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Attended film school at UCLA. Documentary filmmaker whose producing credits include THE RULING CLASSROOM (1980, also director), MANUFACTURING MIRACLES (1988, also director), THE PACIFIC CENTURY (1992, also writer), SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY OF GOD (2000), BROOKLYN BABYLON (2001), THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER (2002, also writer), LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE (2004), ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM and BEHIND THOSE EYES (both 2005, both also writer & director), WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? (consulting prod.), HERBIE HANCOCK: POSSIBILITIES and THE HOUSE IS BURNING (all 2006), TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (also writer & director), NO END IN SIGHT, LOVE COMES LATELY and MR. UNTOUCHABLE (all 2007), and GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON (2008, also writer & director). He is slated to direct FREAKONOMICS (scheduled for release in 2009). Gibney's work for television includes "The Fifties" (1997), "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Love Crazy" (1998), two episodes of "The Sexual Century" (1999) and "The Soul of a Man" (2003, Emmy® nominaton).  Nominated for Achievement in Documentary Features 2005: ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM (w. Jason Kliot)  Best Achievement in Documentary Features 2007: TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (w. Eva Omer) 2 nominations, 1 Award