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{{Infobox person
| name = Davis Guggenheim
| image = DavisGuggenheimJI1 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Guggenheim in 2009
| birthname = Philip Davis Guggenheim
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|3}}
| birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
| education
| occupation = {{hlist|Director|writer|producer}}
| years_active = 1991–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Elisabeth Shue]]<br>|1994}}
| children = 3
| parents = [[Charles Guggenheim]] (father)
}}
'''Philip Davis Guggenheim''' is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
Active in television and film's directions and productions since the 1990s, from 2006 Guggenheim has specialized in making [[documentaries]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 January 2011 |title=Davis Guggenheim |url=https://www.vogue.it/uomo-vogue/people-stars/2011/01/davis-guggenheim |access-date=13 November 2023 |website=[[Vogue Italia]] |language=it-IT}}</ref> ranking the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time with three works: ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'', ''[[It Might Get Loud]]'', and ''[[Waiting for "Superman"]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm |title=Documentary Movies at the Box Office |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=December 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2017 |title=IDA Conversation Series: Davis Guggenheim |url=https://www.documentary.org/seminar/ida-conversation-series-davis-guggenheim |access-date=13 November 2023 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en}}</ref>
Guggenheim's cinematographic projects received severals awards and nominations, including the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film]] for ''An Inconvenient Truth'', the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature]] for ''[[He Named Me Malala]]'' and two nominations at the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program]].
His credits include ''[[NYPD Blue]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', ''[[The Shield]]'', ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', and the documentaries ''[[It Might Get Loud]]'', ''[[The Road We've Traveled]]'', ''[[Waiting for "Superman"]]'', ''[[Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Welch |first=Alex |title='He's Got Nothing to Hide': Davis Guggenheim on Revealing a New Side of Michael J. Fox (Exclusive) |url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie-interview-davis-guggenheim |date=May 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=A.frame |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life==
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==Career==
Guggenheim joined the [[HBO]] Western drama ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'' as a producer and director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by [[David Milch]] and focused on a growing town in the [[American frontier|American West]]. Guggenheim directed the episodes "Deep Water",<ref name = "Deep Water">{{cite episode|title = Deep Water|series = Deadwood|series-link = Deadwood (TV series)|credits = Davis Guggenheim (director), Malcolm MacRury (writer)|network = HBO|airdate = March 28, 2004|season = 1|number = 2}}</ref> "Reconnoitering the Rim",<ref name = "Reconnoitering the Rim">{{cite episode|title = Reconnoitering the Rim|series = Deadwood|series-link = Deadwood (TV series)|credits = Davis Guggenheim (director), Jody Worth (writer)|network = HBO|airdate = April 4, 2004|season = 1|number = 3}}</ref> "Plague"<ref name = "Plague">{{cite episode|title = Plague|series = Deadwood|series-link = Deadwood (TV series)|credits = Davis Guggenheim (director), Malcolm MacRury (writer)|network = HBO|airdate = April 25, 2004|season = 1|number = 6}}</ref> and "Sold Under Sin".<ref name = "Sold Under Sin">{{cite episode|title = Sold Under Sin|series = Deadwood|series-link = Deadwood (TV series)|credits = Davis Guggenheim (director), Ted Mann (writer)|network = HBO|airdate = June 13, 2004|season = 1|number = 12}}</ref> He left the
The documentary
Then-candidate [[Barack Obama]]'s biographical film, which aired during the [[Democratic National Convention]] in August 2008, was directed by Guggenheim. Their [[infomercial]], which was broadcast two months later, on October 29, 2008, was "executed with high standards of cinematography", according to ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/the-ad-campaign-an-obama-infomercial-big-glossy-and-almost-unavoidable/?_php=true&_type=blogs |title=The Ad Campaign: An Obama Infomercial, Big, Glossy and Almost Unavoidable |access-date= October 9, 2014 |work=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2008 |first=Jim |last=Rutenberg}}</ref> In 2012, he released ''[[The Road We've Traveled]]'', a 17-minute short film on the president.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/obama-documentary-road-weve-traveled-davis-guggenheim-297667 |title=Obama Documentary 'The Road We've Traveled' By Davis Guggenheim Reveals Trailer (Video) |access-date=March 9, 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 9, 2012 |first=Jordan |last=Zakarin}}</ref>
Guggenheim directed and was an executive producer of the 2009 pilot for ''[[Melrose Place (2009 TV series)|Melrose Place]]''
In 2008, he released ''[[It Might Get Loud]]'', a documentary that glimpses into the lives of guitarists [[Jimmy Page]], [[The Edge]], and [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]].
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A [[documentary film]] about the band [[U2]] directed by Guggenheim titled ''[[From the Sky Down]]'' opened the [[2011 Toronto International Film Festival]] in September.<ref name="BBCU2">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14308535 |title=U2 documentary to open Toronto Film Festival |access-date=July 28, 2011 |work=BBC News |date=July 27, 2011}}</ref>
In 2013, he directed
In 2015, he directed a documentary film ''[[He Named Me Malala]]'' about
In 2019, he created and directed a documentary miniseries titled ''[[Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates]]''. The series explores the mind and motivations behind the captain of industry and philanthropist [[Bill Gates]], the rise of [[Microsoft]], and the past and current pursuits of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].
In 2020, Guggenheim and Jonathan King launched production company [[Concordia Studio]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/concordia-studio-davis-guggenheim-launch-sundance-documentary-1202204595/ | title='An Inconvenient Truth' Director Davis Guggenheim Launches Concordia, a Documentary and Nonfiction Studio | date=January 20, 2020 }}</ref>
In 2023, the documentary ''[[Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie]]'', directed by Guggenheim, was released on [[Apple TV+]]. Featuring read excerpts from [[Michael J. Fox]]'s own books, the biopic stars Fox himself as both interviewee and narrator, recounting his career and experience contending with [[Parkinson's disease]]. The feature received seven Emmy Nominations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/still-michael-j-fox-movie |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Guggenheim married actress [[Elisabeth Shue]] in 1994. They have three children together.<ref name="IMDB_DG">{{cite web|title=Davis Guggenheim|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346550/bio|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=2 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="IMDB_ES">{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Shue|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000223/bio|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=2 July 2017}}</ref>{{bcn|date=July 2024}} He is the first cousin of actress [[Patty Guggenheim]].{{cn|date=July 2024}}
== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading|multi=no}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| rowspan="1" |[[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2006|Gotham Independent Film Awards]]
| [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary|Best Documentary]]
| rowspan="4" | ''An Inconvenient Truth''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=https://awards.thegotham.org/past-recipients/ |website=IFP Gotham Awards |access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
|Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Brian|title=New York Critics Pick "United 93" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" Top Choice in LA|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2006/12/awards-watch-new-york-critics-pick-united-93-and-letters-from-iwo-jima-top-choice-in-la-75575/|website=IndieWire|accessdate=25 December 2017|date=11 December 2006}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards]]
|Best Documentary Feature
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/2006.htm |title=2006 WAFCA Awards |publisher=WAFCA press release |date= |accessdate=December 19, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2007
| rowspan="1" |[[79th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film|Best Documentary Feature Film]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|<ref name="Oscars2007">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007 |title=The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 18, 2011 |work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014074650/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007 |archive-date=October 14, 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| 2010
|[[2010 Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival]]
|[[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners|Audience Award]] for Best Documentary
| rowspan="5" |''Waiting for "Superman"''
|{{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance_10_awards_in_progress/P1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123061838/https://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance_10_awards_in_progress/P1/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-01-23|title='Winter's Bone,' 'Restrepo' Lead Sundance Award Winners - indieWIRE|date=2011-01-23|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2011
|[[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
|[[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]]
|{{Won}}
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/critics_choice_awards_go_to_social_network_inception_firth_portman_leo_bale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426184340/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/critics_choice_awards_go_to_social_network_inception_firth_portman_leo_bale|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-26|title=At the Critics' Choice Awards: Winners Are Social Network, Inception, Firth, Portman, Leo, Bale {{!}} Thompson on Hollywood|date=2012-04-26|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>
|-
|[[63rd Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries|Outstanding Directing – Documentaries]]
|{{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|<ref>{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=DGA names documentary award nominees|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/awards/dga-names-documentary-award-nominees-1118030135/|access-date=January 20, 2018|work=Variety|date=January 12, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[San Diego Film Festival]]
|[[List of San Diego International Film Festival award winners|Best Documentary]]
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdff.org/awardwinners.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429131159/http://www.sdff.org/awardwinners.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-29|title=Award Winners|date=2012-04-29|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>
|-
|[[List of San Diego International Film Festival award winners|Audience Award for Best Documentary]]
|{{Won}}
|-
| 2015
|[[2015 Adelaide Film Festival|Adelaide Film Festival]]
|Best Documentary
| rowspan="7"|''He Named Me Malala''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web | last = McGowan | first = Mark | title = Adelaide Film Festival Program Launches Today | work = Adelaide Film Festival website | url = https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/news/media-releases/adelaide-film-festival-program-launches-today | accessdate = 11 September 2015 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150910214021/https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/news/media-releases/adelaide-film-festival-program-launches-today| archivedate=10 September 2015 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2016
| rowspan="1" |[[69th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Documentary|Best Documentary]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/14/bafta-awards-2016-the-revenant-mad-max-carol-leonardo-dicaprio |title=Baftas 2016: The Revenant and Mad Max maul competition as Carol snubbed |last1=Brown |first1=Mark |last2=Ellis-Petersen |first2=Hannah |date=14 February 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=15 February 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Cinema for Peace awards]]
|Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinemaforpeace-foundation.com/winners-of-the-cinema-for-peace-awards-2016 |title=Cinema for Peace Foundation |access-date=2016-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411224550/http://www.cinemaforpeace-foundation.com/winners-of-the-cinema-for-peace-awards-2016/ |archive-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[21st Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Awards]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary - Feature]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="21CCA">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/critics-choice-awards-nominations-2016-full-list-1201666326/ |title=Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: 'Mad Max' Leads Film; ABC, HBO, FX Networks & 'Fargo' Top TV |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming|Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1"| <ref name="EmmyAwards">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/emmy-awards-2016-winners-creative-arts-night-2-list-1201817427/|title=Creative Arts Emmys: 'Murderer' & 'Grease Live' Lead The Field On Night 2|date=September 11, 2016|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[San Diego Film Festival]]
|[[List of San Diego International Film Festival award winners#Audience Award for Best Studio/Gala Film|Audience Choice Award]]
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sdfilmfest.com/2015awardwinners/|title=San Diego Announces the 2015 Award Winners! {{!}} San Diego International Film Festival|date=2015-10-20|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-02|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417085128/http://www.sdfilmfest.com/2015awardwinners/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[20th Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film|Best Documentary Film]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="Satellite">{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2015/|work=[[International Press Academy]]|at=pressacademy.com|title=Satellite Awards (2015)|publisher=[[International Press Academy|IPA]]|access-date=December 2, 2015|date=December 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2023
| rowspan="1" |[[8th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards|Critics' Choice Documentary Awards]]
| [[Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|rowspan="2" | ''Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie''
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/2023-critics-choice-documentary-award-nominations-1234916957/|title=Jon Batiste Profile ‘American Symphony’ Leads Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominations|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Anne|last=Thompson|date=October 16, 2023|accessdate=October 16, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2024
| rowspan="1" |[[75th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program|Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/75th-nominations-list-v3.pdf |title=75th Emmy Awards Complete Nominations List |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-date=September 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902030611/https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/75th-nominations-list-v3.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|}
==References==
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*{{IMDb name|346550|Davis Guggenheim}}
*[http://www.teachnow.org/ Teach]
*[http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/cast/crew/davisguggenheim.shtml Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031170054/http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/cast/crew/davisguggenheim.shtml |date=October 31, 2007 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100610095053/http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004388.html Interview]
*[http://www.rftstl.com/2006-06-07/film/the-director-s-take/ The Director's Take: Davis Guggenheim captures the ideals of the "former next president"] interview, ''[[Riverfront Times]]'', June 7, 2006
*[http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/screen/waiting-for-superman-davis-guggenheim-goodwyn.aspx "Waiting for Superman" to Save Our Public Schools: An in-depth interview with Director Davis Guggenheim]
*{{cite magazine | url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2019663_2020590_2020592,00.html | title=Waiting for "Superman": A Call to Action for Our Schools | author=Amanda Ripley | author-link=Amanda Ripley | magazine=TIME | date=September 23, 2010 | volume=176 | issue=12 | pages=32–42}}
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