Directing
Davis Guggenheim
- Titles
- 78movies27TV shows
- Career
Active from 1991 to 2025, busiest in 2020 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 47titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
The Shield89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism7.7average 5.3
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Tech & Humanity3.5average 1.6
- Social Commentary6.6average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Family Dynamics5.5average 4.7
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.1, average 2.4
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.7
- Absurdist Humor1.0, average 2.0
- Historical1.7, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 4
- Ensemble Cast 3
- Political Intrigue 2
- Female Empowerment 2
- Medical Drama 2
- Biographical Documentary 2
- Technology & Society 2
- Serious Tone 2
- Social Justice 2
- Gritty Police Procedural 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jay CassidyEditorAn Inconvenient Truth, Gossip, U2: From the Sky Down, The First Year, Waiting for "Superman"
The EdgeActorIt Might Get Loud, U2: From the Sky Down
Christophe BeckComposerThe Road We've Traveled, Waiting for "Superman"- MMichael HarteEditorSTILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Deaf President Now!
- GGreg FintonEditorIt Might Get Loud, He Named Me Malala
Movies and TV shows
272020s
8 titles · average score 85
84
Deaf President Now! (2025)
Director, Producer
86
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
Director, Producer
2010s
9 titles · average score 74
67
He Named Me Malala (2015)
Producer, Director
Teach (2013)
Director, Writer
The Dream Is Now (2013)
Director, Writer
Widow Detective (2012)
Director
The Road We've Traveled (2012)
Director
76
U2: From the Sky Down (2011)
Director, Producer
80
Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
Writer, Director
2000s
8 titles · average score 64
76
It Might Get Loud (2008)
Screenplay, Director
The Tower (2008)
Director, Executive Producer
60
Gracie (2007)
Director, Writer
77
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Camera Operator, Executive Producer
The First Year (2001)
Producer, Director of Photography
Teach (2001)
Director of Photography, Producer
44
Gossip (2000)
Director
1990s
2 titles
The Art of Norton Simon (1999)
Director
Breaking and Entering (1992)
Director