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Biographical documentary films
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The list Biographical documentary films includes
Man on Wire, Unknown White Male, Grizzly Man, Buck and Won't You Be My Neighbor?.
The list consists of 150 members
and 29 sublists.
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Man on Wire
2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh
Overview: Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Petit's ...
Release date: 22 January 2008Genre: Documentary, Crime, Biography, HistoryDirector: James MarshCast: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, David Forman, Alan WelnerProducer: Simon Chinn, Liz FayWriter: Philippe PetitA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in ...
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Unknown White Male
2005 American film
Overview: Unknown White Male is a 2005 documentary film directed by Rupert Murray, covering the life of his childhood friend Doug Bruce, a British resident of New York who appeared to suffer from sudden amnesia ...Release date: 1 January 2005Genre: Documentary, BiographyDirector: Rupert MurrayCast: Doug Bruce, Rupert MurrayProducer: Vanessa Arteaga, Beadie FinziThe true story of Doug Bruce who woke up on Coney Island with total amnesia. This documentary follows him as he rediscovers himself and the world around ... 0
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Grizzly Man
2005 documentary film by Werner Herzog
Overview: Grizzly Man is a 2005 American documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast and conservationist Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard ...
Release date: 24 January 2005Genre: Documentary, BiographyDirector: Werner HerzogProducer: Kevin L. Beggs, Alana BerryWriter: Werner HerzogA devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among ... 0
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Buck
2011 American film
Overview: Buck is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Cindy Meehl. The film focuses on the life, career, and philosophy of the real-life "horse whisperer" Buck Brannaman.Release date: 17 June 2011Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Cindy MeehlProducer: Kate Andrews, Julie GoldmanAn examination of the life of acclaimed 'horse whisperer' 0
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Kid 90
2021 American documentary film
Overview: Kid 90 is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Soleil Moon Frye. The film follows Frye who carried a camera around with her everywhere she went. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as an executive ...Director: Soleil Moon FryeProducer: Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Leonardo DiCaprioAn intimate look at young Hollywood starlets growing up in the 1990s, using hundreds of hours of footage captured by Soleil Moon Frye. 0
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018 documentary film directed by Morgan Neville
Overview: Won't You Be My Neighbor? is a 2018 American documentary film about the life and guiding philosophy of Fred Rogers, the host and creator of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, directed by Morgan Neville. The ...
Director: Morgan NevilleProducer: Emma Baiada, Leslie BerrimanAn exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers. 0
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Orozco the Embalmer
2001 Spanish-language documentary film
Overview: Orozco the Embalmer (Spanish: Orozco el embalsamador) is a 2001 Spanish-language Japanese-Colombian mondo film directed by Kiyotaka Tsurisaki. It follows a Colombian embalmer named Froilan Orozco Duarte ...
Release date: 1 September 2001Genre: Horror, DocumentaryDirector: Tsurisaki KiyotakaCast: Froilan OrozcoWriter: Tsurisaki KiyotakaA Documentary about the grim work of an embalmer in one of the poorest and most dangerous parts in Colombia. 0
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A Brief History of Time
1991 American documentary film directed by Errol Morris
Overview: A Brief History of Time is a 1991 biographical documentary film about the physicist Stephen Hawking, directed by Errol Morris. The title derives from Hawking's bestselling 1988 book A Brief History of ...
Release date: 1 October 1991Genre: Documentary, BiographyDirector: Errol MorrisProducer: Jan Euden, Colin EwingWriter: Stephen HawkingA film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time. 0
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Seven Up!
Documentary film series
Overview: The Up series is a series of documentary films produced by Granada Television for ITV that follows the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old. The documentary has ...Release date: 5 May 1964Genre: Short, Documentary, BiographyDirector: Paul AlmondCast: Derek Cooper, Wilfrid Thomas, Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield, Andrew BrackfieldProducer: Tim HewatA group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects... 0
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7Up 2000
British TV series or programmeOverview: Up New Generation is a new version of the Up Series, following the lives of a group of individuals who were seven years old at the turn of the millennium.Release date: 13 April 2000Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Julian FarinoProducer: Melanie Archer, Kate Forsham 0
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Val
2021 film
Overview: Val is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Leo Scott and Ting Poo. It follows the life and career of actor Val Kilmer. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival ...Release date: 23 July 2021Producer: Ali Alborzi, Rebecca AltenhofenDocumentary centering on the daily life of actor Val Kilmer featuring never-before-seen footage spanning 40 years. 0
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Flee
2021 animated documentary film
Overview: Flee (Danish: Flugt) is a 2021 independent adult animated documentary film directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. An international co-production with Denmark, France, Norway, and Sweden, it follows the story ...Release date: 3 December 2021Director: Jonas Poher RasmussenProducer: Riz Ahmed, Suroosh AlviWriter: Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin NawabiFLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time. 0
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Love, Antosha
2019 film by Garret Price
Overview: Love, Antosha is a 2019 American documentary film directed and produced by Garret Price, focusing on the life and career of actor Anton Yelchin. The film premiered in the Doc Premieres category at the ...Director: Garret PriceProducer: Drake Doremus, Adam GibbsA portrait of the extraordinary life and career of actor Anton Yelchin. 0
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RBG
2018 American film
Overview: RBG is a 2018 American documentary film focusing on the life and career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States after Sandra Day O'Connor ...
Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy WestCast: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel, Nina Totenberg, Martin D. Ginsburg, Arthur R. MillerProducer: Julie Cohen, Amy EntelisThe exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an une ... 0
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Get Me Roger Stone
2017 American film
Overview: Get Me Roger Stone is a 2017 American documentary film written and directed by Dylan Bank, Daniel DiMauro and Morgan Pehme. The film explores the life and career of Republican political strategist and ...Director: Dylan Bank, Daniel DiMauroProducer: Joseph Bachor, Dylan BankWriter: Dylan Bank, Daniel DiMauroA documentary exploring the life and career of notorious Republican dirty trickster and longtime Trump adviser, Roger Stone, who helped create the real ... 0
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2017 American film
Overview: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (referred to onscreen as simply Bombshell) is a 2017 American biographical documentary film directed, written and co-edited by Alexandra Dean, about the life of actress ...Genre: Documentary, Biography, History, WarDirector: Alexandra DeanProducer: Julie Begey Seureau, Dan BraunWriter: Alexandra DeanThe life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr. 0
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Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
2018 American film
Overview: Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes is a 2018 American documentary film, directed and produced by Alexis Bloom. It follows the rise and fall of conservative media mogul Roger Ailes. Alex Gibney ...Director: Alexis BloomCast: Roger Ailes, Glenn Beck, Babette Bombshell, Catherine Corcoran, Mitch McConnell, Richard NixonProducer: Maiken Baird, Alexis Bloom 0
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
2014 American film
Overview: The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is a 2014 American biographical documentary film about Aaron Swartz written, directed, and produced by Brian Knappenberger. The film premiered in the US ...Genre: Documentary, Biography, Crime, NewsDirector: Brian KnappenbergerCast: Tim Berners-Lee, Cindy Cohn, Gabriella Coleman, Cory Doctorow, Peter Eckersley, Stephen HeymannProducer: Charles Annenberg Weingarten, Zach BraffWriter: Brian KnappenbergerThe story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26. 0
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American: The Bill Hicks Story
2009 British film
Overview: American: The Bill Hicks Story is a 2009 biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks. The film was produced by Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, and features archival footage and interviews ...Release date: 8 April 2011Genre: Documentary, Animation, Biography, ComedyDirector: Matt Harlock, Paul ThomasProducer: Matt Harlock, Paul ThomasPhoto-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best. 0
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10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
2006 documentary film
Overview: 10 Questions For The Dalai Lama is a 2006 documentary film in which filmmaker Rick Ray meets with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama at his monastery in Dharamsala, India. The film maker asks him ten ...
Release date: 1 May 2006Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Rick RayProducer: Rick Ray, Sharon RayWriter: Rick RayHow do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich... 0
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