Elon Musk documentary in works with Alex Gibney attached to direct

Alex Gibney is best known for making dozens of documentary films such as the Academy Award-winning ‘Taxi to the Dark Side,’ ‘Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine,’ and ‘Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room’

March 07, 2023 01:46 pm | Updated 02:37 pm IST

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Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney is directing a documentary on Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter.

According to Deadline, Jigsaw Productions is backing the film alongside Closer Media, Anonymous Content and Double Agent.

Gibney is known for making hard-hitting documentaries such as Taxi to the Dark Side, for which he won the Academy Award, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, and Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine.

"I have been working on this film, off and on, for some time and am hugely excited about it. I am delighted by this extraordinary group who are working with me. Onward!." the documentary filmmaker said.

Double Agent is also financing the project.

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