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Morgan Neville

Morgan Neville

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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Movies Made By Morgan Neville (39)

Man on the Run (2026)

Paul McCartney forms new band Wings after Beatles breakup. Archival home footage shows his life with Linda, who influenced his music. The film follows Wings from formation through the 1970s, during which McCartney wrote hit songs. ...

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Thank You Very Much (2025)

Andy Kaufman's provocative comedy often outraged audiences, challenging them to confront their own presumptions. Through never-before-seen footage and intimate recollections, filmmaker Alex Braverman explores Kaufman's brief but impactful life and career. ...

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Piece by Piece (2024)

A unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music's mos ...

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Leap of Faith (2024)

Twelve diverse Christian leaders from across differences in theology, politics, race, socioeconomics, gender, and sexuality find hope and fellowship at a series of boundary-breaking retreats in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Brought together by Michael Gulker of ...

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The Saint of Second Chances (2023)

Mike Veeck, son of MLB franchise owner Bill Veeck, blows up his father's career. Exiled from the game he loves, the younger Veeck spends the next few decades clawing his way up from rock bottom, determined to redeem himself. ...

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Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (2023)

Filmmaker Morgan Neville captures Dave Letterman on his first visit to Dublin to hang out with Bono and The Edge in their hometown, experience Dublin, and join the two U2 musicians for a concert performance unlike any they've done before. ...

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Art for Everybody (2023)

Thomas Kinkade's pastoral landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter of all time. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America. ...

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Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (2022)

This feature-length documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah. ...

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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022)

Mickey Mouse is one of the most enduring symbols in our history. Those three simple circles take on meaning for virtually everyone on the planet. So ubiquitous in our lives that he can seem invisible, Mickey is something we all share, with unique memories ...

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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)

An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him. ...

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We Were There to Be There (2021)

On June 13, 1978, the punk bands the Cramps and the Mutants played a free show for psychiatric patients at the Napa State Hospital in California. We Were There to Be There chronicles the people, politics, and cultural currents that led to the show and its ...

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The Painter and the Thief (2020)

When two of artist Barbora Kysilkova's most valuable paintings are stolen from a gallery at Frogner in Oslo, the police are able to find the thief after a few days, but the paintings are nowhere to be found. Barbora goes to the trial in hopes of finding cl ...

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Miss Americana (2020)

A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice. ...

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Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 (2019)

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, this documentary tries to solve the great mystery: Was Snoopy a top-secret astronaut? ...

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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind. ...

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Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues. ...

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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2016)

Follow several talented members of the ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution. ...

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A Fighting Chance (2016)

With a unique vision that perseverance through the extraordinary leads to progress, Samsung enlisted Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville to showcase the inspiring story of Olympic hopefuls from diverse countries who are defying barriers. ...

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Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015)

A portrait of Keith Richards that takes us on a journey to discover the genesis of his sound as a songwriter, guitarist and performer. ...

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Best of Enemies (2015)

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic ...

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Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies (2013)

A Documentary about Nashville's Maverick songwriter/producer, 'Cowboy' Jack Clement. ...

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20 Feet from Stardom (2013)

Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now. ...

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Burn (2012)

A character-driven, action-packed documentary about Detroit, told through the eyes of the Detroit firefighters, the men and women charged with the thankless task of saving a city that many have written off as dead. ...

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Crossfire Hurricane (2012)

This film is released as part of the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of the Rolling Stones. It tells the story of the Stones' unparalleled journey from blues obsessed teens in the early 60s to their undisputed status as rock royalty. All of the Stones ...

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Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)

Raised in the Tennessee mountains, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in NYC. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the Pee-wee's Playhouse TV show which soon led to more work designing some of the most arresting and iconic images ...

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Pearl Jam Twenty (2011)

Carved from over 1,200 hours of footage spanning the band's career, Pearl Jam: Twenty is the definitive portrait of Pearl Jam. Part concert film, part intimate insider-hang, and part testimonial to the power of music. ...

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The Union (2011)

In November 2009, filmmaker Cameron Crowe began filming a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the album The Union, a collaboration between musicians Elton John and Leon Russell, who hadn't spoken to one another in 38 years prior to beginning work on ...

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Troubadours (2011)

In the wake of the turbulent 1960s, a new style of song and songwriter came to the fore – a style marked by vulnerable introspection and raw, naked emotion. Backed by little more than a lone acoustic guitar or simple piano, these exciting voices descende ...

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Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power (2010)

A documentary focused on Iggy Pop & The Stooges and their album "Raw Power". ...

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Johnny Cash's America (2008)

This classic concert features a number of tracks from his new album coupled with favourites from across his career including Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk The Line, Ghost Riders In The Sky, Orange Blossom Special and San Quentin. ...

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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)

On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that ripped other cities apart after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. ...

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The Cool School (2008)

How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch. ...

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Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007)

Between 1959 and 1975, Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee released international chart-topping hits from artists including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the MG's, Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, and even Richard Pryor and J ...

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Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (2004)

The authoritative documentary on Country Music's most influential figure. ...

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Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied (2003)

Filmmaker Robert Gordon captures the life of fascinating blues artist Muddy Waters. Credited with inventing the electric blues, Waters left an indelible mark on both his contemporaries and the generations of musicians that followed him. This documentary in ...

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Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll (2000)

A biography of Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records in Memphis, TN, which launched the careers of icons like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. ...

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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998)

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory. ...

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Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995)

Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archival footage, Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of "A ...

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Movies Starring Morgan Neville (2)

Piece by Piece (2024)

A unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music's mos ...

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A Documentary on Documentaries (2017)

Morgan Neville breaks down the documentary filmmaking process. ...

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