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Biography

This documentary sub-heading is one of the most popular forms of non-fiction film. The biography details the lives - usually the achievements and faults of - noted or notorious public figures. Also included, alongside other movie types, are profiles of everyday people and their human interest stories.

The Salt of the Earth (2014)

8.4/10
Director: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Starring: Sebastiao Salgado

The epic still photographs of Brazilian artist and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado fill the giant screen in this spectacular new documentary about... Read more

Finding Vivian Maier (2013)

7.7/10
Director: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel

An artist's life is often one of solitude, and so it should generally be of no surprise when one spends much of their time locked away honing his or h... Read more

Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back (1967)

8/10
Director: D A Pennebaker
Starring: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan, Alan Price

One of the best portraits of an artist ever put on film, 'Don't Look Back' is about Bob Dylan and the Sixties. Director Pennebaker, known for 'Montere... Read more

Bill Cunningham New York (2010)

7.9/10
Director: Richard Press

New York Times readers could always count on photographer Bill Cunningham to provide vivid glimpses of trending fashions and high-society affairs by k... Read more

The Imposter (2012)

7.5/10
Director: Bart Layton

A documentary that uses interviews and dramatised recreations to piece together the bizarre story of a missing boy and the young man who impersonated... Read more

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

8.2/10
Director: Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
Starring: Noam Chomsky

Funny, provocative and suprisingly accessible, 'Manufacturing Consent' explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, the world renowned lingu... Read more

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993)

7.4/10
Director: Steven M Martin
Starring: Leonard Theremin, Robert Moog, Brian Wilson

This amazing, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction documentary relates the fascinating life story of Russian-born Leonard Theremin, the inventor of the worl... Read more

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)

7.2/10
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland

A colourful character who was not only ahead of her time but helped to define it, Peggy Guggenheim was an American heiress who fought personal tragedy... Read more

Dancer (2016)

7.9/10
Director: Steven Cantor
Starring: Sergei Polunin

The very first thing you notice about the young Ukrainian ballet superstar Sergei Polunin is his deep set of piercing eyes which somehow seem to unner... Read more

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

8.2/10
Director: Malik Bendjelloul
Starring: Sixto Rodriguez

In the late '60s, a musician was discovered in a Detroit bar by two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics.... Read more