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EXCLUSIVE: Morgan Neville, the Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning documentarian behind films like 20 Feet from Stardom and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, has signed with Cinetic for representation in directing. In a statement to Deadline, Cinetic’s Founder & CEO John Sloss said, “We are thrilled to be in business with Morgan. He is by any measure a world-class storyteller who until now has dedicated his talents to documentaries. Our goal is to amplify those pursuits and help facilitate his inevitable expansion into scripted storytelling.” Neville won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, as well as the Grammy for Best Music Film, for his 2014 film 20 Feet from Stardom, which looked at backup singers who’ve supported some of the biggest names in music but never gotten the spotlight they deserved. Neville’s 2015 doc Best of Enemies, on the televised 1969 debates between liberal writer Gore Vidal and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr., won an Emmy and was shortlisted for an Oscar. The filmmaker is also responsible for 2018’s Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, a critically lauded documentary about TV host Fred Rogers that became the highest-grossing biographical documentary of all time, as well as 2024’s Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in Two Pieces for Apple TV+ (now Apple TV), for which he was Emmy-nominated. Most recently, Neville premiered Man on the Run, focusing on Paul McCartney’s life and career during the 1970s, at the Telluride Film Festival. Amazon MGM will release the documentary in February 2026. In addition to his prolific work as a director, Neville is also the President and Founder of Tremolo Productions, an award-winning production company concentrating on quality non-fiction storytelling. He continues to be represented by WME.
