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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.

Arguing the World (1998)

7/10
Director: Joseph Dorman

A celebration of ideas, debate and the courage of one's convictions, this lively and thought-provoking documentary explores the heyday of New York's J... Read more

Armstrong (2019)

6.9/10
Director: David Fairhead
Starring: Harrison Ford

Interviews and never-before-seen footage highlight the incredible life of astronaut Neil Armstrong -- from his near-death experiences as a fighter pil... Read more

Autoluminescent: Rowland S Howard (2011)

7.9/10
Director: Richard Lowenstein, Lynn-Maree Milburn

Rowland S. Howard appeared on the Melbourne punk scene, a phantom from Kafkaesque Prague, an otherworldly aristocrat. The demonic fury of his guitar s... Read more

Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)

7.2/10
Director: Paola di Florio

Fittingly enlightening, Awake: The Life of Yogananda is a vivid, elegantly assembled portrait of the savvy guru with the cherubic face and penetrating... Read more

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997)

6.7/10
Director: Michael Paxton
Starring: Ayn Rand

The incredible (often controversial) life of the writer and champion of objectivism is surveyed in this Award Winning documentary, from her early days... Read more

Aznavour By Charles (2019)

Starring: Romain Duris, Charles Aznavour

In 1948, Edith Piaf offered a Paillard-Bolex camera to Charles Aznavour, which would always be with him. Until 1982, Charles would shot hours and hour... Read more

Bacon's Arena (2009)

7.9/10
Director: Adam Low

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century and for the first time we have a film biogra... Read more

Barefoot Cinema: The Life and Art of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger (2008)

Director: Gerard Smyth
Starring: Peter Jackson, Gaylene Preston, Helen Bollinger, Vincent Ward, Geoff Murphy, Alu...

A portrait of Alun Bollinger (AlBol), who lives with his wife Helen (HelBol) and assorted grandchildren near Reefton, on New Zealand's remote West Coa... Read more

BB King: The Life of Riley (2012)

7.4/10
Director: Jon Brewer
Starring: B B King

The legendary B.B. King opens his heart to director Jon Brewer and tells the story of how an oppressed and somewhat orphaned youth came to influence a... Read more

Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)

Director: Michael Rapaport

A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history. The band's sudden... Read more