
Morgan Neville
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.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (24 movies)

Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
2003

Troubadours
2011

20 Feet from Stardom
2013

Johnny Cash's America
2008

Best of Enemies
2015

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

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

Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015

Piece by Piece
2024

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
2007

A Fighting Chance
2016

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

Paul McCartney: Man on the Run
2025

The Saint of Second Chances
2023

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018

American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2006

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

The Cool School
2008

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018

Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2004

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2019
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
2000

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995
