Acting · Directing · Writing · age 73

Alex Gibney

Best rated: Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (8.0)

Films: 29
Avg rating: 7.30
Peak run: 2011’13
7+ run: 5 films

Films: 29
Avg rating: 7.30
Peak run: 2011’13
7+ run: 5 films

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The career

Alex Gibney, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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200529 films2026

Current formLast 5: 7.26 vs career 7.30 (−0.04)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Alex by the numbers

Average

7.30

22 rated films

Vote weighted

7.31

bigger films count more

Median

7.3

half are better

Consistency

±0.41

rating spread

Career

22y

2005 to 2026

Total votes

181K

across every film

Best

8.0

Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief

Worst

6.3

Freakonomics

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2012	Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream	Narrator	7.3	1,415
2007	Taxi to the Dark Side	Narrator	7.4	17,877

Better together?

Alex Gibney's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Alex Gibney

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2008
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
Won
Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2006
Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
Nominated

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