Davis Guggenheim

Davis Guggenheim, officially called as Philip Davis Guggenheim, is an American film director and producer, who has been recognized for his brilliant documentaries like ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, ‘Waiting for Superman’ and ‘ He Named Me Malala Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. He has also directed much-noted television series like ‘NYPD Blue’, ‘The Shield’. Born to film director and producer Marion Davis and Charles Guggenheim in St. Louis, Missouri (US), he was the youngest of the three children they had. Davis did his schooling from two schools and did his graduation from Brown University. After his graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams in the film industry. Later he married actress Elisabeth Shue Elisabeth Shue is an actor who got her first break >> Read More... , and the couple has three children Miles William, Stella Street and Agnes Charles. Davis's career started with him being the executive producer of the film ‘Training Day’ and director of ‘Gossip’ both that released in 2001.

In 2007, his documentary film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Feature. The film featured former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and his international slide show on global warming. He has also directed Barack Obama's biography which received positive feedback. In his career, Davis has associated himself with numerous films, documentaries and television projects like ‘Party of Five’, ‘ER’, ‘Deadwood’, ‘ Alias Alias was an English action television series that >> Read More... ’, ‘24’, ‘The Road We've Traveled’ and ‘It Might Get Loud’. He has also directed and was the executive producer of ‘Melrose Place’ pilot of 2009. His most recent work is ‘He Named Me Malala’ (2015) is a detailed insight on the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala and her fight for the rights of girls not just in her home country but all over the world.

Davis Guggenheim has an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion (2013) and is the only film director since 2006, who has released three documentaries that found their place in the top 100 highest grossing documentaries of all times.