About

Known credits:
103
Birthday:
1963-11-03
Place of birth:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Davis Guggenheim

Overview

Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning American documentary and live action film director and producer. His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for 'Superman'. Since 2006, Guggenheim is the only filmmaker to release three different films that were ranked within the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting for 'Superman'). Guggenheim's cinematographic projects received severals awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for An Inconvenient Truth, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature for He Named Me Malala and two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.

Known for

Acting
2023 Subject Actor Self 59
Average
1992 The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them Actor Pitcher 58
Average

Directing
2025 Deaf President Now! Directing Director N/A
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2023 STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie Directing Director 63
Fair
2020 An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film) Directing Director N/A
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2020 When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film) Directing Director N/A
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2020 Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film) Directing Director N/A
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2020 The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film) Directing Director N/A
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2020 Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film Directing Director N/A
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2020 Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 Directing Co-Director 59
Average
2016 Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film Directing Director N/A
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2015 He Named Me Malala Directing Director 60
Fair
2013 Teach Directing Director 59
Average
2013 The Dream Is Now Directing Director N/A
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2012 Widow Detective Directing Director N/A
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2012 The Road We've Traveled Directing Director N/A
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2012 Obama 2012 Convention Film Directing Director N/A
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2011 U2: From the Sky Down Directing Director 59
Average
2010 Waiting for "Superman" Directing Director 61
Fair
2008 A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film Directing Director N/A
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2008 It Might Get Loud Directing Director 62
Fair
2008 The Tower Directing Director N/A
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2007 Gracie Directing Director 59
Average
2006 An Inconvenient Truth Directing Director 65
Fair
2001 The First Year Directing Director 59
Average
2001 Teach Directing Director N/A
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2000 Gossip Directing Director 58
Average
1999 The Art of Norton Simon Directing Director N/A
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1992 Breaking and Entering Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2013 Teach Writing Writer 59
Average
2013 The Dream Is Now Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Waiting for "Superman" Writing Writer 61
Fair
2008 It Might Get Loud Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
2007 Gracie Writing Writer 59
Average
2006 An Inconvenient Truth Writing Screenplay 65
Fair

Production
2025 Deaf President Now! Production Producer N/A
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2024 Mistress Dispeller Production Executive Producer N/A
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2024 Rita Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2024 Eternal You Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2024 We Can Be Heroes Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2024 Girls State Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2023 The Enfield Poltergeist Production Executive Producer 67
Fair
2023 Navajo Police: Class 57 Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2023 Burden of Proof Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
2023 Working: What We Do All Day Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2023 Under G-d Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2023 STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie Production Producer 63
Fair
2022 Mija Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2022 Accepted Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2022 Bitterbrush Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2022 Once Upon a Time in Londongrad Production Executive Producer 70
Good
2022 Aftershock Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2021 Swan Song Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
2021 Mistress Dispeller Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2021 Procession Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2021 At the Ready Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
2021 All These Sons Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2021 Homeroom Production Executive Producer N/A
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2020 Container Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2020 Time Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2020 Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2020 Boys State Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2020 A Thousand Cuts Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2019 Where's My Roy Cohn? Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2019 Paulette Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 Wolf's Mouth Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 Darlin Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 To Be Queen Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 El Vacío Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 Walk Run Cha-Cha Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2019 Sweetheart Dancers Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2018 Bisbee '17 Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2018 The Price of Free Production Producer 59
Average
2017 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2015 U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2015 U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015 Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2015 U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015 Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2015 He Named Me Malala Production Producer 60
Fair
2014 Spent: Looking for Change Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2011 U2: From the Sky Down Production Producer 59
Average
2010 The Defenders Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2009 Melrose Place Production Producer 65
Fair
2008 Carissa Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2008 It Might Get Loud Production Producer 62
Fair
2008 The Tower Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2007 Gracie Production Producer 59
Average
2006 The Making of 'an Inconvenient Truth' Production Producer N/A
N/A
2006 An Inconvenient Truth Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
2004 Deadwood Production Producer 80
Very good
2001 Training Day Production Executive Producer 73
Good
2001 The First Year Production Producer 59
Average
2001 Teach Production Producer N/A
N/A
1992 The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them Production Co-Producer 58
Average
1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1989 sex, lies, and videotape Production Production Coordinator 65
Fair
Uvalde Mom Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A

Sound
1992 The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them Sound Music Supervisor 58
Average

Camera
2010 Waiting for "Superman" Camera Camera Operator 61
Fair
2006 An Inconvenient Truth Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
2006 An Inconvenient Truth Camera Camera Operator 65
Fair
2001 The First Year Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2001 Teach Camera Director of Photography N/A
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