Alex Gibney

Zero Days

Hacking, Spying, Malware and Cyberwarfare in Alex Gibney’s ‘Zero Days’

In Zero Days, Oscar winner Alex Gibney travels to the dark side once again. This time his due diligence and perfectionist work ethics were aimed at digging beneath the rock of secrecy within the CIA and the U.S. military. Gibney and his team of computer experts, including Symantec Security Technology and Response Group’s Liam O’Murchu and Eric Chien, researched the computer … Read more

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steve jobs

Filmmaker Alex Gibney Examines Adulation of Steve Jobs in New Doc

Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney answered questions after an intimate press-only screening of his new doc, “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.” The film is an exploration into the odd phenomenon of the public’s adulation of Jobs. Four years ago, the Apple co-founder’s death launched worldwide public weeping during which mourners brought flowers and held each other … Read more

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Break On Through To The Other Side — Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters

In 1964, Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and thirteen “Merry Pranksters” painted a bus in frenzied Day-Glo, named it “Furthur” and took off on an LSD-fueled road trip. Now 10 years after Kesey’s death, filmmakers Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney have captured it all in a new movie, Magic Trip, opening in theaters August 12.

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