Morgan Neville
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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.
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Lorne (2026)
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Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
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Man on the Run (2026)
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Piece by Piece (2024)
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Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
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Best of Enemies (2015)
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20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
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Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (2023)
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The Saint of Second Chances (2023)
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Troubadours (2011)
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Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015)
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The Cool School (2008)
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Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 (2019)
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Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power (2010)
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Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies (2013)
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2016)
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Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007)
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Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (2004)
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Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995)
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Johnny Cash's America (2008)
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American Revolutions: The Highwaymen (2006)
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Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied (2003)
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Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll (2000)
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A Fighting Chance (2016)
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Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation (2026)
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This is Not a House (2023)
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