3 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁film ▁and ▁television ▁director ▁and ▁producer . ▁His ▁cred its ▁include ▁NY PD ▁Blue , ▁ER , ▁ 2 4 , ▁Ali as , ▁The ▁Sh ield , ▁Dead wood , ▁and ▁the ▁document aries ▁An ▁In con ven ient ▁Tr uth , ▁The ▁Road ▁We ' ve ▁Tra ve led , ▁Wait ing ▁for ▁" Super man " ▁and ▁He ▁N amed ▁Me ▁Mal ala . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁G ug gen heim ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁film maker ▁to ▁release ▁three ▁different ▁document aries ▁that ▁were ▁ranked ▁within ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁highest - g ross ing ▁document aries ▁of ▁all ▁time ▁( An ▁In con ven ient ▁Tr uth , ▁It ▁M ight ▁Get ▁L oud , ▁and ▁Wait ing ▁for ▁" Super man "). ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁Philip ▁Davis ▁G ug gen heim ▁in ▁St . ▁Louis , ▁Missouri , ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Mar ion ▁Davis ▁( née ▁Stre ett ) ▁and ▁film ▁director ▁and ▁producer ▁Charles ▁G ug gen heim . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁Jewish , ▁whereas ▁his ▁mother ▁was ▁Epis cop al ian . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Pot om ac ▁School ▁( Mc Le an , ▁Virginia ) ▁( 1 9 7 9 ), ▁from ▁Sid well ▁Fri ends ▁School ▁( 1 9 8 2 ), ▁and ▁from ▁Brown ▁University ▁( 1 9 8 6 ). ▁ ▁Career ▁G ug gen heim ▁joined ▁the ▁H BO ▁Western ▁drama ▁Dead wood