Davis Guggenheim

Filmmaker

Male

Born Nov 3, 1963

Age 49

Hometown St. Louis, Missouri

Alma Mater Universitas Brune...

Other Names Philip Davis Gugg...

Philip Davis Guggenheim is an American film director and producer. His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for… Read More

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World Premiere of "Safe House"-NYC

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Feb 7, 2012

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2011 Agassi Grand Slam for Children

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Oct 29, 2011

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JWOWW at Pimp N HO at Chateau

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Oct 28, 2011

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"From The Sky Down" - A Discussion With Davis Guggenheim, The Edge And Bono - 2011 Toronto

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Sep 9, 2011

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Elisabeth Shue
Married 1994 - 1996

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Nicholas Mennuti: My Thriller About The Nsa Is Coming True
Huffington Post - 1 day ago

' I''ve always been attracted to thrillers because they allow you to discuss current affairs without the risk of sliding into didacticism. Simply put, the genre requires you to keep the story moving at all costs. This formal rigidity can cause an author to seek out ways around the limits, to rebel, fight the walls, and get surreal or visionary with the content. And sometimes those "surreal" events you described to entertain yourself end up being mirrored in reality. The recen...
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Fagan Harris: The Time For Common Sense Immigration Reform Is Now
Huffington Post - Apr 15, 2013

' As the Gang of Eight prepares to introduce immigration reform legislation, support continues to build for a plan that would once and for all fix America''s broken immigration system. Last week, tens of thousands of people marched to Capitol Hill to call for immigration reform. Poll after poll demonstrates that Americans of all political persuasions, want a common sense solution to the nation''s failed immigration policies, including a plan to provide undocumented youth and their fa...
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Jobs' Widow Helps Immigration Fight
Huffington Post - Apr 13, 2013

' WASHINGTON -- The immigration overhaul pending before Congress is picking up more high-profile support as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs'' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, bankrolls a new documentary to promote the effort, directed by Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim. Guggenheim directed Al Gore''s film on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," and 2010''s "Waiting for Superman," on the wretched state of the nation''s public schools. H...
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Mrs. Jobs Speaks: 'We Miss Him Every Day'
Huffington Post - Apr 12, 2013

' In her first public comments since the 2011 death of her husband, Apple (AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs said she and her children miss him daily. "His private legacy with me and the kids is that of husband and father, and we miss him every day," she said in an interview with NBC Rock Center Anchor Brian Williams that airs at 10 p.m. Friday night. Powell Jobs'' comments about her husband, who died after suffering from pancreatic cancer, were made during...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1963 Birth Born on November 3, 1963.

TEENAGE

1979 15 Years Old He graduated from The Potomac School (McLean, Virginia) in 1979, from Sidwell Friends School in 1982, and later moved on to Brown University, where he graduated in 1986. … Read More

FORTIES

2008 44 Years Old 1 More Event

He directed Barack Obama's biographical film, which aired during the Democratic National Convention, and Obama's infomercial, which was broadcast on 29 October 2008.

2010 46 Years Old His 2010 documentary Waiting for "Superman", a film about the failures of American public education sparked controversy and debate. … Read More

2011 47 Years Old His documentary film about the band U2, From the Sky Down, opened the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in September. … Read More

2012 48 Years Old In 2012, he released The Road We've Traveled, a 17-minute short film on the president. … Read More

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