Davis Guggenheim

producer/director, “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”

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Documentary filmmaker of An Inconvenient Truth, the Oscar-winning film about global warming, Waiting for Superman, which advocates for teacher reform and charter schools, and He Named Me Malala, which profiles activist Malala Yousafzai and her family

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“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” covers the actor’s childhood in Canada, movie and TV fame, and struggle with Parkinson's disease.

How Michael J. Fox became a star and lived with Parkinson’s

“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” covers the actor’s childhood in Canada, movie and TV fame, and struggle with Parkinson's disease.

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Davis Guggenheim won an Oscar in 2007 for the Al Gore climate-change documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.

Davis Guggenheim's Career Evolution

Davis Guggenheim won an Oscar in 2007 for the Al Gore climate-change documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.

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WEB BONUS: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim joins Elvis Mitchell for a Q&A following a screening of He Named Me Malala at LACMA.

Davis Guggenheim: He Named Me Malala

WEB BONUS: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim joins Elvis Mitchell for a Q&A following a screening of He Named Me Malala at LACMA.

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