Biography
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.
Directed
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Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) — Director
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20 Feet from Stardom (2013) — Director
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Piece by Piece (2024) — Director
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) — Director
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Best of Enemies (2015) — Director
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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021) — Director
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Abstract: The Art of Design (2017) — Director
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Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015) — Director
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Ugly Delicious (2018) — Director
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Man on the Run (2026) — Director
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Breakdown: 1975 (2025) — Director
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Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 (2019) — Director
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STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (2024) — Director
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2016) — Director
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Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (2023) — Director
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Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson (2021) — Director
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What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates (2024) — Director
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The Saint of Second Chances (2023) — Director
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Shangri-La (2019) — Director
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Lorne (2026) — Director
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The Cool School (2008) — Director
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Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007) — Director
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Troubadours (2011) — Director
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Johnny Cash's America (2008) — Director
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Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (2004) — Director
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Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll (2000) — Director
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Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied (2003) — Director
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Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies (2013) — Director
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American Revolutions: The Highwaymen (2006) — Director
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Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995) — Director
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A Fighting Chance (2016) — Director
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Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power (2010) — Director
- This is Not a House (2023) — Director
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Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation (2026) — Director
Also appeared in
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
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Piece by Piece (2024) — Morgan Neville (voice)
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
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Lorne (2026) — Self (voice) (uncredited)
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A Documentary on Documentaries (2017) — Self - Documentary Filmmaker
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Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation (2026) — himself