Portrait of Davis Guggenheim

Directing

Davis Guggenheim

Career

Active from 1991 to 2025, busiest in 2020 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Shield
The Shield
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Davis Guggenheim Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Ensemble Cast 4
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Technology & Society 2
  • Female Empowerment 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Gritty Police Procedural 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • High-Stakes Tension 2
  • Medical Drama 2
  • Serious Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

37 titles ยท average score 73
The Plastic Detox
The Plastic Detox (2026)
GoodWatch score 50

Executive Producer

Soul Patrol
Soul Patrol (2026)
GoodWatch score 73

Executive Producer

A Statement
A Statement (2026)
GoodWatch score 69

Executive Producer

Deaf President Now!
Deaf President Now! (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Producer

Mistress Dispeller
Mistress Dispeller (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

Executive Producer

Rita
Rita (2024)
GoodWatch score 46

Executive Producer

Girls State
Girls State (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

Executive Producer

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Producer

Swan Song
Swan Song (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

Executive Producer

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
GoodWatch score 89

Executive Producer

Boys State
Boys State (2020)
GoodWatch score 83

Executive Producer

Time
Time (2020)
GoodWatch score 77

Executive Producer

2010s

24 titles ยท average score 71
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)
GoodWatch score 72

Executive Producer

Walk Run Cha-Cha
Walk Run Cha-Cha (2019)
GoodWatch score 58

Executive Producer

The Price of Free
The Price of Free (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

Producer

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

Executive Producer

U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris (2016)
GoodWatch score 83

Executive Producer

He Named Me Malala
He Named Me Malala (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer, Director

Teach
Teach (2013)

Writer, Director

The Dream Is Now
The Dream Is Now (2013)

Writer, Director

Obama 2012 Convention Film
Obama 2012 Convention Film (2012)

Director

Widow Detective
Widow Detective (2012)

Director

U2: From the Sky Down
U2: From the Sky Down (2011)
GoodWatch score 76

Producer, Director

Waiting for "Superman"
Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Camera Operator

2000s

11 titles ยท average score 67
It Might Get Loud
It Might Get Loud (2008)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Producer

The Tower
The Tower (2008)

Executive Producer, Director

A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film (2008)

Director

Carissa
Carissa (2008)

Executive Producer

Gracie
Gracie (2007)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
GoodWatch score 77

Executive Producer, Director of Photography

The Making of 'an Inconvenient Truth'
The Making of 'an Inconvenient Truth' (2006)

Producer

Training Day
Training Day (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

Executive Producer

The First Year
The First Year (2001)

Director, Director of Photography

Teach
Teach (2001)

Producer, Director

Gossip
Gossip (2000)
GoodWatch score 44

Director

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 37
The Art of Norton Simon
The Art of Norton Simon (1999)

Director

Breaking and Entering
Breaking and Entering (1992)

Director

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992)
GoodWatch score 25

as Pitcher

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
GoodWatch score 49

Associate Producer

1980s

1 title ยท average score 83
sex, lies, and videotape
sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

Production Coordinator