About
Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning American documentary and live action film director and producer. His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for 'Superman'. Since 2006, Guggenheim is the only filmmaker to release three different films that were ranked within the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting for 'Superman'). 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...
Known for
24Series • 2001
ERSeries • 1994
Numb3rsSeries • 2005
NYPD BlueSeries • 1993
The ShieldSeries • 2002
Party of FiveSeries • 1994
Training DayMovie • 2001
The UnitSeries • 2006
DeadwoodSeries • 2004
The DefendersSeries • 2010
AliasSeries • 2001
Melrose PlaceSeries • 2009
Charlie GraceSeries • 1995
The VisitorSeries • 1997
Swan SongMovie • 2021
sex, lies, and videotapeMovie • 1989
An Inconvenient TruthMovie • 2006
STILL: A Michael J. Fox MovieMovie • 2023
The Enfield PoltergeistSeries • 2023
Deaf President Now!Movie • 2025
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerMovie • 2017
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadMovie • 1991
Girls StateMovie • 2024
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Movie • 2021