Morgan Nevillle

“I don’t think anybody’s shown more of the world, to the world, on television, than Tony.”

IT’S BEEN OVER THREE YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF ANTHONY BOURDAIN— explorer, chef, storyteller and one of the most influential cultural correspondents of our time. Throughout his and Bourdain shed a light on the human experience and showed the great equalizing power of sharing a meal with a stranger. A new documentary by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville, director of and the Mr. Rogers documentary follows Bourdain’s trajectory as he became the beloved star so many grieved for when he took his own life. “I didn’t want the film to feel like a eulogy. We tend to read history backward, but life lives forward,” says Neville.“The film itself should at least help people process his death enough so we can start to think about his life again.” So, rather, this film is an ode to the uncommon life of Bourdain, the journey of what made his brutally honest star rise.