The Six Billion Dollar Man

The Six Billion Dollar Man
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Directed byEugene Jarecki
Produced by
  • Kathleen Fournier
  • Eugene Jarecki
Cinematography
  • David McDowall
  • Jack Harrison
  • Derek Hallquist
  • Juan Passarelli
  • Joe Fletcher
Edited by
  • David Fairhead
  • Martin Reimers
  • Zora Schiffer
Music by
  • Akin Sevgör
  • Niklas Paschburg
  • Robert Miller
  • Luis Flores
  • Harold Charon Cisneros
Production
company
Charlotte Street Films
Distributed byWatermelon Pictures
Release dates
  • May 21, 2025 (2025-05-21) (Cannes)
  • December 19, 2025 (2025-12-19) (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Running time
126 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
  • France
LanguageEnglish

The Six Billion Dollar Man is a 2025 documentary film directed by Eugene Jarecki, tracing the saga of lightning-rod WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose recent release from prison has reignited a global debate around press freedom. The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival where it won the prestigious L'Œil d'or Grand Prize for documentary and the first-ever Golden Globe Award given to a documentary filmmaker.