Musk, Alex GibneyDocuments on tech giantsElon Musk , has landed in North America HBO documentary .
Musk described as an “authority” on Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter’s controversial and headline-grabbing CEO A simple investigation.” (When the document was first published, Musk, in typical Twitter commentary, wrote: “This is a hit.” ) Gibney, who won an Oscar for his 2008 film Taxi to the Dark Side, has no problem with controversial figures Stranger, who has produced documents on Scientology, WikiLeaks, and Enron.
Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions produced the film with Closer Media, Anonymous Content and Double Agent, which also funded the project.
HBO and Gibney have a longstanding relationship that includes films about the opioid crisis Crime of the Century , Elisabeth Homes doc Inventor: Bloodshed in Silicon Valley and Made Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Faith .
Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, Co-Heads of HBO Documentary Films, said: “We are delighted to be working with such a fantastic team and are always delighted to work with Alex Gibney Collaboration. Alex’s resume speaks for itself and we know he will paint a portrait of such a remarkable man of our time with unparalleled skill and dimension.”
) Musk’s extensive credits include Gibney, Jessie Deeter and Erin Edeiken for Jigsaw, with Richard Perello as executive producer. Joey Marra and Zhang Xin serve as producers, and William Horberg serves as producer on behalf of Closer Media. Anonymous Content’s Nick Shumaker and Jessica Grimshaw are executive producers and David Levine is executive producer. Dana O’Keefe executive produces on behalf of Double Agent with Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Heimler, John Friedberg, Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer.
Black Bear will be responsible for the rights to international sales exiting the Cannes market. The deal with HBO was negotiated with UTA’s independent film group, AC Independent and Double Agent.
