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.
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Rick Ray
Starring: H H Dalai Lama
If you could meet one person in the world, who would it be and why? Director Rick Ray's answer is 'the Dalai Lama'. Filmed during a private visit to h... Read more
Pina ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
7.7/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Pina Bausch
Wim Wenders pays tribute to the work of brilliant avant-garde German choreographer Pina Bausch. When Bausch tragically died of cancer two days before... Read more
Rubbings from a Live Man (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Florian Habicht
Starring: Warwick Broadhead
Filmmaker Florian Habicht ('Kaikohe Demolition', 'Woodenhead') takes veteran performer Warwick Broadhead as his subject matter in this captivating bio... 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
The Whale Warrior: Pirate for the Sea (2009)
Starring: Captain Paul Watson
Tells the dramatic story of Captain Paul Watson, star of Animal Planets Whale Wars! The Whale Warrior: Pirate for the Sea goes where TV cannot. Go ins... Read more
A Life for Ballet (2011)
Director: Marlene Ionesco
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Pierre Lacotte, Ghislaine Thesmar
Through the central romance between talented choreographer Pierre Lacotte and his muse Ghislaine Thesmar, filmmaker Marlene Ionesco paints a portrait... Read more
Senna ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
8.6/10
Director: Asif Kapadia
Spanning his years as a Formula One racing driver from 1984 to his untimely death a decade later, "Senna" explores the life and work of triple world c... Read more
20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
7.5/10
Director: Ian Forsythe, Jane Pollard
Starring: Nick Cave, Ray Winstone, Kylie Minogue, Warren Ellis, Susie Bick
An inspired collaboration between Nick Cave and British filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, this seductive portrait purports to take place over... Read more
Kingpin (2018)
8.1/10
Starring: Dermot Mulroney
The journeys of some of the most well-known names in the world of crime (El Chapo, Whitey Bulger, Pablo Escobar, John Gotti), and a look at how they b... Read more
Napoleon (Heroes and Villains) (2007)
8.2/10
Director: Nick Murphy
Starring: Rob Brydon, Richard McCabe, Alice Krige, Kenneth Cranham, Gina Bellman, Anthony...
The little known story of how Napoleon Bonaparte first emerged from obscurity and entered the national consciousness. A life and death struggle both o... Read more