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 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism7.8average 5.2
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Tech & Humanity3.4average 1.6
- Social Commentary6.6average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Family Dynamics5.5average 4.7
- Catharsis6.0average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.2, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.8
- Absurdist Humor1.0, average 2.0
- Historical1.7, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 7
- Social Commentary 5
- Ensemble Cast 3
- Gritty Realism 3
- Educational 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Social Justice 2
- Gritty Police Procedural 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- High-Stakes Tension 2
- Character-Driven Narrative 2
- Serious Tone 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jay CassidyEditorAn Inconvenient Truth, Gossip, U2: From the Sky Down, Waiting for "Superman", The First Year
The EdgeActorIt Might Get Loud, U2: From the Sky Down- GGreg FintonEditorIt Might Get Loud, He Named Me Malala
- MMichael HarteEditorSTILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Deaf President Now!
Christophe BeckComposerThe Road We've Traveled, Waiting for "Superman"
Movies and TV shows
182020s
12 titles · average score 71
84
Deaf President Now! (2025)
Producer, Director
65
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (2025)
Executive Producer
Uvalde Mom (2025)
Executive Producer
39
Rita (2024)
Executive Producer
86
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
Director, Producer
78
Aftershock (2022)
Executive Producer
Mija (2022)
Executive Producer
67
Swan Song (2021)
Executive Producer
82
Procession (2021)
Executive Producer
52
Homeroom (2021)
Executive Producer
77
Time (2020)
Executive Producer
79
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020)
Executive Producer
2010s
3 titles · average score 74
76
Bisbee '17 (2018)
Executive Producer
67
He Named Me Malala (2015)
Producer, Director
80
Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
Director, Camera Operator
2000s
2 titles · average score 69
60
Gracie (2007)
Director, Writer
77
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Director, Executive Producer
1980s
1 title · average score 82
82
sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
Production Coordinator