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In many ways, I'm a big admirer still of Julian Assange. He had balls to do what he did and his motivations in terms of holding the powerful to account are tremendously inspiring to me.

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Alex Gibney
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: October 23
Film Director
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New York City
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Philip Alexander Alex Gibney
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