Davis Guggenheim
Philip Davis Guggenheim
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.
Biography
Birthday:
03/11/1963
Place of birth:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Directors
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
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2025
|
Deaf President Now! |
Director
|
8.083
/ 10
|
|
2023
|
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie |
Director
|
7.785
/ 10
|
|
2020
|
An Unlikely Friendship: Joe Biden and John McCain (Biden Convention Film) |
Director
|
-
|
|
2020
|
Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film) |
Director
|
-
|
|
2020
|
When You See Something Wrong (Biden Convention Film) |
Director
|
-
|
|
2020
|
Never Just A Job: Biden Convention Film |
Director
|
-
|
|
2020
|
The Granddaughters (Biden Convention Film) |
Director
|
-
|
|
2019
|
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates |
Director
|
7.304
/ 10
|
|
2016
|
Barack Obama DNC 2016 Film |
Director
|
-
|
|
2015
|
He Named Me Malala |
Director
|
6.688
/ 10
|
|
2013
|
Teach |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
2013
|
The Dream Is Now |
Director
|
-
|
|
2012
|
The Road We've Traveled |
Director
|
-
|
|
2012
|
Obama 2012 Convention Film |
Director
|
-
|
|
2012
|
Widow Detective |
Director
|
-
|
|
2011
|
U2: From the Sky Down |
Director
|
7.455
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
The Defenders |
Director
|
7.2
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
Waiting for "Superman" |
Director
|
6.899
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
Melrose Place |
Director
|
5.8
/ 10
|
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2008
|
It Might Get Loud |
Director
|
7.165
/ 10
|
|
2008
|
The Tower |
Director
|
-
|
|
2008
|
A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film |
Director
|
-
|
|
2007
|
Gracie |
Director
|
6.194
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
The Unit |
Director
|
7.341
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
3 lbs |
Director
|
4.4
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
An Inconvenient Truth |
Director
|
6.944
/ 10
|
|
2005
|
Numb3rs |
Director
|
7.024
/ 10
|
|
2005
|
Wanted |
Director
|
7.4
/ 10
|
|
2004
|
Deadwood |
Director
|
8.108
/ 10
|
|
2003
|
imagine… |
Director
|
6.2
/ 10
|
|
2002
|
The Shield |
Director
|
8.2
/ 10
|
|
2002
|
Push, Nevada |
Director
|
5.357
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
24 |
Director
|
7.777
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Alias |
Director
|
6.807
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
The First Year |
Director
|
7.667
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Teach |
Director
|
7
/ 10
|
|
2000
|
Gossip |
Director
|
5.844
/ 10
|
|
1999
|
The Art of Norton Simon |
Director
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1997
|
The Visitor |
Director
|
6.364
/ 10
|
|
1997
|
C-16: FBI |
Director
|
7.333
/ 10
|
|
1996
|
Relativity |
Director
|
5.167
/ 10
|
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1995
|
Charlie Grace |
Director
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1994
|
ER |
Director
|
7.8
/ 10
|
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1994
|
Party of Five |
Director
|
7.011
/ 10
|
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1993
|
NYPD Blue |
Director
|
7.049
/ 10
|
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1992
|
Breaking and Entering |
Director
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Sisters |
Director
|
7.2
/ 10
|
Acting
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1992
|
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them |
Pitcher
|
5.632
/ 10
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Screenplay
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2013
|
Teach |
Writer
|
7
/ 10
|
|
2013
|
The Dream Is Now |
Writer
|
-
|
|
2010
|
Waiting for "Superman" |
Writer
|
6.899
/ 10
|
|
2008
|
It Might Get Loud |
Screenplay
|
7.165
/ 10
|
|
2007
|
Gracie |
Writer
|
6.194
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
An Inconvenient Truth |
Screenplay
|
6.944
/ 10
|
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