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As a filmmaker, I always took my inspiration from a filmmaker named Marcel Ophüls, who said, I always have a point of view, but the trick is showing how hard it is to come to that point of view.

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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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