Davis Guggenheim: Difference between revisions

Active in television and film's directions and productions since the 90s1990s, 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>

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>

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 crewshow at the end of Season 1.

The documentary, ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'', was produced and directed by Davis Guggenheim. ''An Inconvenient Truth'' won the [[Academy Award]] in 2007 for [[Academy Awards/Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]]. The film, released in 2006, featured Formerformer U.S. Vice President [[Al Gore]] and his international slideshow on global warming.

Guggenheim directed and was an executive producer of the 2009 pilot for ''[[Melrose Place (2009 TV series)|Melrose Place]]''. His brother-in-law, [[Andrew Shue]], starred on the [[Melrose Place|1990s version]] of the series.

In 2013, he directed a 30-minute documentary [http://www.thedreamisnow.org ''The Dream is Now''], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205131252/http://www.thedreamisnow.org/a |date=December30-minute 5, 2017 }}documentary about four [[undocumented students in the United States]] as they deal with the U.S. immigration system.

In 2015, he directed a documentary film ''[[He Named Me Malala]]'' about a young [[Pakistan]]i female activist [[Malala Yousafzai]], who was targeted by [[Taliban]] gunmen, shot in the head and left wounded.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gerard|first1=Jeremy|title=Fox Searchlight Picks Up 'He Named Me Malala' About Youngest Nobel Winner|url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/fox-searchlight-he-named-me-malala-nobel-prize-1201401021/|access-date=April 6, 2015|work=deadline.com|date=March 30, 2015}}</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 acclaimed 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>

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}}

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[[Category:19611963 births]]

[[Category:American filmFilm directors from Missouri]]