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.
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Josh Whiteman
Starring: Anton Corbijn
Internationally renowned artist and filmmaker Anton Corbijn has created some of his generation's seminal rock images. Photographing musicians as diver... Read more
Shihad: Beautiful Machine (2012)
7.8/10
Director: Sam Peacocke
Starring: Jon Toogood, Tom Larkin, Phil Knight, Karl Kippenberger
For over 20 years, Shihad has defined New Zealand rock music. From their roots in Wellington's furious 90's punk metal scene, to the wild Berlin days,... Read more
Shustak (2009)
Director: Stuart Page
Starring: Larence Shustak
Shustak is a feature documentary of artist on artist. Stuart Page has mounted an extensive meta-narrative and a sustained conversation in pieces, part... Read more
Sir Edmund Hillary: 1919-2008 (2008)
5.9/10
Starring: Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary, one of New Zealand's most beloved and internationally recognised heroes is profiled in the documentary 'Remembering Sir Ed'. Born... Read more
South (1919)
8.7/10
Starring: Ernest Shackleton, Frank Hurley
Acclaimed Australian photographer, filmmaker and war correspondent Frank Hurley teamed up with Ernest Shackleton in 1914 to cross the South Pole by se... Read more
South / Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life of Frank Hurley (2002)
Starring: Ernest Shackleton, Frank Hurley
'South' - Acclaimed Australian photographer, filmmaker and war correspondent Frank Hurley teamed up with Ernest Shackleton in 1914 to cross the South... Read more
Step Up to the Plate (2012)
Director: Paul Lacoste
Starring: Michel Bras
A.k.a. "Entre les Bras". French chef Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned 3-Michelin-Sta... Read more
Stephen Fry: Wagner & Me (2010)
8/10
Director: Patrick McGrady
Starring: Stephen Fry
Feature-length BBC documentary following Stephen Fry across Europe as he explores his love for the music of Richard Wagner. Along the way, Fry - who i... Read more
Stepping Razor: Red X (1993)
7.7/10
Director: Nicholas Campbell
Starring: Peter Tosh, Lloyd Allen, Edward Allen, Andrea Davis
An absorbing exploration into the life of the late Peter Tosh, Reggae artist, Jamaican folk hero, prophet and radical political activist through archi... Read more
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
6.9/10
Director: Alex Gibney
In his signature black turtleneck and blue jeans, shrouded in shadows below a milky apple, Steve Jobs image was ubiquitous. But who was the man on th... Read more