Academy Award Winner Morgan Neville Captures Lorne Michaels

Academy Award Winner Morgan Neville Captures Lorne Michaels

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May 5, 2026 · 42 min

About this episode

Morgan Neville discusses his career as an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and his latest film about Lorne Michaels.

Morgan Neville is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose work has captured some of the most iconic figures in American music, film, and television. Neville’s 2013 film “20 Feet from Stardom” won the Oscar for best documentary feature. A few years later, his 2018 film about Fred Rogers, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” became the highest-grossing biographical documentary of all time. Neville has directed films about subjects ranging from Keith Richards to Anthony Bourdain, from Orson Welles to Steve Martin, and Paul McCartney. In addition to his Academy Award, Neville has earned a Grammy, an Emmy, and a Peabody award for his work. A native of Southern California, Neville studied colonial American history at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career as a journalist and later founded his film company, Tremolo Productions, in 1999. Neville's most recent film “Lorne” profiles the creator of Saturday Night Live. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Alec Baldwin

Guest: Morgan Neville

Topics covered

  • filmmaking
  • documentary
  • music
  • television
  • interviews

Keywords

  • Morgan Neville
  • Lorne Michaels
  • documentary
  • 20 Feet from Stardom
  • Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  • Tremolo Productions
  • filmmaking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tremolo Productions, University of Pennsylvania

Books & works: 20 Feet from Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Places: Southern California

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