Alex Gibney, director of a long string of documentaries, including music docs about Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, James Brown and others, will receive a lifetime achievement award at the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which will be presented over two nights . Gibney, 70, will be honored for his contribution to the field of documentary filmmaking at the documentary ceremony on Thursday 26 September.
Veteran TV journalist Jane Powley will be honored for her career in news broadcasting at the news ceremony last night. Both events will take place live at the Palladium Times Square in New York.
“I am grateful, humbled and deeply honored by this award,” Gibney said in a statement. “While it bears my name, it is also a powerful recognition of the work of my collaborators over the years, including producers, cinematographers and, most importantly, editors. It reminds me of that wonderful two-word poem invented on the spot, in a speech at Harvard, by Muhammad Ali: “I, We.”
Gibney has won five Primetime Emmys, an Oscar and a Grammy. It won a Grammy in 2004 for Best Historical album Martin Scorsese presents The Blues: A Musical Journey. He was nominated for Best Long-Term Music Video the following year for the same project and for Best Music Film in 2016 for Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown.
Gibney received his first Primetime Emmy nod in 2004 for the aforementioned Martin Scorsese presents The Blueswhich was nominated for outstanding non-fiction series. Nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction in 2015 for Sinatra: All or nothing and again in 2020 for Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time.
Gibney's other music and pop culture documentaries include; The 50s (1997), AFI's 100 Years… 100 Movies: Love Crazy (1998), Jimi Hendrix and the Blues (2001), 3 Doors Down: Away from the Sun, Live from Houston, Texas (2005), Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008), History of the Eagles (2013) and Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge (2017). Gibney's latest feature-length documentary, In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simonpremiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film festival and is now available on MGM+.
The range of these works, encompassing many different musical styles, gives some idea of Gibney's range. And his documentaries are not limited to music. He won an Oscar for Taxi to the dark side (2007) and a total of five Primetime Emmys for Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2013) and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015).
Adam Sharp, President and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, said in a statement: “We are honored to pay tribute to these two revered icons of our industry. Jane Pauley and Alex Gibney continue to reach out to viewers while simultaneously opening doors for those who come behind them. This honor is not just about impressive longevity in a competitive space, but also about the broad and sweeping impact each has had on the business, their audience and the wider community. NATAS is proud to celebrate its enduring commitment to television excellence.”
Jane Pauley said: “I am so grateful for this recognition. It is the price of a lifetime. My career has been a shared experience made possible by collaborations with the best in journalism and collaborations with its most inventive minds. Change and opportunity were the constants. My career has not been a steady rise but a winding path leading to my crowning achievement as a host CBS News Sunday Morning.”
The 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on NATAS' exclusive viewing platform powered by Vimeo, available on the web at watch.theemmys.tv and through The Emmys apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV and Roku.
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