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Morgan Neville

Morgan Neville

Director · Born 1967-10-10 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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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

  1. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) — Director
  2. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) — Director
  3. Piece by Piece (2024) — Director
  4. They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) — Director
  5. Best of Enemies (2015) — Director
  6. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021) — Director
  7. Abstract: The Art of Design (2017) — Director
  8. Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015) — Director
  9. Ugly Delicious (2018) — Director
  10. Man on the Run (2026) — Director
  11. Breakdown: 1975 (2025) — Director
  12. Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 (2019) — Director
  13. STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (2024) — Director
  14. The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2016) — Director
  15. Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (2023) — Director
  16. Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson (2021) — Director
  17. What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates (2024) — Director
  18. The Saint of Second Chances (2023) — Director
  19. Shangri-La (2019) — Director
  20. Lorne (2026) — Director
  21. The Cool School (2008) — Director
  22. Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007) — Director
  23. Troubadours (2011) — Director
  24. Johnny Cash's America (2008) — Director
  25. Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (2004) — Director
  26. Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll (2000) — Director
  27. Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied (2003) — Director
  28. Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies (2013) — Director
  29. American Revolutions: The Highwaymen (2006) — Director
  30. Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995) — Director
  31. A Fighting Chance (2016) — Director
  32. Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power (2010) — Director
  33. This is Not a House (2023) — Director
  34. Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
  2. Piece by Piece (2024) — Morgan Neville (voice)
  3. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  4. Lorne (2026) — Self (voice) (uncredited)
  5. A Documentary on Documentaries (2017) — Self - Documentary Filmmaker
  6. Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation (2026) — himself