys State
2020  Container
2020  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020  Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film
2020  The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film)
2020  Time
2020  When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film)
2021  All These Sons
2021  At the Ready
2021  Homeroom
2021  Mistress Dispeller
2021  Procession
2021  Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021  Swan Song
2022  Accepted
2022  Aftershock
2022  Bitterbrush
2022  Mija
2023  STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023  Under G-d
2024  Eternal You
2024  Girls State
2024  We Can Be Heroes
????  Mistress Dispeller
????  Rita

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TV Production

Director:
1991  Sisters
1993  NYPD Blue
1994  ER
1994  Party of Five
1995  Charlie Grace
1996  Relativity
1997  C-16: FBI
1997  The Visitor
2001  24
2001  Alias
2002  Push, Nevada
2002  The Shield
2003  imagine…
2004  Deadwood
2005  Numb3rs
2005  Wanted
2006  3 LBS
2006  The Unit
2009  Melrose Place
2010  The Defenders
2019  Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates

Executive Producer:
1991  Sisters
1993  NYPD Blue
1994  ER
1994  Party of Five
1995  Charlie Grace
1996  Relativity
1997  C-16: FBI
1997  The Visitor
2001  24
2001  Alias
2002  Push, Nevada
2002  The Shield
2003  imagine…
2004  Deadwood
2005  Numb3rs
2005  Wanted
2006  3 LBS
2006  The Unit
2009  Melrose Place
2010  The Defenders
2019  Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
2022  Once Upon a Time in Londongrad
2023  Burden of Proof
2023  Navajo Police: Class 57
2023  The Enfield Poltergeist
2023  Working: What We Do All Day

Producer:
1991  Sisters
1993  NYPD Blue
1994  ER
1994  Party of Five
1995  Charlie Grace
1996  Relativity
1997  C-16: FBI
1997  The Visitor
2001  24
2001  Alias
2002  Push, Nevada
2002  The Shield
2003  imagine…
2004  Deadwood
2005  Numb3rs
2005  Wanted
2006  3 LBS
2006  The Unit
2009  Melrose Place
2010  The Defenders
2019  Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
2022  Once Upon a Time in Londongrad
2023  Burden of Proof
2023  Navajo Police: Class 57
2023  The Enfield Poltergeist
2023  Working: What We Do All Day

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