Davis Guggenheim

{{Short description|American film and television director and producer}}

{{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 = Brown University

| occupation = {{hlist|Director|writer|producer}}

| years_active = 1991–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Elisabeth Shue
|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,{{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}} ranking the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time with three works: An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud, and Waiting for "Superman".{{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}}{{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}}

Guggenheim's cinematographic projects received several 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, 24, Alias, The Shield, Deadwood, and the documentaries It Might Get Loud, The Road We've Traveled, Waiting for "Superman", Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates.{{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}}

Early life

Philip Davis Guggenheim was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Marion Davis (née Streett) and filmmaker Charles Guggenheim.{{Cite book|title=Who's who in entertainment: Volume 1|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|year=1989|page=256|isbn=0837918502}} His father was Jewish, whereas his mother was Episcopalian.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/18/garden/in-dual-faith-families-children-sturggle-for-a-spiritual-home.html | work=The New York Times | title=In Dual-Faith Families Children Sturggle [sic] For a Spiritual Home | date=August 18, 1988}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/59475/new-on-the-big-screen-bad-news-good-news-passings/ |title=New on the big screen, Bad news, good news, Passings | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jweekly.com |date=2010-10-07 |access-date=2014-07-15}}"[https://www.voanews.com/a/in-he-named-me-malala-documentary-guggenhein-finds-normal-in-extraordinary/3000017.html In 'He Named Me Malala,' Guggenheim Finds Normal in Extraordinary]" by Penelope Poulou, Voice of America, 9 October 2015 He graduated from the Potomac School, Sidwell Friends School and Brown University.

Career

Guggenheim joined the HBO Western drama 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 West. Guggenheim directed the episodes "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}} "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}} "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}} and "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}} He left the show 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 Best Documentary Feature. The film, released in 2006, featured former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and his international slideshow on global warming.

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.{{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}} In 2012, he released The Road We've Traveled, a 17-minute short film on the president.{{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}}

Guggenheim directed and was an executive producer of the 2009 pilot for 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.

Guggenheim's 2010 documentary Waiting for "Superman", a film about the failures of American public education sparked controversy and debate. Guggenheim knew his film would lead to this and said, "I know people will say this movie is anti-this or pro-that. But it really is all about families trying to find great schools".Ripley, A. (2010). A Call to Action for Public Schools. (Cover story). Time, 176(12), pp. 32–42. This film received the Audience Award for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Its public release was in September 2010.

A documentary film about the band U2 directed by Guggenheim titled From the Sky Down opened the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in September.{{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}}

In 2013, he directed The Dream is Now, a 30-minute 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 Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by Taliban gunmen, shot in the head and left wounded.{{cite news|last1=Gerard|first1=Jeremy|title=Fox Searchlight Picks Up 'He Named Me Malala' About Youngest Nobel Winner|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/fox-searchlight-he-named-me-malala-nobel-prize-1201401021/|access-date=April 6, 2015|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 30, 2015}}

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.{{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 }}

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.{{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}}

Personal life

Guggenheim married actress Elisabeth Shue in 1994. They have three children together.{{cite web|title=Davis Guggenheim|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346550/bio|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=2 July 2017}}{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Shue|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000223/bio|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=2 July 2017}}{{bcn|date=July 2024}} He is the first cousin of actress Patty Guggenheim.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Accolades

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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 \| Best Documentary \| rowspan="4" \| An Inconvenient Truth \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align: center;"\|{{cite web \|title=Past Recipients \|url=https://awards.thegotham.org/past-recipients/ \|website=IFP Gotham Awards \|access-date=April 16, 2021}}
rowspan="1" \|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards \|Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film \| {{won}} \| style="text-align: center;"\|{{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}}
rowspan="1" \|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards \|Best Documentary Feature \| {{won}} \| style="text-align: center;"\|{{cite web \|url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/2006.htm \|title=2006 WAFCA Awards \|publisher=WAFCA press release \|date= \|accessdate=December 19, 2012}}
rowspan="1" \| 2007 \| rowspan="1" \|Academy Awards \| Best Documentary Feature Film \| {{won}} \| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"\|{{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 }}
2010 \|Sundance Film Festival \|Audience Award for Best Documentary \| rowspan="5" \|Waiting for "Superman" \|{{won}} \| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"\|{{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}}
rowspan="4" \| 2011 \|Critics' Choice Movie Awards \|Best Documentary Feature \|{{Won}} \| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"\|{{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}}
Directors Guild of America Awards \|Outstanding Directing – Documentaries \|{{nom}} \| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"\|{{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}}
rowspan="2" \|San Diego Film Festival \|Best Documentary \|{{Won}} \| rowspan="2" \|{{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}}
Audience Award for Best Documentary \|{{Won}}
2015 \|Adelaide Film Festival \|Best Documentary \| rowspan="7"\|He Named Me Malala \| {{nom}} \|{{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}}
rowspan="6" \| 2016 \| rowspan="1" \|British Academy Film Awards \| Best Documentary \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"\|{{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}}
Cinema for Peace awards \|Most Valuable Documentary of the Year \| {{nom}} \|{{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 }}
Critics' Choice Awards \| Best Documentary - Feature \| {{nom}} \| {{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 }}
rowspan="1"\| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards \| Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="1"\| {{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}}
San Diego Film Festival \|Audience Choice Award \| {{won}} \|{{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}}
Satellite Awards \| Best Documentary Film \| {{nom}} \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2015/\|work=International Press Academy\|at=pressacademy.com\|title=Satellite Awards (2015)\|publisher=IPA\|access-date=December 2, 2015\|date=December 2, 2015}}
rowspan="1" \| 2023 \| rowspan="1" \|Critics' Choice Documentary Awards \| Best Director \|rowspan="2" \| Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie \| {{Won}} \| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"\|{{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}}
rowspan="1" \| 2024 \| rowspan="1" \|Primetime Emmy Awards \| Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program \| {{won}} \| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"\|{{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 }}

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Nominee(s)

! scope="col" | Result

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rowspan="3" | 2006

| rowspan="1" |Gotham Independent Film Awards

| Best Documentary

| rowspan="4" | An Inconvenient Truth

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=https://awards.thegotham.org/past-recipients/ |website=IFP Gotham Awards |access-date=April 16, 2021}}

rowspan="1" |Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

|Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film

| {{won}}

| style="text-align: center;"|{{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}}

rowspan="1" |Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

|Best Documentary Feature

| {{won}}

| style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/2006.htm |title=2006 WAFCA Awards |publisher=WAFCA press release |date= |accessdate=December 19, 2012}}

rowspan="1" | 2007

| rowspan="1" |Academy Awards

| Best Documentary Feature Film

| {{won}}

| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|{{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 }}

2010

|Sundance Film Festival

|Audience Award for Best Documentary

| rowspan="5" |Waiting for "Superman"

|{{won}}

| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|{{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}}

rowspan="4" | 2011

|Critics' Choice Movie Awards

|Best Documentary Feature

|{{Won}}

| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|{{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}}

Directors Guild of America Awards

|Outstanding Directing – Documentaries

|{{nom}}

| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|{{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}}

rowspan="2" |San Diego Film Festival

|Best Documentary

|{{Won}}

| rowspan="2" |{{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}}

Audience Award for Best Documentary

|{{Won}}

2015

|Adelaide Film Festival

|Best Documentary

| rowspan="7"|He Named Me Malala

| {{nom}}

|{{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}}

rowspan="6" | 2016

| rowspan="1" |British Academy Film Awards

| Best Documentary

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|{{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}}

Cinema for Peace awards

|Most Valuable Documentary of the Year

| {{nom}}

|{{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 }}

Critics' Choice Awards

| Best Documentary - Feature

| {{nom}}

| {{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 }}

rowspan="1"| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="1"| {{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}}

San Diego Film Festival

|Audience Choice Award

| {{won}}

|{{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}}

Satellite Awards

| Best Documentary Film

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2015/|work=International Press Academy|at=pressacademy.com|title=Satellite Awards (2015)|publisher=IPA|access-date=December 2, 2015|date=December 2, 2015}}

rowspan="1" | 2023

| rowspan="1" |Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

| Best Director

|rowspan="2" | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

| {{Won}}

| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|{{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}}

rowspan="1" | 2024

| rowspan="1" |Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program

| {{won}}

| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|{{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 }}

References

External links

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[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=https://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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