Filmmaker Morgan Neville has produced and directed many music and singer-related documentaries, including the Oscar and Grammy-winning “20 Feet from Stardom,” the LEGO-animated Pharrell Williams biopic “Piece by Piece,” and now the Paul McCartney retrospective “Man on the Run.”
Director Morgan Neville (2026)
Host Lori Rosales welcomes Oscar / Grammy / Emmy award-winning producer / director Morgan Neville, who talks about working with Paul McCartney and making the documentary, “Man on the Run.”
PLEASE NOTE: This online version of the interview is slightly different than how it appeared on the TV episode with host segments rearranged.
Mini-Biography:
Born on October 10, 1967, in Los Angeles, California, Morgan Neville is a highly acclaimed filmmaker and producer whose career has focused on documenting the lives of influential cultural and musical figures. After transitioning from journalism in the 1990s and founding Tremolo Productions, he achieved significant industry recognition, most notably winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for his 2013 film “20 Feet from Stardom.” He also won an Emmy Award (specifically the News & Documentary Emmy for Best Historical Documentary) for “Best of Enemies” (2015), which detailed the televised debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley. His filmography includes directing the record-breaking Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor? “(2018), which won an Independent Spirit Award, as well as “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” (2021) and the LEGO-animated Pharrell Williams biography “Piece by Piece” (2024). In addition to his directing, Neville has served as a producer on major projects such as Taylor Swift’s “Miss Americana,” and acclaimed docuseries like “Ugly Delicious” and “Abstract: The Art of Design,” and the 2026 Paul McCartney documentary “Man on the Run.”
“MAN ON THE RUN” takes viewers on an intimate journey through Paul McCartney’s extraordinary life following the breakup of The Beatles and the formation of Wings with his wife, Linda. From Academy Award®-winning director Morgan Neville, the film chronicles the arc of McCartney’s solo career as he faces down a myriad of challenges while creating new music to define a new decade. Through unprecedented access to previously unseen footage and rare archival materials, the documentary captures Paul’s transformative post-Beatles era through a uniquely vulnerable lens.
Interview Credits:
- Recorded: February 24, 2026
- Host / Producer: Lori Rosales
- Editor: Richard R. Lee
- Special Thanks To: Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios