Alex Gibney has revealed he is months into making Musk, a documentary about Elon Musk, the controversial multi-billionaire and CEO of Tesla, Space X and Twitter.
Jigsaw Productions is producing the film alongside Closer Media, Anonymous Content, and Double Agent, the joint venture between New Regency and Black Bear Pictures, who are also financing the project.
Gibney and Jessie Deeter are producing for Jigsaw Productions alongside Dana O’Keefe for Double Agent, Joey Marra and Zhang Xin on behalf of Closer Media, and Anonymous Content’s Nick Shumaker and Jessica Grimshaw.
Stacey Offman and Richard Perello serve as executive producers with Closer Media’s William Horberg, Anonymous Content’s Dawn Olmstead and David Levine, and Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Heimler, Yariv Milchan, and Michael Schaeffer for Double Agent.
“I have been working on this film, off and on, for some time and am hugely excited about it,” said Gibney. “I am thrilled by the extraordinary group of people who are working alongside me. “Onward!”
“Now is a good time to paint a detailed portrait of Elon Musk. He is undeniably the most influential person of our time,” said Xin, founder of Closer Media. “Closer Media is delighted to join forces with Alex Gibney and Anonymous Content to examine Musk’s impact on the world. UTA also represents Gibney and Jigsaw Productions.
Gibney’s credits include the Oscar-winning
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