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Morgan Neville (b. 1967)

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Born:
October 10, 1967

Biography from TheMovieDB

Morgan Neville is an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. For over twenty years he has been making films about music and cultural subjects including Troubadours, Search and Destroy and three Grammy-nominated films: Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters Can’t Be Satisfied, and Johnny Cash’s America. His non-music films include The Cool School, Steinbeck and Shotgun Freeway: Drives Thru Lost L.A.. Neville has also produced many documentaries, including Pearl Jam Twenty, Crossfire Hurricane and Beauty is Embarrassing. In 2014, 20 Feet From Stardom, won numerous awards including the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Most recently, Best of Enemies won an Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary at the 2017 News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The film was also shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Other recent projects include Keith Richards: Under the Influence (Director), Chelsea Does (Executive Producer), a series of four documentaries with Chelsea Handler for Netflix, and Abstract: The Art of Design, also for Netflix.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Co-Producer:
2011  The Union

Director:
1995  Shotgun Freeway
2000  Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
2003  Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2004  Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2006  American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2007  Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
2008  Johnny Cash's America
2008  The Cool School
2010  Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2011  The Union
2011  Troubadours
2013  20 Feet from Stardom
2013  Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
2015  Best of Enemies
2015  Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2016  A Fighting Chance
2016  The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2018  They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018  Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2019  Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2021  Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2023  Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023  The Saint of Second Chances
2024  Piece by Piece
????  Man on the Run

Executive Producer:
1995  Shotgun Freeway
2000  Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
2003  Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2004  Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2006  American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2007  Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
2008  Johnny Cash's America
2008  The Cool School
2010  Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2011  The Union
2011  Troubadours
2012  Burn
2013  20 Feet from Stardom
2013  Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
2015  Best of Enemies
2015  Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2016  A Fighting Chance
2016  The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2018  They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018  Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2019  Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2020  The Painter and the Thief
2021  Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021  We Were There to Be There
2022  Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2023  Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023  Thank You Very Much
2023  The Saint of Second Chances
2024  Piece by Piece
????  Man on the Run

Producer:
1995  Shotgun Freeway
1998  Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
2000  Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
2003  Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2004  Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2006  American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2007  Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
2008  James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008  Johnny Cash's America
2008  The Cool School
2010  Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2011  Pearl Jam Twenty
2011  The Union
2011  Troubadours
2012  Beauty Is Embarrassing
2012  Burn
2012  Crossfire Hurricane
2013  20 Feet from Stardom
2013  Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
2015  Best of Enemies
2015  Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2016  A Fighting Chance
2016  The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2018  They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018  Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2019  Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2020  Miss Americana
2020  The Painter and the Thief
2021  Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021  We Were There to Be There
2022  Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2022  Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2023  Art for Everybody
2023  Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023  Thank You Very Much
2023  The Saint of Second Chances
2024  Piece by Piece
????  Man on the Run

Writer:
1995  Shotgun Freeway
1998  Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
2000  Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
2003  Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2004  Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2006  American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2007  Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
2008  James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008  Johnny Cash's America
2008  The Cool School
2010  Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2011  Pearl Jam Twenty
2011  The Union
2011  Troubadours
2012  Beauty Is Embarrassing
2012  Burn
2012  Crossfire Hurricane
2013  20 Feet from Stardom
2013  Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
2015  Best of Enemies
2015  Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2016  A Fighting Chance
2016  The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
2018  They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018  Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2019  Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2020  Miss Americana
2020  The Painter and the Thief
2021  Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021  We Were There to Be There
2022  Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2022  Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2023  Art for Everybody
2023  Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023  Thank You Very Much
2023  The Saint of Second Chances
2024  Piece by Piece
????  Man on the Run

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Creator:
2021  Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

Director:
2017  Abstract: The Art of Design
2018  Ugly Delicious
2019  Shangri-La
2021  Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2024  STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

Executive Producer:
2016  Chelsea Does
2017  Abstract: The Art of Design
2018  Ugly Delicious
2019  Shangri-La
2021  Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2023  The 12th Victim
2024  STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

Producer:
2016  Chelsea Does
2017  Abstract: The Art of Design
2018  Ugly Delicious
2019  Shangri-La
2021  Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2023  The 12th Victim
2024  STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

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