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Nick Broomfield

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British film director

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Nicholas Broomfield is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he calls "Direct Cinema".

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Filmography 40

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer2003 · ★ 6.7
Whitney: Can I Be Me2017 · ★ 6.5
Battle for Haditha2007 · ★ 6.2
Kurt & Courtney1998 · ★ 6.0
Biggie & Tupac2002 · ★ 6.4
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer1992 · ★ 6.7
Tales of the Grim Sleeper2014 · ★ 6.3
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love2019
Snuff-Movie2005
Fetishes1996
Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie and Tupac2021
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam1995
Sex: My British Job2013
Diamond Skulls1990
Ghosts2006
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!2011
Monster in a Box1992
The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife1991
Tattooed Tears1979
The Stones and Brian Jones2024
Juvenile Liaison1976
Capturing Reality2008
Tracking Down Maggie1994
Chicken Ranch1983
Soldier Girls1981
Behind the Rent Strike1974
Driving Me Crazy1988
Who Cares1971
His Big White Self2006
Lily Tomlin1987
Proud to Be British1973
My Father and Me2019
Whittingham1975
After Frank2005
Juvenile Liaison 21990
Harumi2019
History Reel2005
A Time Comes2009
Too White for Me1992
Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain2016

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Secrets of the Museum2020

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About this person

Nicholas Broomfield is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he calls "Direct Cinema". His output ranges from studies of entertainers to political works such as examinations of South Africa before and after the end of apartheid and the rise of the black-majority government of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress party.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78
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11 languages

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