Morgan Neville

Morgan Neville

56 · Born: Oct 10, 1967

Personal Details

Born Oct 10, 1967 Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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.

Career

2008
The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2024
Piece by Piece
Piece by Piece as Director
2023
The Saint of Second Chances
The Saint of Second Chances as Director
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2021
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2019
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2018
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Won't You Be My Neighbor? as Director
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Director
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2016
A Fighting Chance
A Fighting Chance as Director, Writer
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2015
Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies as Director, Writer
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Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Keith Richards: Under the Influence as Director
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Twenty Feet from Stardom
Twenty Feet from Stardom as Director
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2011
Troubadours
Troubadours as Director
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2010
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2008
The Cool School
The Cool School as Director
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Johnny Cash's America
Johnny Cash's America as Director
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2007
Great Performances
Great Performances as Director
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2004
American Masters
American Masters as Director, Writer
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2003
American Masters
American Masters as Director
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1995
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. as Director, Writer
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2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson as Creator
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