Davis Guggenheim

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Davis Guggenheim

Born November 3, 1963 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA (age 62)

Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning American documentary and live action 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 'Superman'. Since 2006, Guggenheim is the only filmmaker to release thre…

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Training DayTraining Day · 2001
Training Day
7.52001
MovieActionCrime
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
sex, lies, and videotapesex, lies, and videotape · 1989
sex, lies, and videotape
7.01989
MovieDrama
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
Swan SongSwan Song · 2021
Swan Song
7.12021
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate in this thought-provoking exploration of love, loss, and sacrifice.
STILL: A Michael J. Fox MovieSTILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie · 2023
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
7.82023
MovieDocumentary
A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?
A Statement
Oct 3, 2026
A Statement · 2026
A Statement
2026
MovieComedyDrama
In October 1980, at a beachside resort in St. Petersburg, Florida, twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on an issue starting to gain traction: the effects of carbon dioxide emissions and rising global temperatures on the climate. This group of environmental activists, scientists, and U.S. policymakers have a simple mandate from Congress: write a statement about what to do and how Congress should react. Easier said than done.
GossipGossip · 2000
Gossip
5.92000
MovieMysteryThriller
For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead · 1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
6.21991
MovieComedy
Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
An Inconvenient TruthAn Inconvenient Truth · 2006
An Inconvenient Truth
6.92006
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

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3 lbs3 lbs · 2006
3 lbs
4.42006
SeriesDrama
3 lbs is a drama that aired on CBS from November 14 to 28, 2006, replacing the cancelled series Smith. The show itself was then canceled three weeks later due to poor ratings. The title refers to the fact that the average human brain weighs approximately three pounds. The show follows the medical careers of prominent brain surgeon Doctor Douglas Hanson and his protégé, Jonathan Seger. The show was promoted as, "The next great medical drama." The theme song is "Calling All Angels" by Train. Eight episodes were made, and the five episodes that did not originally air in the United States are available on Amazon Unbox. The program filmed in New York City at the request of Tucci, who didn't want to be away from home to make the series. When the pilot was originally filmed Dylan McDermott played Dr. Doug Hanson, and Reiko Aylesworth played Dr. Adrienne Holland.

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