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Davis Guggenheim

Davis Guggenheim

Highest Rated: 100% Aftershock (2022)

Lowest Rated: 28% Gossip (2000)

Birthday: Nov 3, 1963

Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim first gained attention for the eye-opening global warming documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth" (2006), and for directing the biopic, "A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film," shown during the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Touted by critics as the next Ken Burns with a style slightly reminiscent of another controversial documentarian, Michael Moore, Guggenheim made searing documentaries that simultaneously shed light on complicated national issues while keeping the stories of his subjects real and deeply personal. He raised consciousness about the plight of less-privileged children trying to get into better schools in the widely acclaimed documentary, "Waiting for 'Superman'" (2010). With his impressive storytelling skills, and a combination of clever animation and innovative filmmaking techniques, Guggenheim elevated "Waiting for 'Superman'" from just a factual tell-all into a touching yet tragic tale of bright kids whose educational fates depended on a school lottery system - a feat accomplished by an undeniably passionate and influential filmmaker.

Filmography

Movies

Credit
90% No Score Yet Eternal You Executive Producer - 2024
95% 70% Girls State Executive Producer - 2024
99% 95% Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Director,
Producer
- 2023
100% 54% Aftershock Executive Producer - 2022
95% 86% Accepted Executive Producer - 2021
89% No Score Yet Bitterbrush Executive Producer - 2021
98% 81% Procession Executive Producer - 2021
90% No Score Yet At the Ready Executive Producer - 2021
85% No Score Yet Homeroom Executive Producer - 2021
99% 98% Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Executive Producer $2.3M 2021
89% No Score Yet All These Sons Executive Producer - 2021
98% 51% Time Executive Producer - 2020
93% 74% Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Executive Producer - 2020
95% 91% Boys State Executive Producer - 2020
80% 95% Kailash Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2018
93% 61% Bisbee '17 Executive Producer $114.6K 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweetheart Dancers Executive Producer - 2018
80% 50% An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Executive Producer $3.5M 2017
73% 72% He Named Me Malala Director $2.6M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spent: Looking for Change Executive Producer - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dream Is Now Director,
Screenwriter
- 2013
No Score Yet 80% From the Sky Down Director,
Producer
- 2011
89% 84% Waiting for Superman Director,
Writer
$6.4M 2010
79% 85% It Might Get Loud Director,
Producer
$1.6M 2008
62% 58% Gracie Director,
Producer
$3.0M 2007
93% 79% An Inconvenient Truth Director,
Executive Producer,
Cinematographer
$23.8M 2006
74% 89% Training Day Executive Producer $76.3M 2001
28% 47% Gossip Director $5.1M 2000

TV

Credit
92% 65% The Enfield Poltergeist Executive Producer 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Navajo Police Executive Producer 2023
86% 50% Burden of Proof Executive Producer 2023
44% 69% Working: What We Do All Day Executive Producer 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2015
74% 73% The Defenders Executive Producer,
Director
2010-2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2010
60% 30% Melrose Place Director 2009
21% No Score Yet 3 Lbs. Executive Producer,
Director
2006 2008
85% 75% The Unit Director 2006
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Director 2005
92% 95% Deadwood Director 2004
50% No Score Yet Push, Nevada Director 2002
86% 88% Alias Director 2002
87% 87% 24 Director 2002
83% 93% NYPD Blue Director 1995-1996