Morgan Neville
Morgan Neville (born October 10, 1967 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film producer , director and screenwriter .
Life
Neville grew up in Los Angeles, California and studied at the University of Pennsylvania . He first worked as a journalist in New York and San Francisco. In 1993 he started working as a film producer. He made his directorial debut in 1995 with the documentary Shotgun Freeway: Drives thru Lost LA . Other documentaries followed, including about Muddy Waters , Johnny Cash and the legendary record company Stax Records . He was also nominated for a Grammy for these three films .
On March 2, 2014, he and the two producers Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers won the Oscar for best documentary film with 20 Feet from Stardom .
Awards (selection)
- 2014: Oscar for best documentary for 20 Feet from Stardom (together with Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers )
- 2014: Independent Spirit Award for best documentary for 20 Feet from Stardom (together with Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers)
Filmography (selection)
Direction and production
- 1995: Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost LA
- 1997: Sidney Poitier : The Defiant One
- 1998: The Hustons: Hollywood's Maverick Dynasty
- 1998–2006: Biography (8 episodes)
- 1999: Brian Wilson : A Beach Boy's Tale
- 2000: Sam Phillips : the Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll
- 2001: The Songmakers Collection
- 2003–2011: American Masters (3 episodes)
- 2005: Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: Cowboy Jack Clement's Home Movies
- 2006: American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
- 2008: Johnny Cash's America
- 2008: The Cool School
- 2010: Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
- 2011: Troubadours
- 2013: 20 Feet from Stardom
- 2015: Best of Enemies
- 2015: The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
- 2015: Keith Richards: Under the Influence
- 2018: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
production
- 1997: Gloria Swanson : The Greatest Star
- 2003: Dark Stars
- 2008: The Joy of Lex
- 2008: The Night James Brown Saved America
- 2010: Ray Charles America
- 2011: The Union
- 2011: Pearl Jam Twenty
- 2012: Beauty Is Embarrasing
- 2012: Burn
- 2012: Counting the World
- 2012: Crossfire Hurricane
Web links
- Morgan Neville in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Morgan Neville . In: Tremolo Productions . 2014. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Andrew Pulver: 20 Feet from Stardom wins best documentary Oscar . In: The Guardian . March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ↑ Mark Olsen: Oscars 2014: '20 Feet From Stardom 'wins for documentary . In: LA Times . March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neville, Morgan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer, director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |