Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has his next documentary in Musk, a definitive and unvarnished examination of multi-billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, Report informs via Deadline.
“I have been working on this film, off and on, for some time and am hugely excited about it,” Gibney said. “I am delighted by this extraordinary group who are working with me. Onward!”
Gibney has made a career out of hard-hitting documentaries that include Taxi to the Dark Side — for which he won an Oscar — Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief and Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine.
Jigsaw Productions is producing the film alongside Closer Media, Anonymous Content and Double Agent, who also are financing the project.
Gibney and Jessie Deeter produce the film for Jigsaw Productions, with Stacey Offman and Richard Perello executive producing. Joey Marra and Zhang Xin produce on behalf of Closer Media, with William Horberg executive producing. Anonymous Content’s Nick Shumaker and Jessica Grimshaw produce with Dawn Olmstead and David Levine executive producing. Dana O’Keefe produces on behalf of Double Agent with Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Heimler, Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer executive producing.
AC Independent, Double Agent, and UTA Independent Film Group are representing worldwide sales for Musk. UTA also represents Gibney and Jigsaw Productions.