Oscar Winner Alex Gibney To Direct Elon Musk Documentary 

Documentary On Elon Musk By Oscar Winner In The Works

March 7, 2023 Story: Jai Pratap

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

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Gibney is known for films like Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, Zero Days, and The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.

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The producer of the film said that the documentary aims to be “a rigorous portrait of Elon Musk, Variety reported.

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Gibney has a reputation for being critical of his subjects.

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The filmmaker uncovered the truth behind the famous cult Scientology in his documentary - Going Clear.

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Gibney has been critical of Elon Musk in the past.

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In a tweet in 2019, Gibney referred to Elon Musk as arrogant.

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