Crowe played real-life boxer James Braddock in the biographical film.
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You had Jon Voight, narrating Trump's biographical film, described Trump "helping a great city rediscover his soul": him, alone.
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Hayek recounted working with Weinstein on the Academy Award–winning movie Frida, a biographical film about Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
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After the installment seemingly ends, we get a peek at Adam's awful biographical film Full Dis:closure about his and Hannah's doomed romance.
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Inspired by "Rocketman," the new biographical film released Friday, we're eager for some smart guesses about famed pianist and musician Elton John.
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A Quiet Passion is technically a biographical film about Emily Dickinson, but it transcends its genre to become something more like poetry.
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The video, produced by Putnam Partners in Washington and set to a Rolling Stones-like soundtrack, feels like a short biographical film.
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The actress is starring in the upcoming Indian Hindi-language biographical film The Sky Is Pink, which hits Indian theaters this October.
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The biographical film centers on the life and death of activist Malcolm X while also dramatizing events from his childhood through flashback scenes.
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"Tom of Finland", a biographical film, was released in 2017, and the Finnish postal service celebrated his work with a racy set of stamps.
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Foxx has paid tribute to Ali in the past, playing his assistant trainer and cornerman Drew Bundini Brown in the 2001 biographical film Ali.
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His worst-reviewed movie so far is the biographical film "I Saw the Light," in which he portrayed the legendary country singer Hank Williams.
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While the real-life Coxwell certainly deserves recognition for his bravery, it's not like The Aeronauts is the first biographical film that's been dramatized.
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"There's something uncanny, even brilliant, about Michael Douglas's impersonation of Liberace in Steven Soderbergh's biographical film 'Behind the Candelabra,'" the New York Times wrote.
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Bohemian Rhapsody: Over $210 million, Domestic Despite the controversies surrounding Bohemian Rhapsody, the biographical film is one of the most financially successful on this list.
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"It's just trial and error," she said in a short biographical film made in 2011 for the Cleveland Arts Prize, which she won in 53.
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I, Tonya (2017) At the peak of ice skating season, this biographical film of Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) is streaming on Hulu.
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A biographical film about Colvin, called "A Private War" and starring British actress Rosamund Pike, was released last year, bringing fresh attention to her career.
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She suggested her followers watch her brother play Andrea Bocelli in the 2017 biographical film "The Music of Silence" and more recently shared his music.
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Her life and subsequent murder were the subject of a 1997 biographical film "Selena" starring Jennifer Lopez, which has become a cult classic for fans.
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Selena was thee pop culture biographical film of my generation (followed very closely by Angela Bassett's Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It).
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A biographical film about the Finnish adman and expert draughtsman who made exquisite drawings of explicit gay erotic encounters is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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He's currently in post-production on an adaptation of Steve Erickson's surreally brilliant Zeroville as well as a biographical film about the life of Charles Bukowski.
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When LaBeouf began work on his new, biographical film Honey Boy — in which LaBeouf plays his own father — he met Twigs, who also stars in the movie.
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Arie is adding her voice to the chorus of those against the casting of Zoë Saldana as Nina Simone in the upcoming biographical film about her life.
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Ford v Ferrari is a classic crowd pleaser, a biographical film set in the 1960s about a real-life story that seems made for the big screen.
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Now, five years later, the singer, 25, is debuting another biographical film, Simply Complicated, as she admits she was on cocaine for the majority of filming Stay Strong.
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Cynthia Erivo stars as Harriet in this powerful biographical film that chronicles her escape from slavery, and her harrowing journey to help hundreds of others escape their shackles.
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Release date: April 21 What makes it great: This is technically a biographical film about Emily Dickinson, but it transcends its genre to become something more like poetry.
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In 2013, he played Ronald Reagan in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" and Hilly Kristal in "CBGB," a biographical film about the founding of the New York punk-rock club.
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"Rivers are the lifeblood of our planet and they need to flow," Ms. Lee said in "Kickass Katie Lee" (2016), a short biographical film by Beth and George Gage.
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Hidden Figures is a biographical film that tells the story of NASA pioneers Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson, whose work enabled the first launches of Americans into space.
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Nathalie Younglai, a Toronto-based director, and screenwriter behind the Korean-Canadian comedy film Stand up Man, told VICE about the compromises one must make when writing a biographical film.
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The men had come for a different kind of spectacle — a biographical film epic, whose initial episodes (out of 57 total) would be shown for the first time that evening.
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She was depicted in the 1944 biographical film "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and was played by Frances Langford in the 1942 movie about Cohan, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" with James Cagney.
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"Erin Brockovich" is a biographical film about the real-life woman — played by Julia Roberts — who battled a California power company after it was accused of polluting a city's water.
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"Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher and Higher)" (1978) In 2013, Reynolds starred as Frances Liberace, the mother of the flashy Las Vegas pianist in HBO's biographical film Behind the Candelabra.
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He later appeared with Cagney in "Man of a Thousand Faces" (266), the biographical film about the horror star Lon Chaney, and with Rosalind Russell in the comedy "Auntie Mame" (21965).
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Brockovich's work and backstory went on to be adapted into a biographical film featuring Julia Roberts as Brockovich – a movie which scored Roberts a number of Best Actress awards in 2001.
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Coll found her biographical film "exhausting," but many voters needed to see who she was; personally, I wasn't exhausted to learn of the good she has done during her public life.
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After just a few weeks, the biographical film about the band and its late frontman, Freddie Mercury, has made $130 million domestically since its November 2 release, according to Box Office Mojo.
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If Christmas movies aren't your vibe, more serious fare arrives in the form of V For Vendetta (2005) and 8 Mile (2002), the semi-biographical film starring Marshall Mathers and Britney Murphy.
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For Jennifer Lopez, her breakout role as Selena in the 1997 biographical film "Selena," which has become a cult classic for fans, was much more than a great step in her career.
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Awards: Sound Editing, Film Editing Ford v Ferrari is a classic crowd pleaser, a biographical film set in the 24s about a real-life story that seems made for the big screen.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads The new biographical film Tom of Finland has a lot of the trappings of the art of Touko Laaksonen, better known by his nom de pencil.
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Ferrari, a biographical film that tells the story of how Carroll Shelby (Damon) and Ken Miles (Bale) teamed up to best the Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France.
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Rotten Tomatoes score: 66%Synopsis: The somewhat biographical film follows the ambitious life and turbulent career of former US Vice President Dick Cheney (Bale) in the country's lead-up to the war in Iraq.
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Case in point, when beloved TV astrologer Walter Mercado agreed to appear in the biographical film Mucho Mucho Amor, he knew he was nearing death, and that this could make for a fitting epitaph.
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A biographical film, director Susanna White characterizes it as an "anti-western" — a recalibration of a genre that has historically sidelined and maligned women and indigenous people while glorifying violence often committed by white men.
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Mr. Hentoff was the subject of an award-winning 2013 biographical film, "The Pleasures of Being Out of Step," produced and directed by the journalist David L. Lewis, which played in theaters across the country.
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The same could be said about "The Founder," the biographical film about Ray A. Kroc (played by Michael Keaton), the onetime milkshake-machine salesman who helped transform McDonald's from a roadside stand in San Bernardino, Calif.
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When Shonda Rhimes sat down with Hillary Clinton – for five hours – in the making of the biographical film "Hillary" that was shown Thursday at the climax of the Democratic National Convention, it was at Clinton's kitchen table.
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Relation to Harry: Father Synopsis: This is not a biographical film, but instead a speculative movie based on a play about what might happen when Harry's father Prince Charles ascends the throne after Queen Elizabeth II's death.
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The first installment of the nonlinear biographical film, Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic, Movement I – The Visions is on view as part of the artist's recently opened solo show, Dreaming of Kin, at The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts.
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The biographical film recounts the experiences of Ron Stallworth (played by John David Washington), the first Black officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department, as he successfully infiltrated a local branch of the Ku Klux Klan by disguising his voice over the phone.
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"It was so big and expensive that we thought only traveling salespeople would use it," she said, referring to the cellphone, during an interview for "Hear Me Now," a biographical film about Dr. Wolf by Maia Weinstock that made its debut on YouTube this year.
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Directed by Marielle Heller, who last year released the biographical film "You Ever Forgive Me?" and written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the film also stars "The Americans'" Matthew Rhys as a version of Junod and stage actress Maryann Plunkett as Rogers' wife, Joanne.
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While many commentators thought that the Democratic convention did a good job starting to make this case, particularly the biographical film that highlighted her background, the conversation has come to a halt in recent weeks with Donald Trump once again moving front and stage with his controversial exploits.
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TV, referring to his 28503 Academy Award-winning biographical film "Milk," which tells the story of the first publicly gay man elected to public office in the U.S. "He [Harvey Milk] said you had to elect gay people because it sends a message of hope out there," he said.
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EST: First lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaMichelle Obama to present Lin-Manuel Miranda with the Portrait of a Nation Prize Michelle Obama thanks her high school for naming new athletic complex after her US ambassador to Germany calls out journalists who blocked him on Twitter MORE delivers remarks at the White House screening of the film "Hidden Figures," a biographical film that tells the stories of NASA pioneers.
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He made his Telugu debut with the biographical film Yatra.
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Nostradamus is a 1994 biographical film about Nostradamus, directed by Roger Christian.
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Malone is last seen working on a biographical film about President Kennedy.
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The Borgia () is a 2006 Spanish / Italian biographical film directed by Antonio Hernández.
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She was portrayed by Anna Gurji in Dušan Rapoš's biographical film Cinka Panna.
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Badding is a 2000 Finnish biographical film about Finnish rock singer Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki.
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Hagan was portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito in the 1992 American biographical film Malcolm X.
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Death Metal Angola is a 2012 Portuguese music biographical film directed by Jeremy Xido.
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It is a biographical film based on the life of Tamil poet Subramania Bharati.
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The Unforgettable Year 1919 () is a 1951 Soviet biographical film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli.
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The Conquest () is a 2011 French Biographical film on Nicolas Sarkozy directed by Xavier Durringer.
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Home Movie is a 2013 short documentary biographical film, written and directed by Caroline Pick.
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In the 2014 American biographical film Pawn Sacrifice, Carmine Nigro was played by Conrad Pla.
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Clifton is portrayed in the Kaufman biographical film Man on the Moon, credited as "Himself".
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Riel is a 1979 Canadian made-for-television biographical film about Métis leader Louis Riel.
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My Blind Date With Life () is a 2017 German biographical film directed by Marc Rothemund.
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Singer Yan Weiwen stars as Feng Menglong in the 2017 biographical film Feng Menglong's Legend ().
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In 2016, she played the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical film LBJ (2016).
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The Last Bohemian () is a 1931 Czech biographical film about Jaroslav Hašek directed by Svatopluk Innemann.
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In the biographical film Pollock (2000), Ed Harris starred as Pollock, and Jennifer Connelly portrayed Kligman.
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Santa Maria della Salute is a 2016 Serbian biographical film about the Serbian poet Laza Kostić.
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In 2014, Priyanka Chopra portrayed Mary Kom in an award winning biographical film about her life.
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The Eternal Feminine () is a 2017 Mexican biographical film based on Mexican poet and author Rosario Castellanos.
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Zuzu Angel is a 2006 Brazilian biographical film based on the life of fashion designer Zuzu Angel.
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Tenny Manalo is portrayed in the 2015 epic and biographical film Felix Manalo by actress Heart Evangelista.
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Maliyamungu was portrayed by Ka Vundla in the 1981 biographical film Rise and Fall of Idi Amin.
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In the biographical film Pelé: Birth of a Legend, Altafini is portrayed by Mexican actor Diego Boneta.
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El lobo () is a 2004 Spanish drama biographical film directed by Miguel Courtois and starring Eduardo Noriega.
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Gretchen was portrayed by Emanuelle Araújo in the 2017 biographical film Bingo: The King of the Mornings.
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An award-winning biographical film released in 1970, Patton, helped solidify his image as an American folk hero.
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His work includes the musical Cover Girl (1944) and the Cole Porter biographical film Night and Day (1946).
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The biographical film Gunananda Himi Migettuwatte stars Roger Seneviratne as Gunananda Thera. Filming was concluded in April 2018.
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Chiamatemi Francesco (Call Me Francis) is a 2015 Italian biographical film about Pope Francis directed by Daniele Luchetti.
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Film-maker Sunil Bohra is working on a biographical film about Arora, expected to be released in 2019.
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The production of a 2015 biographical film about Gray, The Price of Desire, supported part of the restoration.
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In the 2013 biographical film Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay, Eliza Lynch was portrayed by Maria Doyle Kennedy.
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The band composed the original music for the biographical film Miss Marx (2020) by Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli.
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The biographical film Pandit Ramnarayan – Sarangi Ke Sang was shown at the 2007 International Film Festival of India.
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In 2017, T-Series announced plans to produce a biographical film about Kumar titled Mogul – The Gulshan Kumar Story.
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Adriana Lecouvreur is a 1955 Italian biographical film about 18th-century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.
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In 1980, he starred in a biographical film of the 1950s actress Jayne Mansfield as Mansfield's husband, Mickey Hargitay.
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Narsinh Mehta () is a 1932 Gujarati biographical film directed by Nanubhai Vakil. It was the first Gujarati talkie film.
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The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche is a 2012 Canadian biographical film written and directed by Maya Gallus.
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The Great Warrior Skanderbeg (, ), a 1953 Albanian-Soviet biographical film, earned an International Prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Girl with Nine Wigs () is a 2013 German biographical film based on the autobiography by Sophie van der Stap.
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Cleve Jones, a friend of his, portrayed Amador in biographical film Milk (2008), while Jones is portrayed by Emile Hirsch.
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Omerta a biographical film on Saeed, directed by the Indian filmmaker Hansal Mehta was released in 2020 on Zee5 OTT.
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The John Muir National Historic Site offers a biographical film, tours of the house and nature walks on Mount Wanda.
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Valentino is a 1951 American biographical film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson and Patricia Medina.
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In the epic and biographical film Felix Manalo, Pilar is portrayed by Filipino actresses Snooky Serna and Carla Humphries respectively.
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D'Annunzio (internationally released as D'Annunzio and I and Love Sin) is a 1987 Italian biographical film directed by Sergio Nasca.
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Zátopek is an upcoming Czech biographical film about Emil Zátopek. It is directed by David Ondříček and stars Václav Neužil.
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Paula is a 2016 German biographical film directed by Christian Schwochow. The film depicts pioneering female painter Paula Modersohn-Becker.
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Oscar Wilde is a 1960 biographical film about Oscar Wilde, made by Vantage Films and released by 20th Century Fox.
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In 1977 the East German Television Service ("Deutscher Fernsehfunk" / DFF) produced a biographical film about Schneller. Horst Schulze took the part of Ernst Schneller. The part of his wife Hilde was played by a leading star of East German cinema, Renate Blume. Schneller featured again in the 1986 DFF biographical film about Ernst Thälmann.
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Premiere of The Life of Emile Zola at the Carthay Circle Theater (1937) The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 American biographical film about 19th-century French author Émile Zola, starring Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle, a German émigré. It is notable as the second biographical film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great success both critically and financially. Contemporary reviews ranked it as the best biographical film made up to that time.
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The song was included in the soundtrack of Chaplin's 1992 biographical film, as covered by its lead actor Robert Downey Jr.
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Martini's role in the 2005 papal conclave was portrayed by Achille Brugnini in the 2019 Netflix biographical film The Two Popes.
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Biographical film about the story of boxer Joe Louis and his rise from poverty to becoming heavyweight champion of the world.
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Ramanujacharya is a 1989 Tamil film written and directed by G. V. Iyer. The film is a biographical film on Ramanujacharya.
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A biographical film based on the life of Dhoni, titled M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, was released on 30 September 2016.
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Strong made his directorial debut with the biographical film on the life of author J. D. Salinger, Rebel in the Rye.
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Concert at the End of Summer () is 1980 Czechoslovak historical biographical film. The film consists pictures from life of Antonín Dvořák.
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Paul Verhoeven is working on a biographical film about Benedetta Carlini called Benedetta. She is set to be portrayed by Virginie Efira.
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Doktor Mladen is a 1975 Yugoslav biographical film directed by Midhat Mutapdžić, on life of Mladen Stojanović during the Second World War.
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"Evan Sues Over Hughes Pic." Variety. February 28, 2001. He wrote the screenplay for Mank, a biographical film about Herman J. Mankiewicz.
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A biographical film about Reddy titled I Am Woman was released in 2019, in which Reddy is played by Tilda Cobham-Hervey.
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Films about A. S. Popov: Alexander Popov (film) is a 1949 biographical film about the life and work of Alexander Stepanovich Popov.
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In the 2015 biographical film The Big Short, CDOs of mortgage-backed securities are described metaphorically as "dog shit wrapped in cat shit".
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Miguel Courtois (born 1960) is a French/Spanish film director and producer. He is known for directing the 2004 biographical film, The Wolf.
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In 2000, Tracy Hutson played Chambers in the cable television biographical film Rated X, about the Mitchell brothers' film and strip-club career.
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Evel Knievel is a 1971 American biographical film starring George Hamilton as motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel. The film is in the public domain.
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Gilberte de Courgenay is a 1942 Swiss biographical film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Rudolf Bernhard, Anne-Marie Blanc and Zarli Carigiet.
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Sarojini Naidu's biographical film is currently in works, which is directed by Akash Nayak and Dhiraj Mishra. The Dipika Chikhlia Will play Sarojini.
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Rossini! Rossini! is a 1991 Italian biographical film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It depicts real life events of composer Gioachino Rossini.
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Chelsea Cullen is an Australian pop singer. Cullen provided the singing voice of Helen Reddy in the 2019 biographical film, I Am Woman.
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Kompozitor Glinka (; English literal translation, Composer Glinka; American release title Man of Music) is a 1952 Soviet biographical film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov.
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George Reddy is a 2019 Telugu-language biographical film directed by Jeevan Reddy and starring Sandeep Madhav, debutante Muskaan Khubchandani, and Abhay Bethiganti.
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In 2017, Borg vs McEnroe, a biographical film focusing on the rivalry between Borg and McEnroe and the 1980 Wimbledon final, was released.
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The second segment is a 10-minute biographical film about Jackson, covering the early years from The Jackson 5 until the Bad World Tour.
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The Colegio, which was attended by Jorge Mario Bergoglio (the future Pope Francis), is portrayed in the 2019 Netflix biographical film The Two Popes.
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In 2018, she starred in the Netflix-produced biographical film Come Sunday, opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor, who played a Pentecostal minister whose thoughts have changed.
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He also produced Fighting For the Fatherland, The Black Doll (1938), White Sails (1939), and Monsieur Fabre (1951), a biographical film about Jean-Henri Fabre.
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The Flying Dutchman or De Vliegende Hollander is a 1957 Dutch biographical film directed by Gerard Rutten about the life of famed aviator Anthony Fokker.
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Spinning Gold is an upcoming biographical film written and directed by Timothy Scott Bogart. It is based on the life of his father, Neil Bogart.
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The Rugged Priest is a 2011 Kenyan biographical film directed by Bob Nyanja. It is based on the life and death of John Anthony Kaiser.
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Daniel () is a 2019 Danish biographical film based on a book by . It recalls the experiences of who was held hostage by ISIS for 13 months.
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A Lesson in History (, ) is a 1957 joint Soviet–Bulgarian biographical film directed by Lev Arnshtam and Hristo Piskov about Georgi Dimitrov and the Leipzig Trial.
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Australian actress Kate Doherty portrayed Lisner in the 2007 biographical film about Graham Kennedy, The King. Lisner moved back to Australia before she died in 2011.
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In the 2013 biographical film Dallas Buyers Club,Dallas Buyers Club. Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée. Perf. Matthew McConaughey. Truth Entertainment, Voltage Pictures; Focus Features (US), 2013.
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His last production for TV were the twelve episodes of the series Him & Her in 2011. In 2013 he realised a biographical film entitled Effie Gray.
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Between years 1911 and 1912, she died of infectious tuberculosis. Tomasa is portrayed on the 2015 epic-biographical film Felix Manalo by the Filipina actress Arci Muñoz.
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Camille Claudel 1915 is a 2013 French biographical film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Jayhawkers is an American sports drama/biographical film directed by Kevin Willmott, following the life of Wilt Chamberlain, Phog Allen, and the 1956 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team.
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Karel Havlíček Borovský is a 1925 Czechoslovak biographical film drama directed by Karel Lamač. It is about Karel Havlíček Borovský and is set during the 1848 revolutions.
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King of the Sands is a 2013 historical and biographical film, directed by Najdat Anzour, with the main characters starring Fabio Testi, Bill Fellows in the title roles.
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A biographical film about Alcala's life titled Dating Game Killer was directed by Peter Medak and broadcast on the American television network Investigation Discovery produced December 3, 2017.
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Chamusso rose to world prominence in October 2006, when Catch a Fire, a biographical film depicting his struggle against the system of Apartheid in South Africa, was released.
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The Brawler is a 2019 American biographical film directed by Ken Kushner and starring Zach McGowan as Chuck Wepner. The film also stars Amy Smart and Taryn Manning.
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Excerpt about Siouxsie and the Banshees' version of The Passenger from 08:38 The song was featured at the end of Tonya Harding's biographical film I, Tonya (2017).
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Variações is a 2019 Portuguese biographical film about Portuguese singer and songwriter António Variações. It was the most successful film in 2019 at the box office in Portugal.
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The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake () is a 2011 Chinese/Hong Kong biographical film about Chinese feminist revolutionary Qiu Jin, directed by Herman Yau and starring Huang Yi.
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This was followed by a supporting role in the financially successful biographical film, Woman in Gold, before he returned to the thriller genre with Self/Less, also in 2015.
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Playoff () is a 2011 biographical film, written and directed by Israeli director, Eran Riklis. The film is inspired by the life of Ralph Klein, Israel's most famous basketball coach.
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She will then star in a biographical film Saina, based on the life of Saina Nehwal and in a Hindi remake of British film The Girl on the Train.
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Sagan's life was dramatized in a biographical film, Sagan, directed by Diane Kurys, released in France on 11 June 2008. The French actress Sylvie Testud played the title role.
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Louis Wain is an upcoming biographical film directed by Will Sharpe and written by Sharpe and Simon Stephenson. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough and Toby Jones.
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That same year, Turner had an uncredited role as an Opry announcer in the Loretta Lynn biographical film Coal Miner's Daughter.Coal Miner's Daughter IMDB profile - accessed September 18, 2020.
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"Whitey on the Moon" was prominently featured in the 2018 biographical film about Neil Armstrong, First Man. It was also featured in the second episode of HBO’s Lovecraft Country.
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Hsue-shen Tsien () is a 2012 Chinese biographical film directed by Zhang Jianya, and starring Chen Kun, Zhang Yuqi, and Zhang Tielin. It was released on March 2, 2012.
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The Last Family () is a 2016 Polish biographical film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński. The film won the Golden Lions for best film at the 2016 Gdynia Film Festival.
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Devon Terrell is an American-Australian actor best known for playing a young Barack Obama in the 2016 biographical film Barry, and playing Arthur in the Netflix original series Cursed.
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Alexander Popov () is a 1949 biographical film about the life and work of Alexander Stepanovich Popov, who was the notable physicist and electrical engineer, and early developer of radio communication.
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Hilde is a 2009 German biographical film directed by Kai Wessel and starring Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens and Monica Bleibtreu.BFI.org It depicts the life of the German actress Hildegard Knef.
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Our Land of Peace (Spanish:Nuestra tierra de paz) is a 1939 Argentine-Spanish biographical film directed by Arturo S. Mom. The film premiered in Buenos Aires and starred Warly Ceriani.
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He's known for his dedication to the music of Mikalojus K. Čiurlionis, who was his great-grandfather. In the biographical film Letters to Sofija he played the role of Čiurlionis.
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The biographical film of Wijeweera's late life titled Ginnen Upan Seethala was made in 2019. The film was directed by Anurudha Jayasinghe and popular actor Kamal Addararachchi played Wijeweera's role.
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Harris has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6307 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. In 1992, she was portrayed by Milla Jovovich in the biographical film Chaplin.
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Schwartzwalder is portrayed by actor Dennis Quaid in the 2008 Universal Pictures film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, a biographical film about Syracuse University Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis.
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Los Amores de Kafka (English language:The Loves of Kafta) is a 1988 Argentine romantic biographical film directed by Beda Docampo Feijóo and written by Juan Bautista Stagnaro. Starring Cecilia Roth.
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In 2017, she made her feature film debut with a leading role in Etienne Comar's biographical film, Django (2017) as the gypsy wife of the title character, guitarist Django Reinhardt.
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We Fight to Be Free is a 2006 short biographical film about George Washington directed by Kees Van Oostrum and starring Sebastian Roché, Caroline Goodall, Stephen Lang and Peter Woodward.
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Filmmaker Prakash Jha announced a biographical film on Singh's life in 2018. Singh's brother Ayodhya Prasad Singh, citing pending legal guardianship issues, said that no film rights had been granted.
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Fort Apache Napoli () is a 2009 Italian biographical film directed by Marco Risi about the fight against the Camorra and subsequent assassination of journalist Giancarlo Siani, played by Libero De Rienzo.
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He also wrote a number of film scores. Kaye is the subject of Cox's biographical film The Remarkable Mr Kaye (2005), a tribute to their long standing friendship and working relationship.
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Artemisia is a 1997 French-German-Italian biographical film about Artemisia Gentileschi, the female Italian Baroque painter. The film was directed by Agnès Merlet, and stars Valentina Cervi and Michel Serrault.
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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard is a 2008 biographical film directed by Fred Baker and starring Warly Ceriani.Variety The film premiered at the San Diego Black Film Festival and starred Assata Shakur.
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Ali, the Fighter is a 1975 American biographical film directed by Rick Baxter and William Greaves.The film starring Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and Burt Lancaster in the lead roles.
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Springsteen & I is a 2013 documentary-biographical film directed by Baillie Walsh documenting the life and career of Bruce Springsteen through the eyes and insights of his fans throughout the world.
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The Fly Room is a 2014 American independent biographical film written and directed by Alexis Gambis. The film recounts the life of Calvin Bridges from the perspective of his daughter, Betsey.
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Robertson was portrayed by actress Toni Collette in the 2012 biographical film Hitchcock.Kristy Puchko, "Toni Collette on Hitchcock and the Shocking Moment with Anthony Hopkins on Set" Cinema Blend, 19 November 2012.
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George Arliss in Voltaire (1933) Voltaire is a 1933 American pre-Code biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss as the renowned 18th-century French writer and philosopher.
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Polanski Unauthorized is a theatrically released biographical film about the life of film director Roman Polanski. It opened in Los Angeles in February 2009 and was released on DVD in July 2009.
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Her life was documented in the 2011 book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, by writer and journalist Hussain Zaidi. In 2020, actress Alia Bhatt is starring in a biographical film titled, Gangubai Kathiawadi.
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She portrayed actress Vera Miles in the biographical film Hitchcock, based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. She also appeared in Playing for Keeps with Gerard Butler.
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Actress Alison Pill portrayed Mary Cheney in the 2018 film Vice, a biographical film about Dick Cheney in which Mary's sexuality is given as her father's reason for not running for president.
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Desert Flower is a 2009 German biographical film directed by Sherry Hormann. It stars Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins and Craig Parkinson, and is based on the Somali-born model Waris Dirie's autobiography.
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Meanwhile, it launched a new business focused on his estate. Shooter Jennings arranged deals for a clothing line, launched a renewed website, and started talks with different producers on a biographical film.
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Bill W. is a 2012 American biographical film directed by Dan Carracino and Kevin Hanlon, about William Griffith Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the first feature length documentary on Wilson.
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On September 16, 2015, the American biographical film Pawn Sacrifice was released, starring Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer, Liev Schreiber as Boris Spassky, Lily Rabe as Joan Fischer, and Peter Sarsgaard as Lombardy.
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Thukkaram is a 1938 Indian Tamil-language biographical film directed by B. N. Rao and produced by Central Studios in Coimbatore. The film featured Carnatic vocalist Musiri Subramania Iyer as the eponymous saint.
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A biographical film, titled Kalo Hiran and directed by Cherian Joseph, was released in 1998. The title translates as black buck and is a reference to Vijayan's popular nickname during his playing days.
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Floyd Little is portrayed by the late actor Chadwick Boseman in the 2008 Universal Pictures film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, a biographical film about Syracuse University Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis.
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Annie Oakley is a 1935 American biographical film directed by George Stevens and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, and Moroni Olsen. The film is based on the life of Annie Oakley.
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Like the Wind () is a 2013 Italian biographical film directed by Marco Simon Puccioni. The film narrates the story of Armida Miserere, the first woman to direct a high security jail in Italy.
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Rodriguez was the executive producer of the biographical film jOBS, directed by Joshua Michael Stern and based on the life of Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. The movie was released in theaters in 2013.
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The biographical film of Rohana Wijeweera's late life titled Ginnen Upan Seethala screened in 2019 on the silver screen. The film was directed by Anurudha Jayasinghe and popular actor Sujeewa Priyalal played Amarasinghe's role.
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Sawada's best-known roles include playing in Paul Schrader's biographical film movie about Yukio Mishima, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and playing in Takashi Miike's horror-comedy musical The Happiness of the Katakuris.
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Silver played a small part as Thelma, a speechwriter, in the 2008 Academy-Award-winning film Milk, a biographical film of her late friend and coworker. She herself was portrayed by actress Wendy King.
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The Great Moment is a 1944 biographical film written and directed by Preston Sturges. It tells the story of Dr. William Thomas Green Morton, leading up to the dramatic demonstration in the Ether Dome.
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The biographical film of Rohana Wijeweera's late life titled Ginnen Upan Seethala is ready to screen in silver screen. The film was directed by Anurudha Jayasinghe and popular actor Jagath Manuwarna played Gamanayake's role.
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Love Affair is an unreleased Indian Bollywood biographical film directed by Soni Razdan under the T-Series and Fish Eye Network Pvt Ltd banners. The principal photography of the film commenced in January 2016.
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Reis (Turkish: ) is a 2017 Turkish biographical film about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the incumbent President of Turkey. It was released shortly before the constitutional referendum which aimed for a transition to an executive presidency.
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Alfonsina (English language:Alexandra) is a 1957 Argentine biographical film directed by Kurt Land and written by José María Fernández Unsáin. The film stars Amelia Bence as the poet Alfonsina Storni and actor Guillermo Murray.
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Angus Buchan's Ordinary People was a 2012 semi- biographical film about the growth of his ministry since the 1970s and how three fictional characters who attend one of his conferences then have their lives changed.
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Maradona - La mano de Dios, internationally released as Maradona, the Hand of God, is a 2007 Italian-Argentine biographical film directed by Marco Risi. It is based on real life events of footballer Diego Maradona.
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George Who? (French: George qui?) is a 1973 French biographical film directed by Michèle Rosier and starring Anne Wiazemsky, Alain Libolt and Denis Gunsbourg. The film depicts the life of the French author George Sand.
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Abraham Quintanilla Jr. (born February 20, 1939)Patoski page 2 is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the father of singer Selena, and executively produced the 1997 biographical film about her life.
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Those last three films are lost.Bordón, p. 32 The first full biographical film of San Martín was "Nuestra Tierra de Paz" (), from 1939. It was written by Arturo Mom and the main actor was Pedro Tocci.
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Mallesham is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language biographical film directed by Raj R and starring Priyadarshi as Chintakindi Mallesham with newcomer Ananya and Jhansi in prominent roles. The film garnered positive reviews from critics upon release.
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Victor "Young" Perez is a 2013 French biographical film depicting the life of the boxer and Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner Victor Perez. The film was directed by Jacques Ouaniche, written by Jacques Ouaniche and Yoni Darmon.
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Times of India. Retrieved 18 May 2014. In her only non-Malayalam release of the year, the Tamil-English biographical film Ramanujan based on the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, she played the role of Janakiammal, Ramanujan's wife.
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Climax is 2013 Indian Malayalam biographical film directed by Anil Kumar and featuring Sana Khan in the lead role. Climax depicts the life of erotic actress Silk Smitha."Climax Cast and Crew". Nowrunning. 19 April 2013.
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Max Schmeling is a 2010 German biographical film directed by Uwe Boll. The film tells the story of German boxing icon Max Schmeling. It was released abroad under the title Max Schmeling: Fist of the Reich.
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In the 1969 American film Che!, Castro was played by Paul Bertoya. In the 2002 film Fidel, he was played by Maurice Comte. In the 2008 American biographical film Che, he was played by Rodrigo Santoro.
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She battled the illness for a further 14 years until her death at the age of 42. She was the subject of the 1998 biographical film, Hilary and Jackie, which attracted criticism for perceived inaccuracy and sensationalism.
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Jan Palach is a Czech biographical film directed by Robert Sedláček. The film follows Jan Palach during 1968 and 1969 and shows final 6 months of his life. The film premiered at Uherské Hradiště Summer Film School.
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Condon did not start work on the Dreamgirls script until after making the Alfred Kinsey biographical film Kinsey (2004). After sending Geffen the first draft of his screenplay in January 2005, Condon's adaptation of Dreamgirls was greenlit.
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Pancho Barnes is a 1988 American made-for-television biographical film starring Valerie Bertinelli, Ted Wass, James Stephens and Cynthia Harris. The film was directed by Richard T. Heffron and premiered on CBS on October 25, 1988.
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He will make his film debut in playing the title role in Toofan Singh, a semi-biographical film about the 1980s Punjabi activist Shaheed Bhai Jugraj Singh Toofan.Amarjot Kaur (25 August 2015) "He's not history". The Tribune.
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Audio commentary on the DVD release of State of Play. BBC Worldwide. BBCDVD 1493. The pre-1941 Chamber was recreated in Shepperton Studios for the Ridley Scott/Richard Loncraine 2002 biographical film on Churchill, The Gathering Storm.
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Winston Churchill, My Early Life, chapter 2. A biographical film about Churchill, Into the Storm (2009), begins with the much older Churchill reciting from "Horatius": "And how can a man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods." Later in the film, the same verses feature prominently in a nostalgic and morose address Churchill delivers to his war cabinet. Churchill also recites from "Horatius" in a scene from the biographical film Darkest Hour, and these lines occur in numerous works of fiction.
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Reuter died in 1899 at Villa Reuter in Nice, France. He was buried in West Norwood Cemetery in south London. Reuter was portrayed by Edward G. Robinson in the Warner Bros. biographical film A Dispatch from Reuters (1941).
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Over the Waves (Spanish: Sobre las olas) is a 1950 Mexican musical biographical film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Pedro Infante, Beatriz Aguirre and Andrés Soler.Heredia, p. 140 It portrays the life of the composer Juventino Rosas.
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Eleftherios Venizelos 1910-1927 () is a 1980 Greek biographical film of one of the most famous leaders of the Greek political scene of the 20th century Eleftherios Venizelos. The movie stars Dimitris Myrat, Manos Katrakis and Anna Kalouta.
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The same year, she also starred opposite Sanjay Dutt in the adventure film Safari, a critical failure. She worked free of charge in the Punjabi-language biographical film Shaheed Udham Singh, based on the life of Udham Singh.
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The 1996 biographical film of the pornography mogul Larry Flynt brought Forman another directing Oscar nomination. The film starred Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton. Though critically acclaimed, it grossed only $20 million at the box office.
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Mesmer is a 1994 Austrian-Canadian-British-German biographical film directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a script by Dennis Potter. It stars Alan Rickman as Franz Anton Mesmer and depicts his radical new ways as a pioneering physician.
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See Arnold Run is a 2005 American biographical film starring Jürgen Prochnow and Roland Kickinger, both playing Arnold Schwarzenegger at different ages. The film covers Arnold's early years in bodybuilding and his successful run for Governor of California.
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Winchell is a 1998 American HBO made-for-television biographical film directed by Paul Mazursky which dramatizes the life of columnist Walter Winchell. It is based on the book Walter Winchell: His Life and Times by Herman Klurfeld.
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After the Ball is a 1957 British biographical film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Pat Kirkwood, Laurence Harvey and Jerry Stovin. It portrays the life of the stage performer Vesta Tilley. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.
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A Dispatch from Reuters is a 1940 biographical film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name.Variety film review; September 25, 1940, page 15.Harrison's Reports review; November 2, 1940, page 174.
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Wilde is a 1997 British biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Stephen Fry in the title role. The screenplay by Julian Mitchell is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 biography of Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann.
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The Battle of the Tenaru is a key part of the 1945 biographical film on Al Schmid, Pride of the Marines. The brunt of the Japanese assault was borne by Marines Cpl. Lee Diamond, PFC. John Rivers and Pvt.
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In the 2014 UK Dylan Thomas television drama A Poet in New York Brinnin is portrayed by Ewen Bremner. Also in 2014, in the Thomas semi-biographical film Set Fire to the Stars, Brinnin is portrayed by Elijah Wood.
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Quem Matou Pixote? (English: Who Killed Pixote?) is a 1996 Brazilian drama biographical film directed by José Joffily. Based on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981).
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The same year, a Lifetime biographical film, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel was released, produced by Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, and Missy Elliott, and became the highest rated original movie release by Lifetime in four years.
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John Graf. Chicago's Parks, Arcadia Publishing, 2000, p. 14, . In the year 1918 was new Rifle Regiment of the 3rd division of Czechoslovak legions in Russia named "regiment of Karel Havlíček Borovský" In 1925 a biographical film was released.
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Gaud made his Bollywood debut in the 2001 biographical film Veer Savarkar.Veer Savarkar : Complete Cast and Crew details. He played police inspector role in college drama in Kya Kehna film. Bollywood Hungama (30 November 2001). Retrieved on 25 October 2011.
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Coming Out of the Ice is a 1982 American made-for-television biographical film of Victor Herman.THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN IN SIBERIA Boston Globe 23 May 1982: 1. It is based upon Herman's 1979 autobiography of the same name.
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Me was released by Macmillan Publishers on 15 October 2019. Excerpts read by Taron Egerton (who portrayed John in the biographical film Rocketman) aired on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in the first week of its release.
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Modigliani is a 2004 drama biographical film written and directed by Mick Davis and starring Andy García, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Hippolyte Girardot, Eva Herzigova and Udo Kier. It is based on the life of the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.
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A biographical film about the band inspired by Currie's memoir was released in 2010. Jett was one of the executive producers for the film. Actresses Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning starred as Jett and Currie, respectively. Michael Shannon played Fowley.
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Killer Films set Richard Glatzer and Wash West to write and direct the upcoming true-story-based biographical film about legendary actor Errol Flynn. By April 9, 2014, Samuel Goldwyn Films had acquired the US distribution rights to the film.
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Retrieved on 22 February 2010. Lowney played a role developing Eddie The Eagle, a biographical film about Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, and was reportedly set to direct. Tilly, Chris (8 August 2007). "Knowing me Steve Coogan, playing you Eddie the Eagle ".
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It has offices, a National Park giftshop, an audio- animatronic exhibit of William's son Charles Phelps Taft II fishing and telling stories about his father and other members of the Taft family, and a short biographical film on William Howard Taft.
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In late 1983, the Riders made their Hollywood debut when the trio landed parts in Sweet Dreams, a biographical film about the life of Patsy Cline. The Riders played The Jordanaires, although in the film they are never mentioned by name.
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"Offenbach, Corbeau in new incarnation: Quebec rock act reunites". Montreal Gazette, November 7, 1996. In 1998, the live album Gerry Boulet...en rappel was released. Gerry, a biographical film about his life, was launched in theatres on June 15, 2011.
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Gertrudis is a 1992 Mexican biographical film about the life and execution of Gertrudis Bocanegra, a noted female insurgent of the Mexican War of Independence. It stars Ofelia Medina in the title role and was directed by her brother, Ernesto Medina.
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They had a son, Takeshi, who was born on January 10, 1967. In 1980, Barshai married harpsichordist and organist Elena Raskova. They lived in Switzerland near Basel. A biographical film about Barshai, The Note, was made in 2010 by Oleg Dorman.
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250px Franz Ritter von Jauner (14 November 1831, in Vienna - 23 February 1900, in Vienna) was an Austrian theatre director and opera intendant. He was the subject of a 1940 biographical film Operetta in which he was played by Willi Forst.
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Kalapi is a 1966 Indian Gujarati biographical film directed by Manhar Raskapur, starring Sanjeev Kumar, Padmarani, Aruna Irani, Nutan, Pranlal Kharsani. The film was produced by Pragya Pictures, and the story was written by Prabodh Joshi. Shankar Bakel was a cinematographer.
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In the feature film Milk, a biographical film based on the life of Harvey Milk directed by Gus Van Sant, Daniel Nicoletta is played by Lucas Grabeel. Nicoletta himself plays Carl Carlson and served as the still photographer on the film.
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"I'm Not There" was released on the soundtrack album accompanying the biographical film about Dylan, directed by Todd Haynes, named after the song. "Minstrel Boy" was released in 2013 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971).
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Her 2008 biographical film Soul Masters: Dr. Guo and Dr. Sha follows the work of two Chinese healers, one of whom had previously treated Zeig's father. Zeig is the founder of New York City film distribution company Artistic License Films.
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Whom the Gods Love, also known as Mozart, is a 1936 British biographical film directed by Basil Dean and starring Stephen Haggard, Victoria Hopper and John Loder. The film portrays the life of the Eighteenth Century Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Follow the Sun is a 1951 biographical film of the life of golf legend Ben Hogan. It stars Glenn Ford as Hogan and Anne Baxter as his wife. Many golfers and sports figures of the day appear in the movie.
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The Raven is a stylized silent 1915 American biographical film of Edgar Allan Poe starring Henry B. Walthall as Poe. The film was written and directed by Charles Brabin from a 1904 play and 1909 novel by George C. Hazelton.
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Singh was glorified as a martyr, and poets sang in praise of his bravery. In 2017, a biographical film based on the life of Singh was internationally released, titled Toofan Singh. The Indian Central Board of Film Certification banned the movie.
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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, also known as Amin: The Rise and Fall, is a 1981 biographical film directed by Sharad Patel and starring Joseph Olita as Idi Amin. Olita also played Amin in the 1991 film Mississippi Masala.
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Nico, 1988 is a 2017 English-language Italian-Belgian biographical film based on pop singer Nico: it was directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli and shot in English language. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Festival on 31 August 2017.
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Augustus the Strong () is a 1936 German-Polish biographical film directed by Paul Wegener and starring Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover, and Marieluise Claudius. The film depicts the life of Augustus the Strong, the Eighteenth Century ruler of Saxony and Poland.
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In 2018, he starred as National Lampoon magazine co-founder and writer Douglas Kenney in the Netflix biographical film A Futile and Stupid Gesture. The film was directed by David Wain and also features Domhnall Gleeson as co-founder Henry Beard.
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Jolson Sings Again is a 1949 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Levin, and the sequel to The Jolson Story (1946), both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. The film received three Oscar nominations at the 22nd Academy Awards.
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Stillman's Gym was featured in several motion pictures, including the Rocky Graziano biographical film Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and It's Always Fair Weather (1955), which has a musical number set in the gym, "Baby You Knock Me Out," featuring Cyd Charisse.
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Baba Sathya Sai is an upcoming Indian biographical film based on the life of Indian spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba. Directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and starring Sreejith Vijay as Baba Sathya Sai and Anushka Shetty, Jaya Prada, Sarath Babu, Sukumari playing pivotal roles.
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A caricature presenting Rhodes's life goal "From Cape to Cairo" Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.
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Matti Pulli (8 September 1933 – 24 September 2016) was a Finnish Olympic ski jumping coach. He coached the 1984 and 1988 gold medalist Matti Nykänen. In the biographical film Matti: Hell Is for Heroes, the character of Maisteri was based loosely on Pulli.
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One of his collections of poems, Songs of the Musconetcong, was honored by a resolution of the New Jersey State Senate in 1968 and a biographical film of the same name was made and broadcast by New Jersey Public Television in 1979.
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One of original theatrical posters My Native Land (), also called China, My Native Land, is a Mandarin-language film, released in 1980 by Ta Chung Motion Picture Corporation () in Taiwan. It is a biographical film about the Hakka writer Chung Li-ho.
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Blonde is a 2001 American made-for-television biographical film on the life of Marilyn Monroe, with Australian actress Poppy Montgomery in the lead role. The film was adapted from Joyce Carol Oates's 2000 Pulitzer Prize finalist novel of the same name.
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2016 Indian biographical film Dangal is based on Singh's life and his children's journey towards success. Aamir Khan plays the role of Mahavir Singh Phogat while Fatima Sana Shaikh plays the role of Geeta Phogat and Sanya Malhotra plays the role of Babita.
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Deadman's Curve is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film based on the musical careers of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence. The film was developed from a 1974 article published in Rolling Stone by Paul Morantz, who also helped write the screenplay.
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Imam Din Gohavia (Punjabi: ) is a 1967 Pakistani, biographical film in the Punjabi language about the British Raj, directed by M. Saleem and produced by Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam. It stars Akmal Khan, Yousuf Khan and Talish, A biographical, daku, anti-British Raj film.
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In the MGM biographical film about Etting, Love Me or Leave Me (1955), the song is performed by Doris Day. The Day recording was also released by Columbia. Michelle Pfeiffer also performs the song in the film The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).
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The film was originally titled Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, but upon orders from the Madras High Court, it was retitled Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna. A disclaimer was added, explaining that the film was not a biographical film about the actress P. Bhanumathi (also known as Bhanumathi Ramakrishna).
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In the 2006 Australian feature film Macbeth, Molloy played Brown; it was the second time he has appeared in a production of Macbeth. He also had a role in the 2019 biographical film based on Michelle Payne's life, Ride Like a Girl.
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Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 1994. Years of Hunger takes place between 1953 and 1956, the formative years of the West German WirtschaftswunderLinville, Susan E.: Feminism, Film, Fascism. Women's auto/biographical Film in Postwar Germany. Austin: University of Texas Press. 1998.
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Alexander Knox and Ruth Nelson Wilson is a 1944 American biographical film about the 28th American President Woodrow Wilson directed by Henry King and starring Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. It was filmed on Technicolor.
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Nixon made his acting debut as drummer James Van Eaton in the 1989 Jerry Lee Lewis biographical film Great Balls of Fire!.Mendoza, Bart. Mojo Nixon Not So Quiet on the Set San Diego Reader. 2009-01-28. Retrieved on 2010-09-05.
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When they both retired from the Budapest Operetta Theatre in 1992, they founded their own operetta ensemble, Operettszínházból. Amongst Zsadon's film and television appearances is Az Élet muzsikája (The Music of Life), a 1984 biographical film about the Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán.
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Geoff Callan and Grant Korgan co-directed the 2018 film, The Push, a sports documentary being a biographical film following the comeback of Grant Korgan to be the first athlete with a spinal cord injury "to push" himself to the South Pole.
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They made a biographical film Concert at the End of Summer. It was followed by other significant films Snake's Venom, Shades of Fern and Magician. These were his last films before he retired. After Velvet Revolution, Vláčil received a number of awards.
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Arnold, London 1956 bringing her life to national attention. Her parents became characters in the 2006 biographical film Amazing Grace. The title refers to the famous poem and song written by the reformed slave trader and founder of Clapham Saints, John Newton.
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Martin and Lewis is a 2002 American made-for-television biographical film written and directed by John Gray, exploring the lives of the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. The film stars Jeremy Northam as Dean Martin and Sean Hayes as Jerry Lewis.
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In the biographical film Sanju, directed by Rajkumar Hirani, which has been released on 29 June 2018, based on the life of Sanjay Dutt, her part has been portrayed by the actress Dia Mirza, while Ranbir Kapoor has portrayed the title role.
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116 The actor, jittery on opening nights, is depicted both on and off stage in the biographical film, Topsy Turvy. Hesketh Pearson wrote in 1935 that Grossmith injected himself with drugs to calm his nerves.Pearson, Hesketh. Gilbert and Sullivan: A Biography (1935), p.
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A biographical film of Ehrlich Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet was made in 1940 by Warner Bros. It was directed by William Dieterle and starring Edward G. Robinson. The US Public Health Service adopted the abridged film as Magic Bullets for educational campaigns.
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Several members of the team included Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva, and Jay Adams. The team was the subject of a 2001 documentary film, Dogtown and Z-Boys, and a 2005 biographical film, Lords of Dogtown; both feature the Zephyr Productions Surf Shop.
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Lea and Darija () is a 2012 Croatian biographical film directed by Branko Ivanda. The film is based on the life of Lea Deutsch, a Jewish girl who was a dancing and acting star in Zagreb on the eve of World War II.
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Zeiten ändern dich (English: Times change you) is a German biographical film directed by Uli Edel and starring the German rapper Bushido, Elyas M'Barek and Moritz Bleibtreu. The film is based on Bushido's 2008 autobiography. The film premiered in Berlin on 3 February 2010.
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Jinnah is a 1998 PakistaniBritish epic biographical film which follows the life of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It was directed by Jamil Dehlavi, and written by Akbar S. Ahmed and Jamil Dehlavi. It stars Christopher Lee in the lead role as Jinnah.
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Sattar Khan is a 1972 Iranian biographical film directed by Ali Hatami and is about Iranian national hero, Sattar Khan and his primary role in the events of Persian Constitutional Revolution. Ali Nasirian, Ezzatollah Entezami, Parviz Sayyad, Enayat Bakhshi, Jahangir Forouhar are among the actors.
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La Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.
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Ranga Daku (Punjabi: ) is 1978 Pakistani Punjabi language Biographical film. Directed by Arshad Mirza and produced by Ashiq Hussain. Film starring actor Sultan Rahi, Aasia, Afzaal Ahmed, Ilyas Kashmiri,and Adeeb, (Guest actors) are Afzal Khan, Nasrullah Butt, Sawan.and (child actors) Aziz and Asif.
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Monkey on My Back is a 1957 biographical film directed by Andre DeToth, starring Cameron Mitchell as Barney Ross, a real-life world champion boxer and World War II hero. The movie is heavily fictionalized, but deals with Ross's real-life addiction to opiates.
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"Kickstart My Heart" is a song by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood. The track has been used in various media, and was also included on the soundtrack album to the 2019 biographical film The Dirt.
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A Journey of Samyak Buddha (Hindi: अ जर्नी ऑफ सम्यक बुद्ध) is a 2013 Indian film about the journey of Gautam Buddha’s miraculous birth, marriage, and his path towards enlightenment. The biographical film is based on Babasaheb Ambedkar's book The Buddha and His Dhamma.
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Vemulawada Bheemakavi is a 1976 Telugu-language biographical film, produced by N. T. Rama Rao under his Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner and directed by D. Yoganand. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Nandamuri Balakrishna in the lead roles and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.
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Gable and Lombard is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Sidney J. Furie. The screenplay by Barry Sandler is based on the romance and consequent marriage of screen stars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. The original music score was composed by Michel Legrand.
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2 Julie Andrews portrayed Lawrence in the musical biographical film Star!, released to cinemas in 1968. It was loosely based on the period of her life from her days as an unknown aspiring performer until her wedding to Richard Aldrich. Richard Crenna appeared as Aldrich.
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The 2018 Indian biographical film Captain is based on Sathyan's life. Jayasurya portrayed Sathyan in the film, while Anu Sithara played his wife, Anitha. In 2019, Jayasurya won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Captain and Njan Marykutty along with Soubin Shahir.
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The Life of Agustín Lara (Spanish: La vida de Agustín Lara) is a 1959 Mexican musical film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Germán Robles, Lorena Velázquez and Ofelia Montesco.Mora p.261 It is a biographical film about the life of the musician Agustín Lara.
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Joshua Michael Stern is an American film director and screenwriter. He has directed three feature films: Neverwas (2005), Swing Vote (2008) and the 2013 biographical film Jobs, based on the life of Steve Jobs.. He also created the political comedy television series Graves (2016–2017).
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The Betty Ford Story is a 1987 television film directed by David Greene and written by Karen Hall. This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and Betty Ford. The film originally aired on ABC.
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Rizal sa Dapitan () is a 1997 Philippine biographical film directed by Tikoy Aguiluz about the four-year exile of Filipino propagandist and patriot José Rizal in Dapitan, starring Albert Martinez as Rizal and Amanda Page as Josephine Bracken. The screenplay was written by Pete Lacaba.
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2014 film Parampara has garnered the Platinum Award for Best Feature at the International Indonesian Movie Awards. 2018 biographical film Mahanati based on the life of veteran actress Savitri has garnered the "Equality in Cinema Award" at the 2018 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.
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Mural promoting the release of Bohemian Rhapsody on the side of Mercury's former art college in West London in October 2018 The 2018 biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody was, at its release, the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time. Mercury was portrayed by Rami Malek, who received the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, for his performance. While the film received mixed reviews and contained historical inaccuracies, it won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Mercury appeared as a supporting character in the BBC television drama Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story, first broadcast in October 2012.
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Parson denies this, stating the work's commission and revisions were according to the needs of the church curriculum department. In April 2011, the biographical film "Del Parson: Portraits of Love" premiered on BYUtv. Parson lives in Cedar City, Utah with his wife, Lynette, and has six children.
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is a 2005 American biographical film written and directed by Jane Anderson. It is based on the book by Terry Ryan, and stars Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, and Laura Dern. The film received a limited release on October 14, 2005.
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In 2017, English singer and actress Cynthia Erivo was cast to portray abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman in the biographical film eponymously titled Harriet. Following the completion of filming, Erivo collaborated with composer Joshuah Brian Campbell to write the song for the end credits of the film.
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Worth is a 2020 biographical film directed by Sara Colangelo, from a screenplay by Max Borenstein. It stars Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci, Tate Donovan, Shunori Ramanathan, Talia Balsam and Laura Benanti. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020.
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Peter the Great () is a 1937-1938 Soviet two-part historical biographical film, shot on the Order of Lenin from Leningrad film studio Lenfilm director Vladimir Petrov on the eponymous play by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's devoted to the life and activity of the Russian Emperor Peter I.
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The title is a play on the title of Dian Fossey's 1983 book Gorillas in the Mist in which she described her work with mountain gorillas, and which provided some of the material used in the 1988 biographical film Gorillas in the Mist starring Sigourney Weaver.
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Life Is Not A Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story is a 2006 American biographical film directed by Debbie Allen, loosely based on the life of American singer Fantasia Barrino. The film was adapted from the book Life Is Not A Fairy Tale written by Fantasia.
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He was the subject of a biographical film by Peter Bach, The Man Who Sculpted Hares: Barry Flanagan, A Life. 'Poet of the Building Site' by Robin Marchesi. A book on his life with Barry Flanagan was published by The Irish Museum of Modern Art 2011.
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Tim Burton directed and produced the biographical film based on the life of Margaret Keane, Big Eyes. It was released in theaters in December 2014, with Christoph Waltz playing Walter Keane and Amy Adams playing Margaret. Amy Adams won a Golden Globe Award for her performance.
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Fire and Nothing, (Serbian: Vatra i ništa) is Serbian (feature-documentary), and biographical film produced in 1995. It is written and directed by Marislav Radisavlević, and is being produced by Ivan Zdravković (Krug Niš). This film is a story about the famous Serbian poet Branko Miljković.
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Paradise Found is a 2003 biographical film based on the life of Post- Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin. Starring Kiefer Sutherland as the title character, alongside Nastassja Kinski and Alun Armstrong. Kiefer's father, Donald Sutherland, also plays Paul Gauguin in the 1986 film The Wolf at the Door.
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Viva Zapata! is a 1952 biographical film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck, using Edgcomb Pinchon's 1941 book Zapata the Unconquerable as a guide. The cast includes Jean Peters and, in an Academy Award-winning performance, Anthony Quinn.
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The Old Town Ale House has been called "The best bar in the world that I know about" by Roger Ebert whose biographical film Life Itself contains several interviews within the bar, and ends with a portrait of Ebert in the bar that was painted by Elliott.
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Santini's Network (original title: La Rete di Santini) (2014) is a biographical film by German filmmaker Georg Brintrup on the life of Roman music collector Fortunato Santini (1777–1861) and how his famous private assembly of manuscript scores grew into the greatest music collection of the age.
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What's Love Got to Do with It is the eighth solo studio album by Tina Turner, released on Parlophone in 1993. It was the soundtrack album for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film of the same name, which was released by Touchstone Pictures the same year.
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Maurie (also known as Big Mo) is a 1973 American biographical film directed by Daniel Mann. Distributed by National General Pictures, the film covers the lives and relationship of two NBA Hall of fame basketball players, the forward Jack Twyman, and his teammate the forward Maurice Stokes.
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In the 2018 biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody, he was portrayed by Gwilym Lee.Queen Pic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Finds Bandmates In Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee & Joe Mazzello , Retrieved 22 August 2017. May himself served as a creative and musical consultant for the film, and worked especially closely with Lee.
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Due to complaints from NBC executives, this part of the script was never filmed.[Quoted from the track "The Questor Affair" from the album Inside Star Trek.] Michel Drach directed and co-wrote a 1982 French biographical film: Guy de Maupassant. Claude Brasseur stars as the titular character.
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Anno uno (internationally released as Year One and Italy: Year One) is a 1974 Italian biographical film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film tells the story of the political reconstruction of post-fascist Italy between 1944 and 1954, seen through the career of Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954).
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"Stand Up", officially titled "Stand Up (from Harriet)", is a song sung by English singer Cynthia Erivo and co-written by Erivo with Joshuah Brian Campbell. It was released on 25 October 2019, as the lead single from the soundtrack to the biographical film Harriet, which also stars Erivo.
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The Cup is a 2011 Australian biographical film about the 2002 Melbourne Cup race, won by the Dermot Weld trained Media Puzzle. And is directed by Simon Wincer. It is about Damien Oliver's victory in the 2002 Melbourne Cup. This was Bill Hunter's final film before his death.
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Actress Alexandra Shipp covered the song for the film Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B;, a biographical film based on the singer's life. "Journey to the Past" has also appeared in the stage musical adaptation of the film, performed by actress Christy Altomare for the original Broadway cast album.
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) is a musical film in Technicolor, directed by Lloyd Bacon, and starring June Haver and Mark Stevens. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now is a biographical film about Joseph E. Howard, the writer of the popular song of the same title.
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The exhibits were expanded with that of the Jilin Provincial Museum in 1982, and renovated in 1984. The entire complex was renovated in 2004. The palace was the actual setting in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 biographical film of Puyi, The Last Emperor, depicting Puyi's reign as Emperor of Manchukuo.
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Yogi Vemana is a 1947 Telugu-language biographical film directed by K. V. Reddy. The story is based on the life of saint poet Vemana. V. Nagaiah played the role of Vemana and also composed music and sang many poems and songs in this film exposing his multifaceted talents.
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In 2004, she played Mary Ann Fisher in the Academy Awards-nominated biographical film about musician Ray Charles, Ray. In 2007, Ellis played the leading role in the thriller Cover. The movie received negative reviews. She also appeared in films Freedomland (2006), The Express (2008) and Notorious (2009).
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He left the music industry shortly thereafter, to try acting. By the 1990s, he played with other musicians such as Harpo. Gärdestad toured extensively starting in 1994 until his death by suicide in 1997. A biographical film about Gärdestad was released in 2018, called Ted: För kärlekens skull.
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Kany Banerji New York Times. He was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. He first appeared as an amateur artiste with Sisir Kumar Bhaduri in Biraj Bou (1934) as Netai at Naba Natyyamandir. In 1955, he also appeared as saint Ramakrishna in Prafulla Chakraborty’s biographical film Bhagaban Sri Sri Ramakrishna.
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Veda is a 2010 Turkish biographical film, written and directed by Zülfü Livaneli based on the memoirs of Salih Bozok, which traces the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on is one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010.
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A Scandal in Paris is a 1946 American biographical film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Signe Hasso and Carole Landis. It loosely depicts the life of Eugène François Vidocq, a French criminal who reformed and became a famous French Prefect of Police during the Napoleonic era.
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John Michael Callahan (February 5, 1951 – July 24, 2010) was an American cartoonist, artist, and musician in Portland, Oregon, noted for dealing with macabre subjects and physical disabilities. A biographical film, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, was released in 2018, and stars Joaquin Phoenix as Callahan.
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The UK-based department store chain John Lewis, used the song on their August 2015 insurance advert. Donald Trump has used the song during his 2016 presidential rallies as his entrance and exit song.ref> In 2019, Welsh actor Taron Egerton sang this song in the biographical film Rocketman.
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The Jesse Ventura Story is a 1999 American biographical film directed by David Jackson and written by Patricia Jones and Donald Reiker. The film stars Nils Allen Stewart, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Thomas Brandise, Christopher Bondy, Nola Augustson and Jef Mallory. The film premiered on NBC on May 23, 1999.
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In 2016 Keith played Edward Dickinson, father of Emily Dickinson, in A Quiet Passion, a biographical film directed and written by Terence Davies about the life of the American poet. In 2016 Carradine returned to star in his fourth Alan Rudolph film Ray Meets Helen alongside actress Sondra Locke.
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Saima's film work spans many genres, including the supernatural film Naag aur Nagin (2005) and the biographical film Salute (2016). She has also established a career in the Pakistani television industry. In 2005, she married director Syed Noor with whom she has worked on a number of films.
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Chakravarthy criticised television and film producer Ekta Kapoor for her depiction of Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture, a biographical film on the actress. He also expressed displeasure over Kapoor's choice of casting. He also said Smitha had wide expressive, inviting eyes, which Vidya Balan does not have.
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He landed his first leading role in the four-episode drama special Rock Rock Rock, a biographical film about the life of Boohwal lead guitarist Kim Tae-won. In 2011 for his role as a cancer patient in the SBS television series Midas, No lost 9.5 kilograms (21 pounds).
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Greased Lightning is a 1977 American biographical film starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, and Pam Grier, and directed by Michael Schultz. The film is loosely based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first African American NASCAR race winner and 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee.
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I Am Woman is a 2019 Australian biographical film about singer Helen Reddy, directed and produced by Unjoo Moon, from a screenplay by Emma Jensen. Tilda Cobham-Hervey stars as Reddy alongside Evan Peters, as her manager husband Jeff Wald, and Danielle Macdonald as rock writer Lilian Roxon.
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In her autobiography, Washington Post publisher and Capote friend Katharine Graham recounted that the author once told her that if Paley and Agnelli were "both in Tiffany's window, Marella would be more expensive" (Personal History, p. 393). She was portrayed in the American biographical film Infamous (2006) by Isabella Rossellini.
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After his parole, McVicar wrote his autobiography, McVicar by Himself, and scripted the biographical film McVicar (1980), which starred The Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey in the title role and co-starred Adam Faith. Also after his release from prison, he studied for a postgraduate degree at the University of Leicester.
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Sri Tirupatamma Katha () is a 1963 Indian Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Penuganchiprolu Tirupatamma, produced by Donepoodi Krishna Murthy under the Gokul Productions banner and directed by B. S. Narayana. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna Kumari in the lead roles and music composed by Pamarthi.
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Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse ( , ; 3 October 185821 April 1924), often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of all time, noted for her total assumption of the roles she portrayed. Duse was the subject of the 1947 biographical film Eleonora Duse.
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Scott Joplin is a 1977 biographical film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the life of American composer and pianist Scott Joplin. It stars Billy Dee Williams and Clifton Davis. Its script won an award from the Writers Guild of America in 1979.Pearce, Carol A. (April 13, 1979).
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"Barso Re" is a song from soundtrack of the 2007 Indian Hindi biographical film Guru, directed by Mani Ratnam. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics provided by Gulzar and sung by Shreya Ghoshal, featuring Uday Mazumdar. The song was well received, with Shreya Ghoshal receiving many accolades.
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Christhu Charithaya () is a 1990 Sri Lankan Sinhala biographical film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Alerik Lionel Fernando. It stars Vijaya Kumaratunga as Jesus along with ensemble cast of popular film artists. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa. It is the 712th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
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The album's title was eventually announced as Compton, and acts as the soundtrack to the N.W.A biographical film Straight Outta Compton. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard Top 200, and number one in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
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Realising the importance of popular entertainment, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar complimented Bhola Moira and said, "To awaken the society of Bengal, it is necessary to have orators like Ramgopal Ghosh, amusing men like Hutom Pyancha and folk singers like Bhola Moira". Bhola Moira is a biographical film about him, made in 1977.
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Eichmann is a biographical film detailing the interrogation of Adolf Eichmann. Directed by Robert Young, the film stars Thomas Kretschmann as Eichmann and Troy Garity as Eichmann's Israeli interrogator, Avner Less. It was first released in Brazil in September 2007, and was released in the United States in October 2010.
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Nawab Sirajuddaula is a 1967 Bengali language biographical film which details the life of Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah (1733–1757) and the Battle of Plassey (1757). Khan Ataur Rahman was the director and screenwriter of the film. Anwar Hossain during the shooting. Actress Anwara Begum in a scene.
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Adèle's obsession with Pinson inspired the 1975 biographical film The Story of Adèle H., directed by François Truffaut and starring Isabelle Adjani. Several biographies have been published about Adèle Hugo. Also her life and obsession with Pinson was put in a book titled Adèle Hugo: La Misérable by Leslie Smith Dow.
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A 1936 biographical film of Brahms with Albert Florath as the composer, took its title from the opening lines of this song, Guten Abend, gute Nacht. Wendy Cope's poem "Brahms Cradle Song" refers to this song.Family Values by Wendy Cope – review, The Guardian, 23 April 2011, accessed 3 November 2018.
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Tulasi Apa is a 2017 first Odia biographical film, produced by Anupam Patnaik and directed by Amiya Patnaik. The film depicts the life of Tulasi Munda, an educator and social activist from Keonjhar, Odisha. The film was released on 19 May 2017. The film introduces Barsha Nayak as the main protagonist.
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Khalil Fong (simplified Chinese: 方大同; born 14 July 1983) is a Hong Kong-based American singer-songwriter and producer. The biographical film La Bamba, about the life and career of Ritchie Valens, greatly influenced Fong's decision to become a musician. Fong is a member of the Baháʼí Faith.
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Clint is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language biographical film on Edmund Thomas Clint, a child prodigy known for having drawn over 25,000 paintings during his short life of seven years. It was directed by Harikumar, starring Master Alok, Rima Kallingal, Unni Mukundan, Joy Mathew and K. P. A. C. Lalitha.
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Mahasadhvi Mallamma is a 2005 Kannada, devotional, biographical film, based on the life of Hemareddy Mallamma. produced by A. Sanjeev Kumar, N. S. Eliwala, N. S. Jayawadagi on N. S. Productions banner and directed by Renuka Sharma. Starring Rajendra Prasad, Meena, Saikumar in the lead roles and music composed by Srishaila.
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In 1999, the Lifetime TV network produced a biographical film called Bonanno: A Godfather's Story. The film chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in the United States. Bonanno was portrayed by Martin Landau. In 2004, Joe's daughter-in-law began putting Joe's personal items up for auction on eBay.
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She also re-united with former Boys Don't Cry star Peter Sarsgaard for the biographical film Shattered Glass (2003), also alongside Hayden Christensen, about the career of Stephen Glass, a journalist whose reputation is destroyed when his widespread journalistic fraud is exposed. Sevigny played Caitlin Avey, one of Glass' co-editors.
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Marley is a 2012 documentary-biographical film directed by Kevin Macdonald documenting the life of Bob Marley. It was released on 20 April 2012, and received critical acclaim. The film was also released on demand on the same day, a "day and date" release. The film features archival footage and interviews.
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One Foot in Heaven is a 1941 American biographical film starring Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart and Elisabeth Fraser. The film was adapted by Casey Robinson from the autobiography by Hartzell Spence. It was directed by Irving Rapper. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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He starred as Walden Schmidt on the sitcom Two and a Half Men (2011–2015). In 2013, Kutcher portrayed Steve Jobs in the biographical film Jobs. He also starred as Colt Bennett in the Netflix series The Ranch (2016-2020). Kutcher provided the voice of Elliot in Open Season (2006).
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The next year, she collaborated with Mani Ratnam for the second time in his biographical film, Guru. She portrayed the role of her future husband Abhishek Bachchan's wife gaining her a seventh "Best Actress" nomination. Rai's portrayal as "Jodha Bai" in the 2008 epic film Jodhaa Akbar earned her another Filmfare nomination.
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Major is an upcoming Indian biographical film directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka and produced by Sony Pictures Releasing International, G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment and A+S Movies. A Hindi-Telugu bilingual, it is based on the life of 2008 Mumbai attacks (26/11) martyr Sandeep Unnikrishnan. Adivi Sesh portrays Unnikrishnan, the title character.
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She has acted in a few Telugu feature films, including her own biographical film titled Ashwini, for which she received the state Nandi Award for Best Debut Actress. A noted social worker and educationist, she has also built a school. She is currently the president of the Bangalore Urban District Athletics Association.
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With the 2008 film Meerabai Not Out, Kulkarni stepped into Bollywood. The film was based on the love of Cricket in India with lead title role played by Mandira Bedi. The film proved to be average. In 2012, Kulkarni's next venture was a biographical film Tukaram on the life of Varkari saint Tukaram.
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Ape Kaalaye Patachara () is a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic biographical film directed by Sugath Samarakoon and produced by Vishwakumara Wathiyage for Helawood Films. It stars Dulani Anuradha and Saranga Disasekara in lead roles along with Vinu Udani Siriwardhana and Cletus Mendis. Music composed by Sarath Wickrama. The film was shot near Anuradhapura.
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Tove is a 2020 Finnish biographical film of Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson. The film was written by Eeva Putro, and directed by Zaida Bergroth. The film's budget was 3.4 million euros, which makes it the second most expensive film in Finland after the 2017 version of The Unknown Soldier release.
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1958), a noted Bangladeshi linguist, maintains, "Sixteenth-century is the time of Chaitanya Dev, and it is the beginning of Modernism in Bengal. The concept of 'humanity' that came into fruition is contemporaneous with that of Europe". Noted Bengali biographical film on Chaitanya, Nilachaley Mahaprabhu (1957), was directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay (1912-1989).
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Gamani () is a 2011 Sri Lankan Sinhala war thriller biographical film directed by Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara and produced by Upali Rajapakse. It stars Dilhani Ekanayake and Bimal Jayakody in lead roles along with Mahendra Perera and Jagath Chamila. Music composed by Nadeeka Guruge. It is the 1245th film in Sri Lankan cinema.
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"James J. Braddock Park—North Bergen" Palisade magazine; Summer 2010. p. 16 The 2005 biographical film Cinderella Man tells Braddock's story. Directed by Ron Howard, it stars Russell Crowe as Braddock and Renée Zellweger as his wife, Mae. The film had an estimated budget of $88 million and grossed $108.5 million worldwide.
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Vienna 1910 () is a 1943 German biographical film directed by Emerich Walter Emo and starring Rudolf Forster, Heinrich George, and Lil Dagover. It is based on the life of Mayor of Vienna Karl Lueger. Its antisemitic content led to it being banned by the Allied Occupation forces following the Second World War.
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Ivan Megharoopan is a 2012 Malayalam biographical film written and directed by P. Balachandran. The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal. Prakash Bare, who is the producer of the film, also plays the protagonist K. P. Madhavan Nair.
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Clinton is a biographical film about former President Bill Clinton. Produced by PBS for the series of American Experience, the film documents Clinton's life, from childhood until the end of his second term in 2001. Clinton features interviews with political advisers, campaign strategists, and childhood friends. The film is narrated by Campbell Scott.
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Pankajavalli () is a 1947 black-and-white Indian mythological and biographical film directed by S. Soundararajan and produced by Tamil Nadu Talkies. The script was by S. Soundararajan Ayyangar. The music was by Papanasam Sivan. The film starred P. U. Chinnappa, T. R. Rajakumari and Kumari Rukmini playing lead role to protagonist.
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Pattinathar – another film with the same name, was released earlier in 1936. It was a black and white Tamil Mythological and Biographical film directed by T. C. Vadivelu Nayakar and produced by M. T. Rajan. The film script was written by T. C. Vadivelu Nayakar. The film was distributed by Vel Films.
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Hirschbiegel directed the biographical film Diana, about Diana, Princess of Wales, which was released in September 2013. Actress Naomi Watts plays the title role. His film 13 Minutes was selected to be screened out of competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Oliver's brother Urs is an assistant director and producer.
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Caroline Barry was born and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She graduated from the University of Colorado, where she studied acting. After graduation, Barry relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She landed the lead role of Nellie Bly in the biographical film 10 Days in a Madhouse (2015).
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Ben Hardy (born Ben Jones; 2 January 1991) is an English actor. He is known for playing Peter Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2013–2015). Hardy made his film debut as Archangel in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and played Roger Taylor in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
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Beyond That Mountain () is a 2020 South Korean biographical film written and directed by Choi Jong-tae, starring Lee Kyung-hoon, Lee Hang-na, Ahn Nae-sang and Kang Shin-il. Based on the novel of the same name by Jung Chae-bong, it was released on April 30, 2020 on Buddha's Day.
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In 2014, India and Sri Lanka issued postage stamps to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Dharmapala. In Colombo, a road has been named in his honour as "Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha" (Angarika Dharmapala Street). The biographical film on life history of Dharamapala was released in 2014, where Palitha Silva played the role.
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Wasantha Senanayake, also a current Sri Lankan politician, is one of her great-grandchildren. In the Sinhala film Nidahase Piya DS (2018), a biographical film about D. S. Senanayake, the character of Molly Dunuwila was played by actresses Thisuri Yuwanika (as a young woman) and her mother Susantha Chandramali (as an older woman).
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The Christine Jorgensen Story is a 1970 American drama film and a fictionalized biographical film about trans woman Christine Jorgensen. While the overall premise of the film is accurate, many of the details are fictionalized for the continuity of the film. It was directed by Irving Rapper and based on Christine Jorgensen's autobiography.
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The Lady is a 2011 French-British biographical film directed by Luc Besson, starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis as her late husband Michael Aris. Yeoh called the film "a labour of love" but also confessed it had felt intimidating for her to play the Nobel laureate.
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Mesrine is a 1984 French film written and directed by André Génovès. A biographical film based on the life of Jacques Mesrine, it focuses on the eighteen months following his escape from La Santé Prison in May 1978 until his death in November 1979. Nicolas Silberg stars as the eponymous lead character.
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After participating in the Project 8 where he campaigned to improve maternal health in the world, he made Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), a biographical film about the relationship between Chanel, the French fashion designer, and Stravinsky, the Russian composer, starring Anna Mouglalis and Mads Mikkelsen. The film closed the 2009 Cannes Festival.
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Callas Forever is a 2002 biographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, who co-wrote the screenplay with Martin Sherman. It is an homage to Zeffirelli's friend, internationally acclaimed opera diva Maria Callas, whom he directed on stage in Norma, La traviata, and Tosca. It was his last film before his death in 2019.
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Free Man () is a 2011 Turkish biographical film, co-written, produced and directed by Mehmet Tanrısever, starring Mürşit Ağa Bağ as Muslim scholar Said Nursî. The film, which opened on at number 2 in the Turkish box office, had a gala premiere on at the Türker İnanoğlu Maslak (TİM) Show Center in Istanbul.
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A Real Vermeer () is a 2016 Dutch biographical film about art forger Han van Meegeren directed by Rudolf van den Berg. It was listed as one of eleven films that could be selected as the Dutch submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
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Ajan Faquir Saheb (Assamese: আজান ফকীৰ চাহেব) is an Assamese language biographical film produced by Bani Kalita and directed by Asif Iqbal Hussain. The film was released on 25 April 2008. The film is based on the life of Ajan Fakir, the Sufi saint and poet who came to Assam from Baghdad.
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After it, "Reality" also went to number 1. Chesney produced and narrated a biographical film, The Color Orange, on his favorite football player growing up, University of Tennessee quarterback and Canadian Football League hall-of-fame Condredge Holloway. The film was produced for ESPN's "Year of the Quarterback" series, and premiered on February 20, 2011.
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I Killed Rasputin () is a 1967 Italo-Franco biographical film directed by Robert Hossein. Gert Fröbe stars as the main subject, Grigori Rasputin. It is based on the work Lost Splendor by Felix Yusupov, a nobleman and participant in the murder of Rasputin.A.H. Weiler, The Flight Plan of 'Peter Pan' ], New York Times. pp. 11.
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Milton scholar Virginia Tufte made a biographical film about Petrina, titled Reaching for Paradise: The Life and Art of Carlotta Petrina (1994).Virginia James Tufte, University of Southern California, Emeriti Center. Petrina also illustrated editions of Norman Douglas's South Wind (1932),South Wind (New York 1939). Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2,Herbert Farjeon, ed.
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Cheo Hodari Coker (born December 12, 1972) is an American former music journalist turned television writer and producer known for such television series as Luke Cage, NCIS: Los Angeles, Southland and Ray Donovan. Coker also wrote the screenplay for the 2009 biographical film Notorious, based on the life and death of The Notorious B.I.G.
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Ryan Kiser, Hollywood, California on December 11, 2014 House of Manson (also known as Manson in the United Kingdom) is a 2014 biographical film that was written and directed by Brandon Slagle. It had its world premiere on October 18, 2014 at the Twin Cities Film Festival and stars Ryan Kiser as Charles Manson.
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The Price of the Ticket is a collection of James Baldwin's writing that was published in 1985. It is a collection of essays spanning the years from 1948 to 1985. These are Baldwin's commentaries on race in America. James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket is a 1989 biographical film by director Karen Thorsen.JamesBaldwinProject.
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Veerappa Nayaka is an Indian Kannada biographical film, directed by S. Narayan, starring Vishnuvardhan and Shruti in the lead roles. It is a story of a Gandhian's son turning into a terrorist. This was also the first film in Vishnuvardhan and Narayan's combination and the movie ran for 50 weeks at the box office.
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In 2006, it was reported that Linden was writing a biographical film about Olympic gold medalist downhill skier Bill Johnson to be produced by Basil Iwanyk, as well as an adaptation of The Dogs of Babel to be produced by David Heyman and a television pilot titled Flash Back to be directed by McG.
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Since the late 1960s up to the present, Aunor has made more than 180 filmsNora Aunor profile, IMDb. Retrieved August 26, 2015. in different genres, from Musicals, Comedy, romantic comedy, Romance and Love story. Later on, she made films in other genres such as drama, biographical, film noir, action, thriller, horror and art films.
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Bhakta Tukaram is a 1973 Telugu-language biographical film based on the life of the saint-poet Tukaram, produced by P. Adinarayana Rao under the Anjali Pictures banner and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, Sivaji Ganesan in the lead roles and music also composed by P. Adinarayana Rao.
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"Columbine" has since become a euphemism for a school shooting, rather like "going postal". A video game called Super Columbine Massacre RPG! was based on the massacre. The 2016 biographical film I'm Not Ashamed, based on the journals of Rachel Scott, includes glimpses of Harris's and Klebold's lives and interactions with other students at CHS.
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Virendra Razdan (c. 1950 – 13 June 2003) was an Indian film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Maulana Azad, a leading figure of the Indian independence movement, in the 1982 biographical film Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough. and for his role of statesman Vidura in the Indian television series Mahabharat.
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Vendola has lived with his partner Edward "Ed" Testa since 2004. In 2016, the couple used surrogacy in California to have a baby, Tobia Antonio. Vendola is also a poet: some of his poems have been collected in a book, named L'ultimo mare ("The last sea"). His figure has inspired a biographical film, Nichi.
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He has authored three books based on his own films: The Churning with Vijay Tendulkar (1984), based on Manthan; Satyajit Ray (1988), based on his biographical film, Satyajit Ray; and The Marketplace (1989), which was based on Mandi. In 2009 he was a member of the jury at the 31st Moscow International Film Festival.
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His books and stories were published in Polish and Yiddish, his native tongue, and made into theater plays and serialized in newspapers. Likewise, numerous books and articles about Polish gangsters before the Second World War include sections about Urke Nachalnik. A biographical film shown in the Discovery Historia TV channel was made about him.
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Jiao Yulu is a 1990 Chinese biographical film directed by Wang Jixing and written by Fang Yihua. It stars Li Xuejian, Li Rentang, and Zhou Zongyin. The film tells the story of Jiao Yulu overseeing the development of Lankao County in Henan province from 1962 to 1964. The film premiered in China in April 1990.
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In October 2014, NZ on Air announced funding for a biographical film, Te Taki A Merata Mita – How Mum Decolonised The Screen, to be directed by her son Heperi Mita, for cinematic release and screening on Maori Television. On November 28, 2018, the documentary was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in their 2019 programme.
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Lillian Russell is a 1940 American biographical film of the life of the singer and actress. The screenplay was by William Anthony McGuire. The film was directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It stars Alice Faye in the title role, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda and Edward Arnold as Diamond Jim Brady.
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In the 2010 Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, she was named among those in the "Heroes" category. She was the subject of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning semi-biographical film Temple Grandin. Grandin has been an outspoken proponent of the autism rights and neurodiversity movements.
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Bhakta Kumbara () is a 1974 Indian Kannada biographical film directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy. The film stars Rajkumar and Leelavathi in lead roles. Bollywood actress Sridevi, as a child artist, essayed the role of Muktha Bai thereby making her Kannada film debut. The film was produced by N. R. Anuradha Devi under Lakshmi Film Combines.
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Bhakta Raghunath is a 1960 Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Raghunatha dasa Goswami, produced by G. Sadasivudu under the G.V.S. Productions banner and directed by Samudrala Sr. It stars Kanta Rao, Jamuna in the lead roles while N. T. Rama Rao in a special appearance and music composed by Ghantasala.
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Ganes is a 2007 Finnish biographical film directed by Jukka-Pekka Siili. The film is about Finnish rock band Hurriganes, told from the point of view of drummer/vocalist Remu Aaltonen. The Blu-ray Disc version of Ganes was released on July 11, 2008, making it the first Finnish film released on Blu-ray.
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A private person, she apparently never gave an interview or wrote a book about her relationship with Jackie Kennedy Onassis. She lived her retirement in Salisbury, Connecticut.Polite Answers to Rude Questions accessed 10/26/2016Jackie Kennedy Will accessed 10/26/2016 In the 2016 biographical film Jackie, Tuckerman is portrayed by actress Greta Gerwig.
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Kiss and Cry is a 2017 Canadian biographical film directed by Sean Cisterna. The film depicts the life of Carley Allison who suffered from a rare form of cancer. It was filmed at The Cricket Club in Toronto. It was released on February 10, 2017 and has been rated as a 6.8 out of 10.
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Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues is a 1984 American made-for-television biographical film and a semi-sequel to the 1979 television version of The Miracle Worker. It is a drama based on the life of Helen Keller and premiered in syndication on April 23, 1984 as part of Operation Prime Time syndicated programming.
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D'Angelo appeared alongside Chevy Chase in the comedy Vacation, a continuation of the original film, which was released on July 29, 2015. D'Angelo narrates a short biographical film about Patsy Cline, which is shown to visitors of The Patsy Cline Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. The museum opened to the public on April 7, 2017.
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In 2006, Chris Noonan directed Miss Potter, a biographical film of Potter's life focusing on her early career and romance with her editor Norman Warne. The film stars Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson. On 9 February 2018, Columbia Pictures released Peter Rabbit, directed by Will Gluck, based on the work by Potter.
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In Silence () is a 2014 Czech-Slovak biographical film written and directed by . The film, which deals with the issue of Jewish musicians in the 1930s, was partially funded on Kickstarter. It received a nomination for the Czech Lion Award for Best Film Poster at the 2014 ceremony, but the award went to Fair Play.
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In the 1990s, Elon began to spend much of his time in Italy. In 2004 he moved there permanently, citing disillusionment with developments in Israel since 1967. Elon died on May 25, 2009 in Borgo Buggiano in Tuscany, Italy, aged 82. In 2005, his daughter Danae produced a biographical film about him, entitled Another Road Home.
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The following year, he portrayed "Jughead" Carson in the drama The Wings of Eagles (1957) for John Ford, a biographical film on the life of Frank Wead, starring John Wayne. He was one of several stars in Fox's comedy Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957). For the same studio, he was part of the ensemble in The Wayward Bus (1957).
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In October 2018, a biographical film titled Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, written and co-directed by R. Madhavan, was announced. The teaser of the film was released on 31 October 2018 and the film is scheduled to release in mid-2020. On 26 Jan 2019, he was conferred the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India.
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The anniversary of his death is observed by Pakistan on 6 January. His life is covered by a biographical film Salute. Aitzaz's action in saving his classmates captured the hearts of Pakistan, and he was hailed as a Shahid (martyr) and National hero. Later, the Government of Pakistan posthumously awarded him Sitara-e-Shujaat (Star of Bravery) .
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The Legend of Valentino is a 1975 American made-for-television biographical film written and directed by Melville Shavelson. It deals with real life events about the actor and sex symbol of the 1920s Rudolph Valentino. It was broadcast by ABC on November 23, 1975. Not to be confused with the 1961 documentary film "The Legend of Valentino".
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Cooper's only film appearance in 1942 was also his last under his Goldwyn contract.Swindell 1980, p. 237. In Sam Wood's biographical film The Pride of the Yankees,Dickens 1970, pp. 187–189. Cooper portrays baseball star Lou Gehrig who established a record with the New York Yankees for playing in 2,130 consecutive games.Meyers 1998, p. 162.
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Florence Foster Jenkins is a 2016 biographical film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Nicholas Martin. It stars Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress known for her poor singing. Hugh Grant plays her manager and long-time companion, St. Clair Bayfield. Other cast members include Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Nina Arianda.
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The First President () is a 2011 Chinese biographical film directed by Wang Caitao, produced by Han Sanping, and starring Qiu Xinzhi, Nie Mei, Liu Jing, Han Geng, Tian Liang, Johnny Zhang, Xiong Naijin and He Jie. The film is about the life of Sun Yat-sen, founding father of Kuomintang and president of the Republic of China.
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In the early 2000s, Parker co-starred in 30 Years to Life, High Crimes, Phone Booth, and My Baby's Daddy. In 2004, she played the lesbian woman in the LGBT comedy-drama, She Hate Me, and appeared as Ruth Brown in biographical film Ray. Her breakthrough was in the 2005 independent drama Hustle & Flow starring Terrence Howard.
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Seven and a half million copies were printed. The same year, a park was created in her hometown of Newport named Mary Travers Park. In 2002, Mary Bolduc was made a MasterWorks honoree by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada. La Bolduc, a biographical film about Bolduc by director François Bouvier, was released in Quebec in April 2018.
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My Foolish Heart is a 2018 Dutch biographical film by Rolf van Eijk. It follows a police detective in Amsterdam who tries to reconstruct the final days of Chet Baker before his defenestration on 13 May 1988. The film was Van Eijk's feature film directorial debut. My Foolish Heart premiered at the 2018 Netherlands Film Festival.
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W. C. Fields and Me is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Rod Steiger and Valerie Perrine. The screenplay by Bob Merrill is based on a memoir by Carlotta Monti, mistress of actor W. C. Fields during the last 14 years of his life. The film was released by Universal Pictures.
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In 1964, a Kannada biographical film about him, Amarashilpi Jakanachari starring Kalyan Kumar was produced. The veteran cinematographer BS Ranga was instrumental in the making of this movie, the first Kannada colour movie. Also in 1964, a Telugu remake of the movie titled Amara Silpi Jakkanna starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Saroja Devi was released to popular success.
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In 2018, Alex Saks launched Page Fifty-Four Pictures a production and film finance company, following the shuttering of her previous company June Pictures. The company has produced The Glorias a biographical film about Gloria Steinem, directed by Julie Taymor, starring Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander, El Tonto directed by Charlie Day, and Chemical Hearts directed by Richard Tanne.
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The Young Caruso is a 1951 Italian biographical film about Enrico Caruso, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It stars Ermanno Randi as Enrico Caruso and Gina Lollobrigida. Its original Italian title is Enrico Caruso: leggenda di una voce (Enrico Caruso: Legend of a Voice). It was produced by Asso Film, Londo Films and Tirenna Film Associata di Roma.
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Moloch () is a 1999 Russian biographical film, directed by Alexander Sokurov. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Yuri Arabov and Marina Koreneva. It portrays Adolf Hitler living life in an unassuming manner during an abrupt journey to the Bavarian Alps. The film stars actors Leonid Mozgovoy, Yelena Rufanova, Vladimir Bogdanov, and Leonid Sokol in principal roles.
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Don Amador and Harvey Milk Donald Grace (October 23, 1942 - August 13, 1992), also known as Don Amador, was an American gay activist. He taught one of the first gay studies courses in the United States. The LGBT and AIDS activist Cleve Jones, a friend of both Amador and Harvey Milk, portrayed Amador in the biographical film Milk (2008).
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Ng worked his way up as a stuntman and featured actor until he achieved his goal of starring in a 2014 martial arts film, Once Upon a Time in Shanghai. He was selected to play Bruce Lee in the 2016 biographical film Birth of the Dragon, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 13, 2016.
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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can is a 1982 American biographical film directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Jill Clayburgh. The screenplay by David Rabe is based on the memoir of the same title by Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon, whose addiction to and difficult withdrawal from Valium serves as the basis of the plot.
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The Patriot is a 1928 semi-biographical film that was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. While mainly a silent film, the film did have a synchronized soundtrack as well as some talking sequences. The movie is a biographical story of Emperor Paul I of Russia, starring Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor and Lewis Stone.
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In 2018, a biographical movie by director Andreas Dresen, Gundermann. Gundermann was personated by actor Alexander Scheer. The biographical film feature film was awarded six German Movie Awards (Deutscher Filmpreis) in 2019 of 10 nominations, among them the "German Oscars" for the Best Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Screenplay (Laila Stieler) and Best Director.
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Pattinathar is a 1962 Tamil-language biographical film, directed by K. Somu and produced by J. R. Productions. The film script was written by Thanjai Ramaiah Doss and Akilan. Music by G. Ramanathan is an added asset to the movie. The film stars T. M. Soundararajan, who played the title role and M. R. Radha, who played the antagonist.
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Liz & Dick is a 2012 American made-for-television biographical film chronicling the relationship of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. It was directed by Lloyd Kramer, written by Christopher Monger, and produced by Larry A. Thompson. The film stars Lindsay Lohan as Taylor and Grant Bowler as Burton. It premiered on Lifetime on November 25, 2012.
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Also in Tashkent e entered the Theatre and Art Institute Alexander Ostrovsky, graduated in 1964. The first significant work was the role of the actor Nikolay Bauman in eponymous historical-biographical film directed by Semyon Tumanov. On 1967 to 1969 and Ledogorov played Leningrad Theater Lenin Komsomol. Then, having become acquainted with Igor Vladimirov, he moved to Тheater Lensoviet.
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Waltz War (German: Walzerkrieg) is a 1933 German biographical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Renate Müller, Willy Fritsch and Paul Hörbiger. It depicts the life of the Austrian ballet dancer Katti Lanner who eventually settled in Victorian Britain.Bregfelder & Bock p.538 It is also known by the alternative title of The Battle of the Walzes.
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Sinha made a few documentaries, including a biographical film on scientist Jagadish Bose. He also used Rabindrasangeet in other films. The Rabindrasangeet Keno Choker Jole Bijeye Dile Na, Sukhno Dulo Joto is used in his film Ekhoni. The film featured Swaroop Dutta, Aparna Sen, Moushumi Chatterjee, Nirmal Kumar, Chinmoy Roy, Padda Devi, Subhendu Chatterjee, N.Vishwanathan and others.
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Producer John Wells enlisted Donoghue to adapt White Oleander from the novel of the same name by Janet Fitch. Wells wanted the story to be presented on-screen as fully as possible. Donoghue also co-wrote Veronica Guerin (2003) with Carol Doyle. The biographical film focuses on the life of Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, who was murdered in 1996.
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In 2004, Cult Epics produced the direct-to-DVD biographical film Bettie Page: Dark Angel. Centering on the 1953–1957 Irving Klaw period, it recreates six lost fetish films she did for Klaw. Model Paige Richards plays the title role. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) follows her life from the mid-1930s through the late 1950s.
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Mahler is a 1974 biographical film based on the life of Austro-Bohemian composer Gustav Mahler. It was written and directed by Ken Russell for Goodtimes Enterprises, and starred Robert Powell as Gustav Mahler and Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler. The film was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Technical Grand Prize.
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Countess Dora () is a Croatian pseudo-biographical film about Croatian first female composer Dora Pejačević. Filmed in 1990, it was released in public in 1993. It was written and directed by Zvonimir Berković. It was Croatia's submission to the 66th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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He has been cast in the film adaptation of La sonrisa etrusca, alongside Brian Cox, Thora Birch and Rosanna Arquette. In August 2018, Feild was cast in biographical film Ford v. Ferrari as automotive engineer, Roy Lunn. In the same year, it was announced that Feild was cast as David in the Netflix comedy series, Turn Up Charlie.
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Michelle Sy is an American film producer and executive producer. She started her career as a production assistant, working on films such as Good Will Hunting and The Mighty. Later on in her career she moved into producing films herself. Her most successful film to date is Finding Neverland; a J. M. Barrie biographical film made in 2004.
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Carrington is a 1995 British biographical film written and directed by Christopher Hampton about the life of the English painter Dora Carrington (1893–1932), who was known simply as "Carrington". The screenplay is based on Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography, the 1967-68 two-volume biography of writer and critic Lytton Strachey (1880–1932) by Michael Holroyd.
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In 2016, he received the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, Washington made his directorial debut with the biographical film Antwone Fisher. His second directorial effort was The Great Debaters (2007). His third film, Fences (2016), in which he also starred, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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According to Honoré in a 2010 interview, her relationship with Ian Curtis before his death in 1980 was entirely platonic. Curtis' widow Deborah Curtis has characterised the relationship as an "affair", which she claims began in August 1979. In Control, the Ian Curtis biographical film directed by Anton Corbijn in 2007, Honoré was played by Alexandra Maria Lara.
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The Passenger was the putative name for a biographical film about Pop's early career with the Stooges. The film was to be directed by Nick Gomez and Elijah Wood was to play Pop. Pop liked the script but refused to take part in the film. He said: He also called Wood "a very poised and talented actor".
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Siri Parakum () is a 2013 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic biographical film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya. It stars two newcomers Akila Dhanuddhara and Senali Fonseka in lead roles along with Bimal Jayakody and Chandani Seneviratne. Music composed by veteran music director Rohana Weerasinghe.Siri Parakum is the highest grossing Sri Lankan film of all time.
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He made his acting debut with Railway Station (2012), where he played one of the lead roles. Sandeep Madhav worked as an assistant director under Jeevan Reddy for Dalam (2013). Sandeep made his lead acting debut with Ram Gopal Varma's biographical film Vangaveeti. In the film, he portrayed the roles of Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga and Vangaveeti Radha, Ranga's brother.
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Sandino is a 1990 Spanish-Nicaraguan biographical film about Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino, directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littin and produced by Spanish Televisión Española and Nicaraguan state producer Umamzor. It was released in cinemas as a two hours long film first and it was broadcast in television as a three 55-minutes episodes miniseries later.
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Madeleine Arthur (born March 10, 1997) is an American-Canadian actress, known for her role as young Willa Warren in the ABC drama series The Family. She portrayed Jane Keane, the daughter of Amy Adams' character, in Tim Burton's biographical film Big Eyes (2014). Arthur also has had guest roles in The Killing, The Tomorrow People, and Supernatural.
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Kharms () is a Russian-Lithuanian-Macedonian biographical film about the Russian poet Daniil Kharms directed by Ivan Bolotnikov.«Парадиз» на Кино Экспо 2017: Шэрон Стоун, «Девушка с косой» и «Хармс» Its planned release date was 2 November 2017.Хармс, 2017 It received the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2017.
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Amelia is a 2009 Canadian-American biographical film about the life of Amelia Earhart. Most of the story is told in flashbacks before ending with Earhart's mysterious disappearance. The film was directed by Mira Nair and stars Hilary Swank as Earhart and Richard Gere as her husband, George Putnam. The cast list also includes Christopher EcclestonFleming, Michael.
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Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family is a 1982 American made-for- television biographical film about the earlier years of the famed entertainment family, starring Marie Osmond as matriarch Olive Osmond, and Joseph Bottoms as patriarch George Osmond. This film was released on VHS tape in 1998 but has never had an official DVD issue.
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Swathi Thirunal is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language biographical film co- written and directed by Lenin Rajendran. The film is based on the life of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, the Maharaja of the state of Travancore. It stars Anant Nag in the title role, with Srividya, Nedumudi Venu and Murali in other important roles. The cinematographer was Madhu Ambat.
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Who Will Love My Children? is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film based on the life of Lucile Fray. Lucile Fray was diagnosed with cancer in 1952 and wanted to find suitable homes for her ten children, since she felt her husband could not properly care for them. Prior to her death, she succeeded.
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Max Oppenheimer 1910 Schiele was the subject of the biographical film, Excess and Punishment (aka Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung), a 1980 film originating in Germany with a European cast that explores Schiele's artistic demons leading up to his early death. The film was directed by Herbert Vesely and stars Mathieu Carrière as Schiele, Jane Birkin as his early artistic muse Wally Neuzil, Christine Kaufman as his wife, Edith Harms, and Kristina Van Eyck as her sister, Adele Harms. Also in 1980, the Arts Council of Great Britain produced a documentary film, Schiele in Prison, which looked at the circumstances of Schiele's imprisonment and the veracity of his diary. In 2016 another biographical film was released, Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (German: Egon Schiele: Tod und Mädchen).
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The Anna Nicole Smith Story (working title: Anna Nicole: The Movie) is a 2009 biographical film depicting the life of Anna Nicole Smith, released on DVD on September 22, 2009. The film has been released by Nasser Entertainment Group and stars Willa Ford in the title role. The film's production was described as "fast track" by the film's producer, Joseph Nasser.
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Carnera was played by Matthew G. Taylor in the 2005 film Cinderella Man, a film about the life of fellow boxer James J. Braddock. In 2008, the actor Andrea Iaia played Carnera in the Italian biographical film Carnera: The Walking Mountain, directed by Renzo Martinelli. In 2013, Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche named a motorbike, the 1983 BMW R80RT Carnera, in honor of Carnera.
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Billboard, 27 November 2004. and Larry John McNally and continuing to do voiceover work in commercials. She did not record or release another album until 2002, when producer John Leftwich selected her to sing a number of vocal compositions by Władysław Szpilman for an album released as a promotional tie- in to the biographical film The Pianist."Szpilman standards enjoy renaissance".
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He has also since rewritten Scott Williams' original draft of The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, a biographical film about American football player Ernie Davis. He wrote the screenplay for In the Heart of the Sea, for Intermedia and Spring Creek, and has written Animal Kingdom on spec. He re-wrote the 2014 film Seventh Son and the 2016 film Warcraft.
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Bhakta Potana () is a 1943 Telugu biographical film based on the life of Potana, who translated Bhagavatham into Telugu language. The film was scripted by Samudrala Raghavacharya, and directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy. The film had celebrated Jubilee runs all over the South India including Mysore state and Kerala.Bhaktha Potana (1943), M. L. Narasimham, Blast from the past, The Hindu, 11 December 2011.
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Pride is a 2007 American biographical film released by Lionsgate Entertainment on March 23, 2007. Loosely based upon the true story of Philadelphia swim coach James "Jim" Ellis, Pride stars Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, and Kimberly Elise. The film was directed by Sunu Gonera. The film centers on Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) and grouchy but caring janitor Elston (Bernie Mac).
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Gomez was voted as the Greatest Super Bantamweight Ever in 2014 by the Houston Boxing Hall Of Fame. The HBHOF is a voting body composed totally of current and former fighters. In 2003 a biographical film entitled Bazooka: The Battles of Wilfredo Gómez was produced by Cinemar Films, the documentary was directed by Mario Diaz and was filmed in New York City.
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Growing Up Brady is a 2000 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1992 autobiography Growing Up Brady: I Was A Teenage Greg written by actor Barry Williams with Chris Kreski. Directed by Richard A. Colla, it starred Williams, Adam Brody, Kaley Cuoco, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Michael Tucker, and was originally broadcast May 21, 2000 on NBC.
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He also won the 2013 Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for the same role. In 2015 Eklund won the Best Actor award presented by the Union of British Columbia Performers and Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (UBCPA/ACTRA) for his portrayal of English photographer Eadweard Muybridge in the biographical film Eadweard.
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Nina is a 2016 American biographical film written and directed by Cynthia Mort. The film focuses on American musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone, portrayed by Zoe Saldana. The film also stars David Oyelowo, Ella Thomas, and Mike Epps. The film was released on April 22, 2016, in a limited release and through video on demand by RLJ Entertainment.
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Ramabai is a 2016 Indian biographical film in Kannada language, based on the life of Ramabai Ambedkar, the first wife of Indian social reformer and politician B. R. Ambedkar. The film is directed by M. Ranganath, and stars Yagna Shetty as the eponymous lead, and Siddaram Karnik as Ambedkar. The film released on the 14 April 2016 coinciding the birthday of Dr. Ambedkar.
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Kinski Paganini, also known simply as Paganini, is a 1989 Italian-French biographical film written, directed by and starring Klaus Kinski. The story is based on the life and career of composer and virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini. It was Kinski's final film before his death in 1991. The film also stars Kinski's young wife (Debora Kinski) and son (Nikolai Kinski) alongside him.
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Ethel & Ernest is a British animated biographical film directed by Roger Mainwood. The film is based on the graphic memoir of the same name written by Raymond Briggs, and follows Briggs' parents, Ethel and Ernest, through their period of marriage from the 1920s to their deaths in the 1970s. It was broadcast on television on BBC One on 28 December 2016.
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Construction in Venus Fresco with Roxanne Meadows in Venus Fresco, with his partner Roxanne Meadows, supported the project in the 1990s through freelance inventing, industrial engineering, conventional architectural modeling, and invention consultations. In 2002, Fresco published his main work The Best That Money Can't Buy. In 2006, William Gazecki directed the semi-biographical film about Fresco, Future by Design.Gazecki, W. (2006). Docflix.
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Her role in the film Gagay: Prinsesa ng brownout earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 1993 Manila Film Festival. In 1995, De Belen won the Gawad Urian Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Sarah Jane Salazar in the movie The Secrets of Sarah Jane: Sana'y Mapatawad Mo, a biographical film about AIDS activist Sarah Jane Salazar.
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Shanti Sandesham (Telugu: శాంతి సందేశం, English: Message of Peace) is a 2003 Telugu-language film directed by P. Chandrasekhar Reddy. It was a biographical film about Jesus.Freek L. Bakker, The Challenge of the Silver Screen: An Analysis of the Cinematic Portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad, Studies in Religion and the Arts, v. 1 (Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill, 2009), 13–77.
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Rentun Ruusu () is a 2001 Finnish biographical film drama directed and written by Timo Koivusalo. The film is based on the life of Antti Yrjö Hammarberg (Irwin Goodman) who is still today a very popular singer in Finland. The film stars Martti Suosalo and Ilkka Koivula with Vexi Salmi as narrator. The film premiered in Helsinki on 12 January 2001.
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Gärdestad, with Keijo Liimatainen, wrote Jag vill ha en egen måne (2005), a biography about his brother Ted and the circumstances surrounding his suicide in 1997. In 2018, a biographical film about his brother, Ted: För kärlekens skull, was released. Gärdestad took part in creating realistic scenes for the film and gave it his support. Peter Viitanen portrayed Kenneth Gärdestad in the film.
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Lorenz's story was the inspiration for the Jack Bender's 1999 TV film My Little Assassin. Gabrielle Anwar portrayed Lorenz in the film and her mother Alice was portrayed by Jill Clayburgh. She is also the subject of a 2000 German documentary film Lieber Fidel - Maritas Geschichte ("Dear Fidel - Marita's Story"). She will be played by Jennifer Lawrence in the upcoming biographical film Marita.
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It is based on the novel by the same name by Jirō Asada. Zhang was cast in the romantic comedy television series Scent of a Woman (2011), playing the lover of Xu Fan's character. In 2013, he had a lead role in the biographical film, Falling Flowers. In 2014, he played the male lead opposite Choo Ja-hyun in Xiu Xiu's Men.
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The Dolly Sisters is a 1945 American Technicolor biographical film about the Dolly Sisters, identical twins who became famous as entertainers on Broadway and in Europe in the early years of the 20th century as Jennie and Rosie Dolly (Yansci and Roszika Deutsch), Hungarian-born entertainers. It starred Betty Grable as Jenny, June Haver as Rosie and John Payne as Harry Fox.
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Rachel York (born August 7, 1971) is an American actress and singer. She is known for stage roles in City of Angels, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria, Kiss Me, Kate, Sly Fox, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Anything Goes. She also has many film and television credits, including her portrayal of Lucille Ball in the CBS biographical film Lucy.
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Bloed, zweet & tranen, also known as Blood, Sweat & Tears,Golden film for Blood, Sweat & Tears is a Dutch biographical film about the late Dutch singer André Hazes. The movie, named after Hazes' song Bloed, zweet en tranen, was directed by Diederick Koopal and released in 2015. Starring actors are Martijn Fischer (who plays Hazes), Hadewych Minis, Fedja van Huêt, and Matheu Hinzen.
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Babilonia was the first figure skater of partial African American descent to compete for the United States at Olympics and win world titles. She is also part Filipino on her father's side and part Native American.Notable Filipinos Worldwide. notablefilipinos.com In 1990, a biographical film of her rise to fame was aired on television, On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story.
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Giuseppe Verdi is a 1938 Italian biographical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fosco Giachetti, Gaby Morlay and Germana Paolieri. The film portrays the life of the composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). The casting of Giachetti as Verdi was intended to emphasise the composer's patriotism, as he had recently played patriotic roles in films such as The White Squadron.Landy p.
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Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller. It follows the events during the writing of Capote's 1966 non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title character. The film was based on Gerald Clarke's 1988 biography Capote.
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Benjamin then formed his own company, Moxie Turtle. In May 2012, Benjamin began filming a biographical film about Jimi Hendrix entitled All Is By My Side. It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2013. His performance was met with critical acclaim and earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
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From the late 1950s through the 1970s, she made occasional appearances as a guest star on various TV series, including Playhouse 90, Love, American Style, and Wonder Woman. Her last acting appearance was in a made-for-television biographical film of Errol Flynn in 1985. Mason was a regular guest on The Merv Griffin Show in the 1960s and 1970s.
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The film was a superhit and now considered an iconic thrissur movie. His next movie Varsham starring Mammootty, Asha Sarath and Mamta Mohandas was released in November 2014. The film was a huge commercial and critical success with Mammootty winning almost all major awards that year. This was followed by a biographical film Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam in November 2015.
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177 It is thought that Ronalds was pregnant on at least two occasions,Jacobs, pp. 178 and 203-04 and she apparently procured an abortion in 1882 and again in 1884.Ainger, pp. 210 and 237-38 The 1999 biographical film Topsy-Turvy depicts Sullivan and Ronalds discussing an abortion at around the time of the production of The Mikado.
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The lyrics of some of the songs were changed for family-friendly airplay, which has been claimed by the band to be a play on irony of the messages of their classic hits. Festival Hall, in Melbourne, Australia, 2008: Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh In an April 2007 interview, Gerald Casale mentioned a tentative project for a biographical film about Devo's early days.
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On September 19, 2018, Kesha released her song "Here Comes the Change", which served as a single to promote On the Basis of Sex (2018), a biographical film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In October 2018, Kesha collaborated, wrote, and performed on the song "Safe" with her younger brother Sage Sebert and rapper Chika, as an homage for the Parkland, Florida school shooting.
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Jacques Laurey's biographical film about Rose, Where Was I?, was premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in the same year. His final solo album, American Son, was released in February 2002. Not Goin' Anywhere by Norwegian band Headwaiter, featuring four songs with lyrics by Rose and a duet with the lead singer Per Jorgenson, was released in Norway in September 2002.
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Cobb is a 1994 American biographical film starring Tommy Lee Jones as baseball player Ty Cobb. The picture was written and directed by Ron Shelton and based on a book by Al Stump. The original music score was composed by Elliot Goldenthal. The film is told through the partnership between Cobb and sportswriter Al Stump who served as a ghostwriter of Cobb's autobiography.
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In 1997, Haris Pašović produced and directed a biographical film, Greta, about her.Greta Ferusic . San Francisco Jewish Film Festival The film producers received a grant of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to transform it from video format to a professional 35mm film format.Documentary Film: "Greta Ferusic" The film has been shown in different film festivals, such as Avignon, New York, London, Amsterdam,Greta .
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David is a 1951 British short biographical film about the Welsh miner and poet David Rees Griffiths.Biography of David Rees Griffiths It was directed by Paul Dickson, who also wrote the script,BFI Screenonline. Accessed 2 February 2014 shot by Ronald Anscombe, produced by James Carr, and distributed by Regent Films. Leading Welsh composer Grace Williams wrote the score for the film.
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In 1984, Balakrishna debuted in a hero role with Sahasame Jeevitham. He then starred in the drama film Mangammagari Manavadu in 1984, alongside Bhanumathi and Suhasini, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna. In the same year, he acted in Kathanayakudu and in the biographical film Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra. He also appeared in Janani Janmabhoomi in 1984, directed by K. Viswanath.
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An Englishman in New York is a 2009 biographical film that chronicles the years gay English writer Quentin Crisp spent in New York City, starring John Hurt reprising his role as Crisp from The Naked Civil Servant (1975). The film takes its title from "Englishman in New York", a song about Crisp written by Sting for the 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun.
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Hannah Chaplin's granddaughter, actress Geraldine Chaplin, portrayed her in the biographical film Chaplin (1992), directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin. Geraldine Chaplin was nominated for a Golden Globe award in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her performance. English model, actress and singer Twiggy portrayed Hannah in the U.K. TV series Young Charlie Chaplin (1989).
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She starred as a struggling police officer in the romantic drama Expired, and portrayed a Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the dramedy Mister Lonely. Morton worked again with director Anton Corbijn in the biographical film Control, where she appeared as Deborah Curtis, wife of musician Ian Curtis from the band Joy Division, whose biography Touching from a Distance formed the basis of the film.
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Devotion is a 1946 American biographical film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland, and Sydney Greenstreet. Based on a story by Theodore Reeves, the film is a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the Brontë sisters. The movie features Montagu Love's last role; he died almost three years before the film's delayed release.
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Marie's Story () is a 2014 French biographical film directed by Jean-Pierre Améris and written by Améris and Philippe Blasband. It is based on the true story of Marie Heurtin (1885-1921), a girl who was born deaf and blind in late 19th century France. The film won the Variety Piazza Grande Award at the 67th Locarno International Film Festival.
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Cazuza – O Tempo Não Pára (Cazuza - Time Doesn't Stop) is a 2004 Brazilian biographical film directed by Walter Carvalho and Sandra Werneck, about the life of singer Cazuza. It stars Daniel de Oliveira as Cazuza. The film is based on the book by Cazuza's mother, Lucia Araujo. The film won a Best Actor Award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards.
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A standout role for Ankrum was in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's production of Tennessee Johnson (1942), a biographical film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th U.S. president. As Sen. Jefferson Davis, Ankrum movingly addresses the United States Senate upon his resignation to lead the Confederate States of America as that republic's first—and only—president. Ankrum's film career was extensive and spanned 30 years.
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José Rizal is a 1998 Filipino biographical film of the Filipino patriot José Rizal, directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya and starring Cesar Montano as José Rizal. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film in the history of Filipino cinema with a budget of over . The film was an official entry to the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival.
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A Regular Woman () is a 2019 German biographical film directed by Sherry Hormann. It is based on the life of Hatun "Aynur" Sürücü who was killed by her brother in an honor killing. Hormann stated that by 2019 people were "increasingly fencing ourselves in", so she decided to make the film. The film is narrated by an actress playing Sürücü.
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Marina is a biographical film released in 2013 and directed by Stijn Coninx. The film is based upon the life of the Italian singer Rocco Granata who moved to Belgium when he was a young boy. It features as Rocco Granata and Evelien Bosmans as Helena. Most part of the film is in Italian as Rocco's parents did not speak the Dutch language.
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The song has had a long history with Hollywood movies. In 1932, animation great Dave Fleischer directed a short titled Shine On Harvest Moon. A 1938 Roy Rogers western was named after the song, as was a 1944 biographical film about Bayes and Norworth. The song has been featured in dozens of movies, including Along Came Ruth (1933) and The Great Ziegfeld (1936).
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Aami is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language biographical film based on the life of famous author Kamala das. It is written and directed by Kamal and stars Manju Warrier as Kamala Surayya, along with Murali Gopy, Tovino Thomas, Anoop Menon and Anand Bal. The film was released on 9 February 2018.The film won two awards at Kerala state film awards.
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Veera Puran Appu () is a 1978 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic biographical film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by former cabinet minister Tyronne Fernando for Shalanka Films. It stars Ravindra Randeniya and Joe Abeywickrama in lead roles along with Malani Fonseka and Tissa Abeysekara. Music composed by Premasiri Khemadasa. It is the 399th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
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The Fabulous Dorseys is a 1947 fictionalized biographical film which tells the story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, from their boyhood in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania through their rise, their breakup, and their personal reunion. The film is a musical, but has many comic overtones. The Dorsey Brothers starred as themselves. Other actors include Janet Blair, William Lundigan, Sara Allgood and Arthur Shields.
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Cyr died on November 10, 1912, in Montreal, of chronic nephritis and was interred at St- Jean-De-Matha. Great homage was paid by all of Canada, with immense crowds attending the funeral and floral tributes coming from all over the world. He was portrayed by Antoine Bertrand in the 2013 biographical film Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort du monde.
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In 1984, Texas Monthly listed Barr alongside other Texans like Lady Bird Johnson as one of history's "perfect Texans." In March 1988, it was announced that Ryan O'Neal would direct Farrah Fawcett in a biographical film about Barr based on a script by George Axelrod, who wrote the Broadway play Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? However, the biopic was never produced.
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A biographical film of his life was produced in 1943, titled Dixie. Starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, it is a musical directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Numerous schools, businesses, and other institutions in Mount Vernon, Ohio, are named after Emmett. The official memorial to him is a large boulder with a placard attached located in front of the Knox County Historical Museum.
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His films include the controversial biographical film of Thai communist revolutionary Seksan Prasertkul, The Moonhunter; the jungle thriller Tigress of King River and The Seed (Duay Klao or ), a semi-documentary story of Isan farmers hit by drought who are saved by cloud seeding operations sponsored by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, as well as the Boonchu teen comedy series of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare is an Indian biographical film, directed and written by Shashank Udapurkar. It is based on the life of Indian social activist Anna Hazare. Shashank Udapurkar, director of the film, himself would be playing the titular character. The film also stars Tanishaa Mukerji, Govind Namdev, Sharat Saxena, Kishor Kadam, Daya Shankar Pandey, Ankit (Sourabh) Sharma in supporting roles.
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Rembrandt is a 1936 British biographical film made by London Film Productions of the life of 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The film was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by June Head and Lajos Bíró based on a story by Carl Zuckmayer. The music score was by Geoffrey Toye and the cinematography by Georges Périnal.
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The 44th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 44th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held from 5 to 15 September 2019. The opening gala was the documentary film Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, directed by Daniel Roher, and the festival closed with a screening of the biographical film Radioactive, directed by Marjane Satrapi.
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Anando Brahma, a Telugu horror-comedy directed by Mahi V Raghav starring Taapsee Pannu, was released on 18 August 2017. K composed the music for the film. The promo song features Malgudi Subha and is a rendition of a Mohammed Rafi song from 1970. K has worked on the music of Telugu film Yatra – a biographical film about Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
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Madame Curie is a 1943 biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Variety film review; November 24, 1943, page 18.Harrison's Reports film review; November 20, 1943, page 187. The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sidney Franklin from a screenplay by Paul Osborn, Paul H. Rameau, and Aldous Huxley (uncredited), adapted from the biography by Ève Curie.
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The contamination and lawsuit became the subject of Erin Brockovich, a 2000 biographical film which starred Julia Roberts as Brockovich. The film was a critical success, with Roberts winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and an Academy Award for Best Actress. Brockovich, who said that the film was about 98 percent accurate, made a cameo appearance.
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Periyar is a 2007 Tamil biographical film, made about the life of the social reformer and rationalist Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Making of Periyar with Sathyaraj who himself is a rationalist in the lead role. This movie was partly funded by the then Tamil Nadu government headed by Karunanidhi. The film was dubbed in Telugu and released as Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker.
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Mahathma Kabir (Kannada: ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ಕಬೀರ್) is a 1962 Indian Kannada biographical film, directed by P. Srinivas and produced by T N Reddy on mystic saint Kabir Das. The film stars Rajkumar, Krishnakumari, Udaykumar and T. D. Kusalakumari in lead roles. The film had musical score by A. Anasuyadevi. Telugu actor Sobhan Babu made a guest appearance in this movie which is his only Kannada movie.
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On August 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that Cameron was working on a biographical film about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a Japanese man that survived both the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The film's title was announced as Last Train to Hiroshima. Cameron met Yamaguchi just days before he died. The film would be based on the book of the same by Charles R. Pellegrino.
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627) The 1945 biographical film A Song to Remember earned Cornel Wilde an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his portrayal of the composer. Other film treatments have included: La valse de l'adieu (France, 1928) by Henry Roussel, with Pierre Blanchar as Chopin; Impromptu (1991), starring Hugh Grant as Chopin; La note bleue (1991); and Chopin: Desire for Love (2002).Iwona Sowińska, tr.
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The Alamodome was used as a filming location for the film Selena, a biographical film chronicling the life of Tejano musician Selena. It was used as a stand-in for the Astrodome in Houston. From July 5 to July 16, 2006, the Alamodome hosted the ELCA Youth Gathering. Approximately 40,000 youth and adult leaders attended the event, between the two weeks it was spread.
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Désirée is a 1954 American historical-biographical film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Julian Blaustein from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the best-selling novel Désirée by Annemarie Selinko. The music score was by Alex North and the cinematography by Milton R. Krasner. The film was made in CinemaScope. It stars Marlon Brando as Napoleon Bonaparte and Jean Simmons as Désirée Clary.
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Mácha was buried in Litoměřice in a pauper's grave. Recognition came after his death: in 1939, his remains were exhumed, and they were given a formal state burial at the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. A statue was erected in his honor in Petřín Park, Prague. In 1937 a biographical film, Karel Hynek Mácha, was made by Zet Molas (a pen name of Zdena Smolová).
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As a biographical film, the plot details the story of the large Gilbreth family. Frank and Lillian Gilbreth work together in raising 12 children. As both are business professionals and renowned efficiency experts, the trials of raising their children are detailed with comedic situations. The married couple have added assistance from their oldest daughter, who oftentimes acts as a parental figure to her younger siblings.
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In the biographical film about her father, Chaplin (1992), she played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin, for which she was nominated for her third Golden Globe Award. Soon after, she was directed by Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence (1993), and appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's version of Jane Eyre (1996). Chaplin went on to appear in Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997).
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While he was commanding officer of Valley Forge, the carrier and her aircraft were twice deployed to the war zone to repel advances by the enemy and were major contributors to the successful Inchon landings. Before his retirement, he was made the subject of a 1955 biographical film by Republic Pictures entitled The Eternal Sea with Sterling Hayden and Alexis Smith portraying Hoskins and his wife Sue.
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Prince of Players is a 1955 20th Century Fox biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth. The film was directed and produced by Philip Dunne from a screenplay by Moss Hart, based on the book by Eleanor Ruggles. The music score was by Bernard Herrmann and the cinematography by Charles G. Clarke. The film was made in CinemaScope and in DeLuxe Color.
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In 2011, Acharia starred in the one-off BBC Christmas show, Lapland. She also made an appearance as a school girl in the biographical film The Devil's Double. Acharia played the lead in the Norwegian feature film "I Am Yours", a role which landed her a nomination for Best Actress at the Norwegian Amanda Awards. The film was chosen as Norway's foreign-language Academy Awards submission.
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Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., the screenplay is written by McBride and Jack Baran. The film is produced by Adam Fields, with executive producers credited as Michael Grais, Mark Victor, and Art Levinson.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, public interest in Blake's music rekindled following the release of his 1969 retrospective album, The 86 Years of Eubie Blake. Blake was a frequent guest of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin. He was featured by leading conductors, such as Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Fiedler. In 1977 he played Will Williams in the Jeremy Kagan biographical film Scott Joplin.
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His Wife's Diary () is a 2000 Russian biographical film directed by Alexei Uchitel. It is a story about the last love affair of Ivan Bunin (played by Andrei Smirnov). It is set in French Riviera in the 1940s. His Wife's Diary was awarded the Grand Prize of the Kinotavr Festival and the 2000 Nika Award for Best Film, Best Male Actor (Smirnov) and Best Cinematography (Klimenko).
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The aria has previously been used in other films such as Farinelli, a 1994 biographical film about the castrato singer Farinelli, and was used again by von Trier in Nymphomaniac during a scene referencing the sequence showing Nic approaching the open window. The eight-track soundtrack features both versions of "Lascia ch'io pianga" and selected extracts of the "score" created by sound designer Kristian Eidnes Andersen.
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Suba Theraniyo (), theatrically as Jivakambavanika Hewath Suba Theraniyo, is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist epic biographical film directed by Sumith Kumara and co-produced by Bisara Chanakya and Ananda Samarasinghe for S.A.S Entertainments. It stars Ruwangi Rathnayake and Roshan Ranawana in lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis and Dilhani Ekanayake. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. It is the 1331st Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
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Andy Harris (R-Md.) objected to the film's content during a House subcommittee hearing on CPB funding. Harris admitted that he had not actually viewed the film. Ross is also the director of several shorts in the It Gets Better series of LGBTQ advocacy films, including one featuring Jane Lynch. She is currently working on a biographical film about actor and comedy teacher Del Close.
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He also mentioned that he would love to play Andrei Rublev. Tarkovsky did not intend the film to be a historical or a biographical film about Andrei Rublev. Instead, he was motivated by the idea of showing the connection between a creative character's personality and the times through which he lives. He wanted to show an artist's maturing and the development of his talent.
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Days of Sadat () is a 2001 Egyptian biographical film about President of Egypt Anwar Al Sadat. The movie starred several prominent actors, with Ahmad Zaki as the Egyptian president. It is considered to be one of Zaki's greatest performances, capturing intimate details about the president in great accuracy. One notable characteristic of Sadat was his speech pattern, which Ahmad Zaki captured strongly in his performance.
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Federer has also appeared in various small film roles, including the biographical film Kinsey (2004) and independent romance film Flannel Pajamas (2006).Holden, Stephen. "Movie Review. 'Flannel Pajamas'" The New York Times, November 15, 2006 Federer appeared in a recurring role on NBC's Smash in which she plays Monica Swift, the wife of Michael (Will Chase) who has an affair with Debra Messing's character Julia.
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In 2007, Leto starred in the biographical film Chapter 27. He portrayed Mark David Chapman, a fanatic fan of The Beatles and the murderer of John Lennon. Leto prepared for his role by relying on interviews with Chapman and on audiotapes recorded by a librarian which the actor met during a visit to the inmate's hometown. Leto gained 67 pounds to approximate the killer's physique.
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Prior to the casting of Tom Cruise, Kretschmann had been considered to play Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. Kretschmann also played Adolf Eichmann in a 2007 biographical film. Kretschmann made his first appearance on American television in 2003 when he guest starred in 2 episodes of 24. He later also appeared in Relic Hunter. In 2004, Kretschmann played Timothy Cain, a ruthless Umbrella Major, in Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
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Kill the Umpire is a 1950 baseball comedy film starring William Bendix and Una Merkel, directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Frank Tashlin. Bendix two years earlier had portrayed baseball player Babe Ruth in the biographical film The Babe Ruth Story. One of the ballplayers in this picture is played by Jeff Richards, billed as Richard Taylor, a minor-league ballplayer before becoming an actor.
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Breaking the Limits (Polish: Najlepszy) is a 2017 Polish biographical film directed by Łukasz Palkowski about the life of Jerzy Górski. The film stars Jakub Gierszał as Górski. Film shows how Gorski manage to win the double Iron Man triathlon after years of being drug addict. In this inspirational film we get to know Gorski from the very beginning, at the onset of his addition to drugs.
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Ann Marie Fleming is an independent Asian-Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. She was born in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1962 and is of Chinese and Australian descent. Her film Window Horses was released in 2016. Her animated biographical film The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (2003) won Best Documentary at the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Victoria Independent Film Festival.
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China Cry is a 1990 biographical film set during rise of the communist state in China, based on the book by Nora Lam. It is set in the 1950s based on the true story of Sung Neng Yee. Born into a wealthy Chinese family, she is first eager to become part of Mao Zedong's "new society". But the Maoist regime brings hardship and misery to her family.
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The Mystery of Natalie Wood is a two-part 2004 made-for-TV biographical film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Partly based on the biographies Natasha: the Biography of Natalie Wood written by Suzanne Finstad and Natalie & R.J. written by Warren G. Harris, the film chronicles the life and career of actress Natalie Wood, from her early childhood in the 1940s until her death in 1981.
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Second Serve is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical film starring Vanessa Redgrave as retired eye surgeon, professional tennis player, and transgender woman Renée Richards. The film is based on her 1983 autobiography Second Serve: The Renée Richards StoryRichards, Renée with John Ames. "Second Serve: the Renée Richards Story". New York City, New York, USA: Stein and Day, March 1983, that was written with John Ames.
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The Glorias is a 2020 American biographical film directed and produced by Julie Taymor, from a screenplay by Taymor and Sarah Ruhl. It is based upon My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem. It stars Julianne Moore as Steinem, with Alicia Vikander portraying a younger Steinem, from ages 20 to 40. Timothy Hutton, Lorraine Toussaint, Janelle Monáe, and Bette Midler complete the cast.
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Paxton also starred in the 2011 movie Shark Night. She then played Mirabella on the ABC Family movie Lovestruck: The Musical in 2013. In April 2016, it was announced that Paxton had joined the cast of David Lynch's 2017 Twin Peaks revival. In 2018, she co-starred as Donna Rice opposite Hugh Jackman in Jason Reitman's The Front Runner, a biographical film about politician Gary Hart.
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In 2008, director Oliver Stone, a noted liberal and Democrat who is known as a critic of Republican policymakers including Bush, directed a biographical film about Bush entitled W., featuring Josh Brolin in the title role. W. was appraised as a surprisingly even-handed and restrained treatment of Bush and his policies, given Bush's incredibly low popularity around the time of the film's release.
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Gone to Texas is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical film originally titled Houston: The Legend of Texas. It stars Sam Elliott in the title role, and is a biopic of Sam Houston's years as Governor of Tennessee through his involvement in the Texas Revolution. This production is notable for the complete absence of Davy Crockett in the Battle of the Alamo scenes.
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After Speer's death, Matthias Schmidt published a book that demonstrated that he had ordered the eviction of Jews from their Berlin homes. By 1999 historians had amply demonstrated that he had lied extensively. Even so, public perceptions of Speer did not change substantially until Heinrich Breloer aired a biographical film on TV in 2004. The film began a process of demystification and critical reappraisal.
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The National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales contains The Life Story of David Lloyd George, a 1918 biographical film, which is thought to be the first feature-length biopic of a living politician. It was included on the UK Memory of the World Register in 2010. A documentary film, Against the Dying of the Light, was produced about the work of the Archive.
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At the University of California, Irvine he played Hoss in Sam Shepard's The Tooth of Crime, and the title role in Shakespeare's Coriolanus, both directed by Keith Fowler. He has studied acting with Ivanna Chubbuck and Cameron Thor. He has also been writing for most of his 30-year career. He co- wrote the Bobby Darin biographical film Beyond the Sea, starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth.
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Om Namo Venkatesaya is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Hathiram Bhavaji, produced by A. Mahesh Reddy on the AMR Sai Krupa Entertainments banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty, Pragya Jaiswal in the lead roles while Jagapathi Babu & Saurabh Raj Jain in the supporting roles and music composed by M. M. Keeravani.
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Bedelia was cast at Willis' suggestion. He had seen her in her Golden Globe Award nominated performance in the 1983 biographical film Heart Like a Wheel. Veljohnson also appeared in his first major film role; he was cast at the suggestion of casting director Jackie Burch, with whom he had worked previously. Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, and Laurence Fishburne were considered for the role.
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Disraeli is a 1916 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and Percy Nash and starring Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold and Cyril Raymond. The film was based on the 1911 play Disraeli by Louis N. Parker, which was adapted twice more, as a 1921 silent version and most famously in 1929 as an early sound film. It was made at Ealing Studios.Low p.
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On March 26, 2007, Aronofsky announced that he was attached to direct The Fighter, a biographical film based on the life of professional boxer Micky Ward. Scott Silver was attached to write the script. However, on July 25, 2008, Collider reported that Aronofsky left the project in favor of directing the RoboCop remake. The film was finally released in 2010 and directed by David O. Russell.
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Jovovich was nominated for "Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture" at the 1991 Young Artist Awards, and "Worst New Star" at the 1991 Golden Raspberry Awards. In 1992, Jovovich co-starred with Christian Slater in the comedy Kuffs. Later that year, she portrayed Mildred Harris in the Charlie Chaplin biographical film Chaplin. In 1993, she acted in Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused.
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Cook Dennis Potter: A Life on Screen, p. 368 More fortunate was Mesmer (1993), a biographical film of the 19th century pseudo-scientist Franz Anton Mesmer. Potter's film, Secret Friends (1991), from his novel, Ticket to Ride, starring Alan Bates. Secret Friends premiered in New York at the Museum of Modern Art as the gala closing of the Museum of Television & Radio's week- long Potter retrospective.
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Päämaja – Finna.fi (in Finnish) Director Renny Harlin and producer Markus Selin were planned a biographical film about Mannerheim for a long time in the 21st century, and Mikko Nousiainen was attached to Mannerheim's role in the film. However, due to financial difficulties related to the production of the film, the project was canceled.Veli-Pekka Lehtonen, Harlin jätti Mannerheim-elokuvan, Selin jatkaa, Helsingin Sanomat 22.5.
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It provided the title for the 1964 biographical film of the same name, which starred George Hamilton. "Take These Chains From My Heart" was released in April 1953 and went to number 1 on the country charts. "I Won't Be Home No More", released in July, went to number 3, and an overdubbed demo, "Weary Blues From Waitin'", written with Ray Price, went to number 7.
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Adams lives and works from a nine-room penthouse apartment with a veranda on Park Avenue in Manhattan, that she and her husband purchased from the estate of billionaire heiress Doris Duke in 1997. Because of the apartment's connection with Duke, Adams hosted the wrap party for the television biographical film Bernard and Doris (2008), about Duke's later years and Duke's relationship with her butler.
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A companion book to the films, Alby Mangels' World Safari, was published in the 1980s. Lynn Santer authored Mangels's authorised biography Beyond World Safari in 2007. There are also reports that a feature-length Mangels biographical film is in production with multi-awarded Hollywood veteran producer Paul Mason and in 2010 he was rumoured to have been approached to appear on Dancing with the Stars.
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Kim A. Snyder is an American filmmaker and producer. Previously, she spent some time contributing to Variety. Snyder made her directorial debut with the 2000 documentary, I Remember Me, a biographical film chronicling her struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). In 2016, Snyder won at the Crested Butte Film Festival ACTNow award for Newtown and was nominated at Sundance Film Festival in Grand Jury Prize-Documentary.
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In September 2007, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam: an Illustrated Memoir by Ann Marie Fleming was published by Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin Publishing. The book expands on the information in the biographical film, and puts Long Tack Sam's life in a more historical context. In 2008, the book won The Doug Wright Award for best book. The book features artwork by Julian Lawrence.
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Film still of cast members (from left) Valentina Cortese, Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Alan Badel, and Rita Gam. Magic Fire is a 1955 American biographical film about the life of composer Richard Wagner, released by Republic Pictures. Directed by William Dieterle, the film made extensive use of Wagner's music, which was arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Dieterle worked with Korngold on several Warner Bros.
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The Hammer, previously titled Hamill, is a 2010 biographical film about Matt Hamill, a deaf wrestler and mixed martial artist. Oren Kaplan directs the film based on a screenplay co-written by Eben Kostbar and Joseph McKelheer, who are also the film's producers. Russell Harvard, a deaf actor, plays Hamill in the film. The Hammer screened at several film festivals throughout 2010 and 2011.
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The Pride of St. Louis is a 1952 American biographical film of the life of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean. It starred Dan Dailey as Dean, Joanne Dru as his wife, and Richard Crenna as his brother Paul "Daffy" Dean, also a major league pitcher. It was directed by Harmon Jones. Guy Trosper was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story.
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Che! is a 1969 American biographical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Omar Sharif as Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara. It follows Guevara from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in Bolivia in 1967, although the film does not portray the formative pre-Cuban revolution sections of Che's life as described in the autobiographical book The Motorcycle Diaries (1993)..
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Bhaktha Sri Thyagaraja (also known as Sri Thiagaraja Charitham) is a 1937 Indian Tamil-language biographical film written by M. P. Sundararajan and directed by Virendra Desai. Produced by Sagar Movietone, and based on the life of the Carnatic musician Tyagaraja, Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer, Kamala and Seetha appeared in the leading roles. The film's success at the box office was largely attributed to its music.
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Belle du Berry and Champêtres de Joie collaborated with choreographer Philippe Decouflé to create the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Albertville in 1992. She contributed to several theatre and film projects in the early 1990s, including a revue about the Dadaist movement, a tribute to Boris Vian, and acted the role of singer Yvette Guilbert in the Toulouse-Lautrec biographical film Lautrec.
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Ginnen Upan Seethala (; The Fire born frozen) is a 2019 Sinhala biographical film about Sri Lankan Marxist revolutionary Rohana Wijeweera directed by Anuruddha Jayasinghe and produced by Chamathka Peiris for Cinepro Lanka International. The film stars Kamal Addaraarachchi and Sulochana Weerasinghe in lead roles along with Jagath Manuwarna and Sujeewa Priyalal. Music composed by Nadeeka Guruge. It is the 1321st Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
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GLENN FORD PLANS BIOGRAPHICAL FILM: New York Times 11 Aug 1953: 17. In September, Katzman announced the female lead would be played by Ursula Thiess, who had been brought out from Germany by RKO two years previously, but had not made any movies.M-G-M PLANS FILM ON KOREA New York Times 7 Sep 1953: 15. The same month, Robert Stack was cast as the male lead.
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In 1995, Sayama starred along Itsumi Osawa in the Toshihiro Sato movie Roppongi Soldier as Ken Washizu, a former kickboxer turned private detective. His master Yoshiaki Fujiwara appears as well, portraiting a fellow kickboxer. He also had an appearance in the 2004 movie Shinsetsu Tiger Mask, a biographical film about Sayama's life in which he is played by Masakatsu Funaki. Sayama himself plays Tiger Mask's trainer.
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Ip Man was directed by Wilson Yip and written by Edmond Wong. It was Raymond Wong's idea to develop a biographical film about Wing Chun master Ip Man. Principal photography began in Shanghai in March 2008 and ended in August. The film was released in Hong Kong on 18 December 2008 by Mandarin Films, and earned around US$21.8 million against the US$11.7 million budget.
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Sri Ramakrishna Darshanam is a 2012 Singaporean and Indian Tamil and Hindi language biographical film based on the life and philosophy of 19th century Bengali mystic saint Ramakrishna. The film was directed by G N Dass produced by G.N.D. Vision International Private Limited. The film had screened in Chennai before being shared 17 August as a part of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Swami Vivekananda.
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In 2015, due to the success of the 2015 American biographical film Straight Outta Compton based on former Priority act N.W.A, Priority Records was relaunched one more time as a distributor. This time the focus was on new acts, including G Perico, Snoh Aalegra and Jonn Hart. In 2018 Priority Records partnered with TuneGO. Priority Records signed TuneGO Artist, Three Guests and distributed their album, 3G (2018).
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Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including the drama American Beauty (1999), the biopic titled October Sky (1999), the action spy film The Bourne Identity (2002), the biographical sports film Seabiscuit (2003), the biographical film about Truman Capote, Capote (2005), the geopolitical thriller Syriana (2005), the action-thriller The Kingdom (2007), the crime drama The Town (2010), the musical comedy film The Muppets (2011), the biographical film about Fred Rogers, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), and the coming-of-age film Little Women (2019). He also portrayed Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed miniseries Lonesome Dove, which became one of the most successful Westerns in history. Cooper won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as John Laroche in the 2002 film Adaptation.
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Sri Siddhartha Gautama (ශ්රී සිද්ධාර්ථ ගෞතම) is a 2013 Sinhalese epic biographical film based on the life of the Buddha. Directed by Saman Weeraman Written by, Dr Edwin Ariyadasa, Saman Weersman, Navin Gunarathne and George Paldona. Starring by Gagan Malik, Anchal Singh, Ranjan Ramanayake, Anjani Perera, Roshan Ranawana, Gautam Gulati, Saranga Disasekara, Dilhani Ekanayake, and Wilson Gooneratne. Veteran film maker Chandran Rutnam was the main adviser to the project.
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In 1671, the mission at St. Ignace, Michigan was named in his honor, by Father Jacques Marquette. The present day St. Ignace still bears his name. In 1949 he was the subject of a Spanish biographical film The Captain from Loyola in which he was played by Rafael Durán. In 2016, he was the subject of a Filipino film Ignacio de Loyola in which he was played by Andreas Muñoz.
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Wired is a 1989 biographical film of comedian and actor John Belushi, directed by Larry Peerce. It was based on the 1984 book of the same name by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, and adapted for the screen by Buckaroo Banzai creator Earl Mac Rauch.The Controversy Over Belushi Bio 'Wired'-Rolling Stone It stars Michael Chiklis in his film debut as Belushi. Wired was both a critical and a commercial failure.
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Except for the scenes at the Andes, it was all filmed at the Campo de Mayo military base. A new biographical film, "El Santo de la Espada", starred by Alfredo Alcón, was made in 1970. Directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, it kept the technical crew and most of the cast of an earlier movie about the Martín Fierro. It was one of the most expensive Argentine films to that date.
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In the early 1990s, Warner Bros. planned to produce a feature biographical film about actor James Dean, and the studio hired Israel Horovitz to write the script. One of the working titles was James Dean: An Invented Life before it was finalized as James Dean. When Horovitz wrote the script, he explored the "psychological insight" of Dean by showcasing the abandonment of his father, which became the fulcrum of the storyline.
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Upon his death, Walker was survived by his three children and ten grandchildren. Jim Vienneau, the son of his sister-in-law, is also a music producer and his uncle Frank was his mentor. He is best known for producing the Conway Twitty song, "It's Only Make Believe". In 2015, Walker was portrayed by actor Joe Knezevich in the HBO film Bessie, a biographical film about blues singer Bessie Smith.
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The Barbarian and the Geisha (working titles The Townsend Harris Story and The Barbarian) is a 1958 American biographical film drama in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color from 20th Century Fox. It was produced by Eugene Frenke, directed by John Huston, and stars John Wayne, Sam Jaffe, and Japanese actress Eiko Ando. The film was shot primarily on location in Japan. Townsend Harris is appointed the first Consul General to Japan.
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There are also places such as Firingi Bazaar which exist in older parts of Dhaka and Chittagong. The descendants of these Portuguese traders in Chittagong continue to be referred to as Firingis. The Indian biographical film Antony Firingee was very popular in the mid 20th century and was based on Anthony Firingee - a Bengali folk singer of Portuguese origin. There is also a river in the Sundarbans called Firingi River.
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In 2016, her successful drama film Zill-e-Shah was re- released at the Metropole Cinema in Lahore. She also portrayed a pivotal role in biographical film Salute which flopped at the box-office. In her career spanning more than thirty years, she has constantly worked with director Masud Butt. As of 2017, she is set to appear opposite Moammar Rana in her husband Syed Noor's much delayed film Bhai Wanted.
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27 September 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2010 (archived by WebCite on 3 January 2011). Elizabeth I and Longford led directly to Hooper being selected by Tom Hanks to direct the epic miniseries John Adams for Playtone and HBO. Hooper had been working on a biographical film with Joan Didion about Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, since 2006 when he was asked by Hanks to helm the programme.
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Salute is a 2016 Pakistani biographical film directed, written & produced by Shahzad Rafique. The film is based on the life of martyr Aitzaz Hasan who confronted a suicide bomber, preventing his attempt to detonate a bomb in his school, saving roughly 2000 lives. The film stars Ali Mohtesham, Ajab Gul and Saima Noor in leading roles. The film was distributed by IMGC Global Entertainment and released nationwide on 2 December 2016.
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Marilou Díaz-Abaya (March 30, 1955 – October 8, 2012) was a Filipina multi- award winning film director. She was the founder and president of the Marilou Díaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines. She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical film on the Philippines' national hero. She was part of the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.
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Carol Strickland (July 25, 1993), "Race Is On to Portray Pollock", The New York Times. In 2000, the biographical film Pollock, based on the Pulitzer Prize- winning biography, Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, directed by and starring Ed Harris, was released. Marcia Gay Harden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Lee Krasner. The movie was the project of Ed Harris, who portrayed Pollock.
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Into the Storm or Churchill at War (alt. title) is a 2009 biographical film about Winston Churchill and his days in office during the Second World War. The movie is directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and stars Brendan Gleeson as the British Prime Minister. Into the Storm is a sequel to the 2002 television film The Gathering Storm, which details the life of Churchill in the years just prior the war.
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The Secret of Nikola Tesla (), is a 1980 Yugoslav biographical film which details events in the life of the Serbian-American engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), portrayed by Serbian actor Petar Božović. Tesla grew up in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, studied engineering and physics, and moved to New York in 1884. He became an American citizen in 1891 and is known for his contributions to electrical engineering.Schwartz, Dennis.
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Leto's next film was the 2004 biographical film Alexander, directed by Oliver Stone. He portrayed Hephaestion, the closest friend of Alexander the Great. The film failed in the United States; Stone attributed its poor reception to disapproval of the depiction of Alexander's bisexuality, but it succeeded internationally, with worldwide revenue of US$167 million. The following year, Leto starred together with Nicolas Cage in the political crime thriller Lord of War.
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His next venture was Aarakshan, which starred Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan Deepika Padukone and Prateik Babbar. In 2012, Jha's release Chakravyuh starred Arjun Rampal, Abhay Deol, Manoj Bajpai, Kabir Bedi and Esha Gupta, and was released in Dussehra 2012. His next film Satyagraha (2013) starred Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgn. In 2019, he acted in the film Saand Ki Aankh a biographical film directed by Tushar Hiranandani.
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The film had its theatrical release on 13 October 2018 with English and Tamil subtitles clashing alongside biographical film Nidahase Piya DS at the box office. The portions of the film were shot in Colombo, Kandy and Hingurangketha with the shooting of the film went on floors from late 2017. The film is produced by Best Life Cinema which is also their second production in Sinhala film industry.
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Marks appeared in the 2006 feature film Accepted as Lizzie Gaines. She has guest-starred in television programs such as Ugly Betty and Weeds. She was featured in the cover story of the June 4, 2006 issue of The New York Times Magazine with her friend Liana Liberato. Marks played Tammy in The Runaways, a 2010 biographical film about the 1970s all-girl rock band of the same name.
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In 2008 Elias played a small role as "Telephone Tree #8" in the Gus Van Sant directed biographical film Milk. Followed closely by his 2009 role as "Young Hippy Boy" (Elias Comfort) in Jean-Claude Schlim's Luxembourgian-German drama film "House of Boys". Elias has an upcoming role in the Kevin Foong film "Casting Room" (2012) which is currently in post- production. Elias McConnell is now living in Brooklyn, New York.
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In 2007, he played a musician in the Tamil romantic comedy Mozhi. The 2009 action film Puthiya Mukham marked his debut as a playback singer, the film is considered significant in heightening his stardom. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor again in 2012 for the medical drama Ayalum Njanum Thammil and the biographical film Celluloid.Celluloid actor Prithviraj bags the Kerala State Film Awards . IBNLive.in.
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell is a somewhat fictionalized 1939 biographical film of the famous inventor. It was filmed in black-and-white and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The film stars Don Ameche as Bell and Loretta Young as Mabel, his wife, who contracted scarlet fever at an early age and became deaf. The first half of the film concentrates on the hero's romantic, financial, and scientific struggle.
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Soekarno ( — "Indonesia's Independence") is a 2013 Indonesian biographical film directed by Hanung Bramantyo and written by Ben Sihombing. This film tells the story of the life of the late Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia. Sukarno, who was born with the name "Kusno", was one of the major figures who played an important part in the fight for Indonesia's independence from Dutch colonial rule. This film stars Ario Bayu as Sukarno.
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Mahavir Singh Phogat is an Indian amateur wrestler, senior Olympics coach and politician. He is the trainer and father of Phogat sisters.Meet Mahavir Singh Phogat the fascinating wrestler who inspired, Publication: Huffington Post newsportal; Published on: 21 October 2016; Accessed on: 6 March 2017 The Hindi biographical film Dangal is loosely based on his life. Phogat was awarded the Dronacharya Award by the Government of India in 2016.
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Her fourth feature film, the biographical film Maudie (2016), about Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. Walsh stated that, as someone who has studied painting herself, she was drawn to the simplicity and beauty in Lewis's work. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics. A critic writing for The Japan Times called the film "an unabashedly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman".
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Genghis Khan (also known as Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime) is an unfinished 1992 biographical film of Genghis Khan, starring Richard Tyson, Charlton Heston, Pat Morita and John Saxon. An unsuccessful attempt was made to revive the production in January 2010, and to release the film as Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime as both a two-hour feature film and six-hour television series.
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Ramanujan is a 2014 biographical film based on the life of renowned Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The film, written and directed by Gnana Rajasekaran, was shot back to back in the Tamil and English languages. The film was produced by the independent Indian production house Camphor Cinema, ventured by Srivatsan Nadathur, Sushant Desai, Sharanyan Nadathur, Sindhu Rajasekaran. The cast consists of Indian and British film, stage and screen personalities.
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In 1987, Bertolucci directed the epic The Last Emperor, a biographical film telling the life story of Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last Emperor of China. The film was independently produced by British producer Jeremy Thomas, with whom Bertolucci worked almost exclusively from then on. The film was independently financed and three years in the making. Bertolucci, who co-wrote the film with Mark Peploe, won the Academy Award for Best Director.
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Stone, Skarlatos, and Sadler appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in October 2016 as a part of a special "Hometown Heroes" week. Playing as a team, they won $250,000. In July 2017, it was announced that Clint Eastwood would direct the upcoming biographical film titled after Stone, Skarlatos and Sadler's memoir, starring them, along with actresses Jenna Fischer and Judy Greer. Filming began on July 11, 2017.
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Mosman Art Gallery presented Then and now and everything in between: The Art of David Perry, a retrospective of his painting, drawing, photography, film and video in 2009."David Perry Retrospective 12 September 2009 - 11 October 2009" at daao.org.au. Accessed 9 September 2017 His short auto-biographical film Album 1970 was screened at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2014, in conjunction with the exhibition Pop to Popism.
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Jeanne Eagels (also titled The Jeanne Eagels Story) is a 1957 American biographical film loosely based on the life of stage star Jeanne Eagels. Distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was produced and directed by George Sidney from a screenplay by John Fante, Daniel Fuchs and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Fuchs.Variety film review; July 24, 1957, page 6.Harrison's Reports film review; July 20, 1957, page 114.
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Sadat is a 1983 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television biographical film based on the life and death of the late 3rd President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat starring Louis Gossett Jr. as Sadat and Madolyn Smith as Sadat's wife, Jehan. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television through Operation Prime Time. Gossett's performance earned him a nomination for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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"Dă-mi guriţa s-o sărut", at Romanian Music: Songs from old Bucharest Due to his vehement opposition to the Russification policies put in effect during the Soviet occupation of Romania, the Communist regime tried to erase Moscopol from the national memory by marginalizing him. Around 2005, director Ştefan Gladin met with great difficulties when he sought information about Moscopol for a biographical film; few archival documents about him remained.
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From 2004 to 2007, Leake served as CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation, having served on the corporation's board since 2001. In 2014, Leake founded Dancing Road Productions with Gena Ashwell. The company is producing an upcoming biographical film about Sir John Monash. At the 2020 Australia Day Honours, Leake was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to film, and to professional organisations.
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Brigitte Bardot, the French actress/bombshell of the 1960s, stars in this semi-biographical film of her life. Eighteen-year-old Jill enjoys a comfortable upper-class existence with her widowed mother in Switzerland and develops a crush on Fabio, a friend's husband. She heads off to Paris to become a model and dancer. Soon, Jill is discovered by a film producer and made into a huge movie star.
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He played a role in The World's Fastest Indian and also featured in the Bob Dylan biographical film I'm Not There. He appeared in Dinner for Schmucks as the cruel executive who hosts a dinner for "idiots". On television, Greenwood had roles on St. Elsewhere (Dr. Seth Griffin, 1986–88), Knots Landing (Pierce Lawton, 1991–92), and a starring role in the UPN series Nowhere Man (Thomas Veil, 1995–96).
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El Cantante is a 2006 biographical film which stars singers Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. The film is based on the life of the late salsa singer Héctor Lavoe, who is portrayed by Anthony. The film is told from the viewpoint of Puchi, Hector's wife, portrayed by Lopez. Initially debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2006, El Cantante was released on August 3, 2007.
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In September 2017, he began acting in Jhora Palak directed by Sayantan Mukherjee, a biographical film on the famous poet Jibanananda Das. In January 2018, Reza began his role in Nayok, a flm directed by Ispahani Arif Jahan. In February, he took the title role in Gontobbo a film directed by Aranya Polash, followed up by Sultan - The Saviour which was a joint venture film between Bangladesh and India.
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Marley is a posthumous two-disc soundtrack album by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It was released by Island Records and Tuff Gong Records. The soundtrack features music from the whole career of Bob Marley, his first recorded song, "Judge Not", to the last album he released in his lifetime, "Uprising". Marley was released to coincide with the release of Marley, a biographical film documenting the life of Bob Marley.
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By 1992 Carter was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame In 1993, her image appeared on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the Carter Family. She would rank No. 8 in CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music in 2002. In 2005, she was portrayed by Sandra Ellis Lafferty in the Johnny Cash biographical film Walk the Line. Actress Frances Conroy portrayed her in the 2013 TV Movie "Ring of Fire".
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The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario Lanza as Enrico Caruso. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Joe Pasternak with Jesse L. Lasky as associate producer from a screenplay by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig. The original music was by Johnny Green and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. Costume design was by Helen Rose and Gile Steele.
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The film has a number of sparse, brooding passages of music scattered throughout, including several played on a synthesizer. Some prints of the movie omit much of this extra music. Boorman was given a gold record for the "Dueling Banjos" hit single; this was later stolen from his house by the Dublin gangster Martin Cahill. Boorman recreated this scene in The General (1998), his biographical film about Cahill.
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Heart Like a Wheel is a 1983 biographical film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and based on the life of drag racing driver Shirley Muldowney. It stars Bonnie Bedelia as Shirley Muldowney and Beau Bridges as drag racing driver Connie Kalitta. The film garnered two award nominations: Bedelia for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, and William Theiss for an Oscar for Best Costume Design.
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The character was written out of the series in 1989. Sharkey then co-starred in the biographical film Wired. Based on the life of John Belushi, Sharkey portrayed a Puerto Rican angel who meets Belushi after his death in the morgue and "show[s] him the error of his ways." Sharkey's next role was in the 1989 black comedy film Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills.
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The house has appeared in many films, including Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985), Slipstream (1989), Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Philip Kaufman's Marquis de Sade biographical film Quills (2000), The Mummy Returns (2001), Ali G Indahouse (2002) as the Prime Minister's residence Chequers, Johnny English (2003), and Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005), where it was used as the Gothic Wayne Manor.Dark Knight Location Guide. Empire Online. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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In the 1989 biographical film Great Balls of Fire!, Doe played Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin-turned-father-in-law J. W. Brown. He starred in the 1992 films Roadside Prophets and Pure Country, and in the 1998 short Lone Greasers. Other movie acting credits include Road House, Vanishing Point, Salvador, Boogie Nights, The Specials, The Good Girl, Gypsy 83, Wyatt Earp, Border Radio, Pure Country, The Outsiders, and Brokedown Palace.
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Estefan has appeared in two films, Music of the Heart (1999) and For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000). Estefan made a cameo appearance with her husband in Marley & Me (2008). Estefan was cast to star as Connie Francis, a U.S. pop singer of the 1950s and early 1960s, in the biographical film Who's Sorry Now? According to Parade magazine (March 23, 2008), filming supposedly began in late 2008.
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Amara Silpi Jakkanna is a 1964 Telugu-language biographical film, produced and directed by veteran B. S. Ranga under the Vikram Studios banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, B. Saroja Devi in the lead roles and music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. Thespian Akkineni Nageswara Rao enacted the role of Amara Silpi Jakkanna, known for sculpting Kalyani Chalukyas and Hoysalas. This film is the first Eastmancolor production of Telugu cinema.
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Dr. B. R. Ambedkar is a 2005 Indian biographical film in Kannada language, based on the life history of the father of the Indian Constitution, B. R. Ambedkar. The film covers the period from his birth right up to his death. The actress Tara plays the role of Ambedkar's first wife Ramabai Ambedkar, while actress Bhavya plays Savita Ambedkar, his second wife. The film is directed by Sharan Kumar Kabbur.
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Riding in Cars with Boys is a 2001 American biographical film based on the autobiography of the same name by Beverly Donofrio, about a woman who overcame difficulties, including being a teen mother, and who later earned a master's degree. The movie's narrative spans the years 1961 to 1986. It stars Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, and James Woods. It was the last film directed by Penny Marshall.
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For his last release of 2012, he played hitman Robert Pronge in the biographical film The Iceman, about the murderer Richard Kuklinski. Evans' role was originally intended for James Franco, but he dropped out before filming began. In order to look the part, Evans wore a wig and grew a beard. Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney complimented Evans' versatile performance, which was unlike his Captain America persona.
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A Quiet Passion is a 2016 biographical film directed and written by Terence Davies about the life of American poet Emily Dickinson. The film stars Cynthia Nixon as the reclusive poet. It co-stars Emma Bell as young Dickinson, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff and Keith Carradine. The film premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016 and was released in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2017.
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She later headed the programming section of the Analysis and Computation Division (ACD) at Langley. Vaughan is one of the women featured in Margot Lee Shetterly's history Hidden Figures: The Story of the African- American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016). It was adapted as a biographical film of the same name, also released in 2016. In 2019, Vaughan was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously.
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Gisborne City was the setting of the 2014 drama film The Dark Horse, a biographical film starring Cliff Curtis about the late speed-chess champion, Genesis Potini. The film was shot in Gisborne and Auckland in the winter of 2013. In March 2016, Gisborne hosted the premiere of Mahana, a New Zealand film set in Patutahi and Manutuke, and based on Witi Ihimaera's semi- autobiographical novel Bulibasha: King Of The Gypsies.
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Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation is a 2009 South African documentary biographical film written and directed by Catherine Meyburgh. It was jointly produced by Liza Essers and Jason Hoff. The film centers on the real life stories of South African contemporary artists William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas who are also well known as popular artists in international contemporary art. The film shows them in discussion regarding drawing, painting and filmmaking.
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Nijinsky is a 1980 American biographical film directed by Herbert Ross. Hugh Wheeler wrote a screenplay that explores the later life and career of Vaslav Nijinsky; it was based largely on the premier danseur's personal diaries (a bowdlerized 1936 version was edited and published by his wife, Romola de Pulszky), and her 1934 biography of Nijinsky, largely ghostwritten by Lincoln Kirstein, who later co-founded the New York City Ballet.
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Innemann's early career was varied; he was involved in operettas, comedies and melodramas, short films and documentaries, often as cameraman. He made his directorial debut in silent films with the fairy-tale Červená karkulka (Little Red Riding-hood) in 1920. In 1925 he directed the popular comedy Z českých mlýnů (From the Czech Mills) and made a biographical film about Josef Kajetán Tyl, an important personality of the Czech National Revival.
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Forever Enthralled () is a Chinese biographical film directed by Chen Kaige; the film marks Chen's eleventh feature film as a director. Forever Enthralled follows the life of Mei Lanfang, one of China's premiere opera performers. It stars Leon Lai as Mei, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei and Masanobu Andō. Known during production as Mei Lanfang, the film's English title was changed in November 2008, shortly before its release, to Forever Enthralled.
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Factory Girl is a 2006 American biographical film directed by George Hickenlooper. It is based on the rapid rise and fall of 1960s underground film star and socialite Edie Sedgwick (played by Sienna Miller), known for her association with the artist Andy Warhol (Guy Pearce). The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 29, 2006 to largely negative reviews from critics, who nonetheless praised Miller's performance as Sedgwick.
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Sylvia is a 1985 biographical film about New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton- Warner, inspired by two of her books. The film was directed and co-written by New Zealander Michael Firth, and stars British actor Eleanor David as Ashton- Warner, alongside Tom Wilkinson, Nigel Terry and Mary Regan. The Village Voice critic Andrew Sarris rated Sylvia one of the ten best films of 1985. It also won praise from Vogue.
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The Sun (, Solntse) is a 2005 Russian biographical film directed by Alexander Sokurov, depicting Japanese Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) during the final days of World War II. It is the third film in a trilogy by director Aleksandr Sokurov that includes Taurus about the Soviet Union's Vladimir Lenin and Moloch about Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler.The Sun (Solntse) (2005) Reviewed by Jamie Woolley bbc.co.uk It received generally positive reviews from critics.
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The film was based on the namesake Hindi novel by Bhisham Sahni, who himself was an immigrant from Pakistan. The novel was published in 1974 and won the Sahitya Akademi Award the following year. While working as a second-unit director in Richard Attenborough's biographical film Gandhi, Nihalani came across the book while visiting a book store in Delhi. He was drawn towards it by the title "Tamas" (lit. Darkness).
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Following the success of Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard starred in several roles. In 2004, he starred in the comedy-drama Garden State, where he played Mark, the sarcastic best friend to Zach Braff's character. In the same year, Sarsgaard portrayed Clyde Martin, in the biographical film Kinsey, a movie about the life of Alfred Kinsey, played by Liam Neeson. Kinsey was Sarsgaard's first film role which featured full frontal nudity.
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King Cobra is a 2016 American biographical film about the life and early career of former gay pornographic film actor Brent Corrigan/Sean Paul Lockhart. It was directed by Justin Kelly and based on the book Cobra Killer: Gay Porn, Murder, and the Manhunt to Bring the Killers to Justice by Andrew E. Stoner and Peter A. Conway. The film was released on October 21, 2016, by IFC Midnight.
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Together with partner , he represented the company, inter alia, at the NATO gala in 2000 in Birmingham and the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2002. Cao portrayed the Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin in the biographical film Mao's Last Dancer (2009). For this role he was nominated for Best Actor in the Inside Film Awards. Li Cunxin himself had recommended Chi Cao for this role because he knew his father.
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Paul got a break as an editor with G. Aravindan's The Seer Who Walks Alone (1985), a documentary on Jiddu Krishnamurti. She went on to work in a few documentaries including Rajiv Vijay Raghavan's Sister Alphonsa of Bharananganam (1986), which won the Best Biographical Film at the 34th National Film Awards. She made her feature film debut with John Abraham's Amma Ariyan (1986). Her other films include Padippura (1989), Janmadinam (1997), Agnisakshi (1999).
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That same year, Highmore made his breakthrough with a critically acclaimed performance as troubled Peter Llewelyn Davies in Marc Forster's semi-biographical film Finding Neverland. He received several awards and nominations for the role, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, and nominations for the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.
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Beloved Sisters () is a 2014 German biographical film written and directed by Dominik Graf. The film is based on the life of the German poet Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) and upon his long relationships with two sisters, Caroline and Charlotte von Lengefeld. Schiller was ultimately married to Charlotte von Lengefeld. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, and had its premiere at the festival.
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Nutty Professor II: The Klumps,Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, IMDB Soundtrack Track Listing. David LaChapelle's 2005 movie Rize, Robin Williams’s 2007 movie License to Wed., the 2010 biographical film produced by Walt Disney Pictures: Secretariat, and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman. The song is regularly performed by space-rock band Spiritualized as the last song of their live sets; their version can be heard on the 1998 live album Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997.
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Panduranga Mahatyam () is a 1957 Indian Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Pundarika, produced by N. Trivikrama Rao under the National Art Theatres banner and directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, B. Saroja Devi and music composed by T. V. Raju. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Annaiyum Pithavum Munnari Dheivam (1959) and it was again remade as the Telugu film Pandurangadu (2008).
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Alexander Hamilton is a 1931 American pre-Code biographical film about Alexander Hamilton, produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and based on the 1917 play Hamilton by George Arliss and Mary Hamlin. It was directed by John G. Adolfi and stars Arliss in the title role. It follows the attempts of Hamilton to establish a new financial structure for the United States following the Confederation Period and the establishment of a new Constitution in 1787.
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Romero is a 1989 American biographical film depicting the story of Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who organized peaceful protests against the violent military regime, eventually at the cost of his own life. The film stars Raúl Juliá as Oscar Romero, Richard Jordan as Romero's close friend and fellow martyred priest, Rutilio Grande, as well as actors Ana Alicia and Harold Gould. Although the film depicts true events, there are some fictional characters.
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In September, Ljubomir Rajić, after coming back from the army, joined the band as the fourth member. The name of the band, Eva Braun, was proposed by Vasović after viewing a biographical film about Adolf Hitler. The name was both unusual and provocative, which was agreeable to the other members. The first rehearsals took place in November, and the first concert was held in the end of 1991 in a local "DB Klub" in Bečej.
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Pollock is a 2000 American biographical film which tells the life story of American painter Jackson Pollock. It stars Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Knott, Bud Cort, Molly Regan and Sada Thompson, and was directed by Harris. Marcia Gay Harden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Lee Krasner, Pollock's wife. Ed Harris received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Pollock.
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Back in Australia, she provided the close-up scenes of the pianist's hands in Wherever She Goes, a 1951 biographical film about Eileen Joyce (whose character was otherwise played by Suzanne Parrett). She gave many concerto performances in all capital cities, recitals on ABC radio, live TV appearances and also hosted a TV children's show. Later she was appointed as senior lecturer at the Faculty of Music, University of Queensland. She is also a painter.
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Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976August 28, 2020) was an American actor. After studying directing at Howard University, he landed his first major role as a series regular on Persons Unknown (2010). Boseman's breakthrough performance came as baseball player Jackie Robinson in the biographical film 42 (2013). He continued to portray historical figures, starring in Get on Up (2014) as singer James Brown and Marshall (2017) as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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A recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards, Finney was nominated for an Academy Award five times, as Best Actor four times, for Tom Jones (1963), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Dresser (1983), and Under the Volcano (1984), and as Best Supporting Actor for Erin Brockovich (2000). He received several awards for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 2002 BBC–HBO television biographical film The Gathering Storm.
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The Magnificent Yankee is a 1965 biographical film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television anthology series. The film was adapted by Robert Hartung from the Emmet Lavery 1946 play of the same title, which was in-turn adapted from the 1942 book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. The story examines the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne won Primetime Emmy Awards for their performances.
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The film was declared a musical hit with his performance being lauded. This was followed by the devotional biographical film Bhagawan Sri Saibaba, which had an ensemble cast. In 1994, he starred in B. C. Patil's story Poorna Sathya, which failed at the box office. The years 1995 and 1996 saw his highest number of films releasing, of which only Kavya, Thayi Illada Thavaru, Thavarina Thottilu and Gaaya proved to be successful.
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Later, Reitman had planned to direct the erotic thriller Chloe (2009), but he couldn't attract the cast he wanted; so Reitman decided to only serve as a producer and asked Atom Egoyan to direct the film. Chloe has since enjoyed commercial success and became Egoyan's biggest moneymaker ever. Reitman co-produced the biographical film Hitchcock, released on November 23, 2012. Reitman also directed the 2014 sports drama Draft Day, starring Kevin Costner.
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Mike's memory has been honored with numerous tribute albums (see Discography below) and in other creative works including a 2009 novel and an "blues opera" that premiered in 2011. A collection of Naumenko's complete writings – including his samizdat translation of Richard Bach's Illusions — is being prepared for publication in 2015. He appears as a character in Leto, a 2018 Russian biographical film about Viktor Tsoi. Mike Naumenko is played by Roman Bilyk.
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The semi-biographical film tells the story of a man who initiates an upbeat, innocuous advertising campaign that helps to unseat Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet during the 1988 plebiscite that led to the Chilean transition to democracy. The same month, however, it lost its president, Ricky Strauss, who departed the studio to become head of worldwide marketing at Walt Disney Pictures.Masters, Kim; Kit, Borys (January 12, 2012). "Disney Names Ricky Strauss as Marketing Chief".
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Ratu Tika Bravani (born February 17, 1990) is an Indonesian actress, known for 3: Alif Lam Mim (2015) and Shy Shy Cat (2016). She started her film debut in comedy film directed by Deddy Mizwar, How Funny (This Country Is) (2010). During her career, she has twice played as National Hero of Indonesia, Nyai Ahmad Dahlan in drama film Nyai Ahmad Dahlan (2017) and Fatmawati in biographical film directed by Hanung Bramantyo, Soekarno (2013).
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Gour Hari Dastan – The Freedom File is a 2015 Indian, biographical film on freedom fighter Gour Hari Das,Gour Hari Das Interview directed by Anant Mahadevan. The film starred Vinay Pathak, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey and Tannishtha Chatterjee, among others.Cast & Crew List The film depicts the life of the Indian freedom fighter from Odisha, Sri Gour Hari Das. The film released on 14 August 2015, and received good response from critics.
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After Xanadu Garrison was a frequent collaborator with choreographer and later director Kenny Ortega.Interview with Mick Chang, at Salsa Power, June 8, 2001. In 1997 Garrison choreographed Selena, the biographical film about Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the Tejano singing star whose life was tragically cut short. She was also the choreographer for the 2004 film Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, set in late-1950s Cuba, and for The Skeleton Key, a supernatural thriller released in 2005.
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Another Country (1984) is based on Mitchell's own play, and directed by Marek Kanievska. Vincent & Theo (1990) is a biographical film about the famed painted Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo, and was directed by Robert Altman. August (1996) was directed and starred Anthony Hopkins, and was adapted from Anton Chekhov's classic play Uncle Vanya. Wilde (1997) is based on the life of Oscar Wilde, and was directed by Brian Gilbert.
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Priest of Love is a British biographical film about D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda (née Von Richthofen). It was produced and directed by Christopher Miles and co-produced by Andrew Donally. The screenplay was by Alan Plater from the biography A Priest of Love by Harry T. Moore. The music score was by Francis James Brown and Stanley Joseph Seeger, credited jointly as "Joseph James", and the cinematography was by Ted Moore.
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Baigelman, along with Don Cheadle, co-wrote the screenplay for the biographical film Miles Ahead, depicting the life of musician Miles Davis. He also served as executive producer for the project. He next developed the upcoming ABC crime drama anthology television series Wicked City; Baigelman wrote the script for the pilot episode, which was then greenlit by ABC. The project was ordered to series in May 2015, and will debut on October 27, 2015.
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The Keeper (A.K.A. Trautmann) is a British-German biographical film directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller and starring German actor David Kross as the footballer Bert Trautmann. Although the subject of the film was a sportsman, the film has been described as "not primarily a sports film" but instead a drama. The film premiered at the 2018 Zurich Film Festival, and was released in Germany under the title Trautmann on 14 March 2019.
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Spirit of the Game is a 2016 biographical film written and directed by Darran Scott aka Darran Page with cinematography by Brian J. Breheny (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert). The film is based on the true story of the Mormon Yankees, an American basketball team which played in exhibition games before the 1956 Summer Olympics. The film stars, Aaron Jakubenko, Kevin Sorbo, Wade Briggs, Grant Pino and Anna McGahan.
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Bread and Roses is a 1993 biographical film showing significant episodes in the political life of socialist and feminist Sonja Davies, based on her autobiography of the same name. She is portrayed from her early years to her election to the Nelson Hospital Board. Made as a Suffrage Year tribute to the women of New Zealand. Helen Martin says the film is fascinating as a social history, showing her empathy with working class women.
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Little Mo is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film telling the life story of Maureen Connolly (September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), the 1950s American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year, before an accident ended her tennis career at age 19. It stars Glynnis O'Connor, Michael Learned, Anne Baxter, Mark Harmon (as her husband Norman Brinker) and Leslie Nielsen.
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Singer also directed the Queen biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), although he was fired from the film shortly before its completion. Since 1997, a number of boys and men have alleged that Singer sexually assaulted them as minors. Singer has denied all of the allegations. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts removed Singer's name from Bohemian Rhapsodys 2019 nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film because of the allegations against him.
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Pretty Boy Floyd is a 1960 biographical film based on the career of the notorious 1930s outlaw Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd. The film was an independent production, written and directed by Herbert J. Leder and produced by Monroe Sachson. The role of Pretty Boy Floyd was played by John Ericson and the rest of the cast included Barry Newman, Joan Harvey, Carl York, Phil Kenneally and a young Peter Falk in a minor role.
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Sama Kumaru Kathawa (Tale of the Prince of Peace) (), is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist epic biographical film directed by Nishantha Seneviratne and produced by Udara Palliyaguru for Guththila Strategic Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. It film stars Wimal Kumara de Costa, Rohana Beddage, Geetha Kanthi Jayakody and many new child cast. It is the 1332nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film was released on 31 May 2019 to fill the film gap.
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It also ranked number 38 on the Songs of the Century list. It was the second-biggest single of 1984 in the US and the 17th-biggest in the United Kingdom. In 1993, the song's title was used as the title for the biographical film about Turner's life. In 2012, "What's Love Got to Do with It" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame giving Turner her third Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
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Her autobiography, Unbreakable, was co-authored by Dina Serto and published by Harper Collins in late 2013. Priyanka Chopra portrayed Kom in Mary Kom, a 2014 Hindi language biographical film about her life. The movie is directed by Omung Kumar and was released on 5 September 2014. Kom also features in the 2016 documentary With This Ring, which follows the experiences of India's women's boxing team across the course of six years from 2006 - 2012.
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The Iron Major is a 1943 American biographical film about the famed college football coach and World War I hero, Frank Cavanaugh. Directed by Ray Enright, the screenplay was written by Aben Kandel and Warren Duff, based on Florence E. Cavanaugh's story. Produced and directed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film premiered in Boston on October 25, 1943. The picture stars Pat O'Brien as Major Cavanaugh, along with Ruth Warrick and Robert Ryan.
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Two years later, Roberts starred in the legal thriller The Pelican Brief, an adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same name. During the late 1990s, she played the lead in the romantic comedies My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Notting Hill (1999), and Runaway Bride (1999). In 2000, Roberts became the first actress to earn $20 million, for playing the eponymous environmental activist in the Steven Soderbergh-directed biographical film Erin Brockovich.
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Mahakavi Kalidasu is 1960 Indian Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Kālidāsa produced by K. Nagamani and P. Suri Babu under the Sarani Productions banner and directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sriranjani jr in the lead roles and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The film is a remake of the Kannada movie Mahakavi Kalidasa (1955) which also remade in Tamil in as Mahakavi Kalidas (1966).
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Howard Cox estimates its sales by August 1914 at in excess of three quarters of a million copies a week. By the end of October 1914 the cover of John Bull was '"boasting that the magazine’s circulation was the largest of any weekly journal in the world". It was the subject of a libel case in 1919 concerning a biographical film about David Lloyd George. In 1920, the company was merged into Odhams Press.
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Nag Ashwin is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the coming-of-age philosophical drama film Yevade Subramanyam which received positive reviews. In 2018 he directed the multilingual biographical film Mahanati, based on the life of late southern actress and star Savitri. At the 66th National Film Awards 2019, the film won accolades including the Best Feature Film in Telugu.
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Callahan died on July 24, 2010, following surgery for chronic bed sores. His brother stated the causes of his death were complications of quadriplegia and respiratory problems. He was 59 years old. A biographical film, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, and Jonah Hill and directed by Gus Van Sant, and based on Callahan's memoir of the same name, was released in 2018.
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Jackie Chan was one of the Seven Little Fortunes and when asked about his most famous pupil, Master Yu Jim Yuen said that Jackie was "not one of the best, but the naughtiest, yes." Known members include Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Corey Yuen, Yuen Wah, Yuen Tak, Yuen Tai, and Yuen Mo. Painted Faces (1988) is a biographical film about The Seven Little Fortunes during their youth at the Peking Opera School.
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The Terry Fox Story is a 1983 Canadian-American biographical film of Canadian amputee and runner Terry Fox. It was written by Howard Hume, John Kastner and Rose Kastner, and directed by Ralph L. Thomas. The film stars Eric Fryer as Fox, Chris Makepeace as his brother Darrell, and Robert Duvall as Fox's publicist, Bill Vigars. The cast also includes Rosalind Chao, R. H. Thomson, Elva Mai Hoover, Michael Zelniker, Saul Rubinek and Patrick Watson.
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The film's music was scored by Eugene Doga and was the beginning for their long collaboration. The film won the Silver Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Since 1973, Loteanu worked at the studio Mosfilm. Film adaptations of Maxim Gorky's Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven and Anton Chekhov's A Hunting Accident, and the biographical film Anna Pavlova, dedicated to the life of the great Russian ballerina, brought him great popularity.
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Diesel is a 1942 German biographical film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner, and Paul Wegener. It portrays the life of Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor of the diesel engine. It was one of a series of prestigious biopics made in Nazi Germany portraying genius inventors or artists struggling against the societies in which they live. The film was based on a biography by Eugen Diesel, one of Diesel's children.
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In 2015, Nixon appeared in two films which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: Stockholm, Pennsylvania and James White. She received critical acclaim for both performances, especially for the latter, which many considered as "Oscar-worthy." Nixon played the leading role of reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson in the biographical film A Quiet Passion directed and written by Terence Davies. The film premiered in February 2016 at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
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In February 2007 it was announced that Dr. Dre would produce dark comedies and horror films for New Line Cinema-owned company Crucial Films, along with longtime video director Phillip Atwell. Dr. Dre announced "This is a natural switch for me, since I've directed a lot of music videos, and I eventually want to get into directing." Along with fellow member Ice Cube, Dr. Dre produced Straight Outta Compton (2015), a biographical film about N.W.A.
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In 1999, Teena became the subject of a biographical film entitled Boys Don't Cry, directed by Kimberly Peirce and starring Hilary Swank as Teena and Chloë Sevigny as Tisdel. For their performances, Swank won and Sevigny was nominated for an Academy Award. Tisdel sued the producers of the film for unauthorized use of her name and likeness before the film's release. She claimed the film depicted her as "lazy, white trash, and a skanky snake".
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His work was the subject of several solo gallery exhibitions in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as being represented in many group exhibitions. In 2003, Percival Press published the full-color monograph Paintings & Drawings, illustrating a collection of visually rendered poems by Ricard. In 2004, Ricard created the album cover for Shadows Collide With People by musician John Frusciante. Ricard was portrayed by Michael Wincott in Julian Schnabel's biographical film, Basquiat (1996).
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On October 3, 2017, it was reported that Nathanson would be penning a script for a biographical film directed by Brett Ratner based on the life of the Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who will be portrayed by Academy Award winner Jared Leto, but the biopic was put indefinitely on hold and was confirmed that Leto would not portray the Playboy founder following an emergence of sexual harassment allegations against Ratner on November 2, 2017.
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He was then replaced by Disney Channel president Rich Ross. In April 2011, Cook joined the Board of Directors of Legendary Pictures, and served as one of the executive producers of Legendary Pictures' Jackie Robinson biographical film 42. In August 2013, Cook was made Chairman of KCETLink's Board of Directors. On April 19, 2015, Cook announced the formation of Dick Cook Studios with an investment of $150 million by Citic Guoan Group Co. Ltd.
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Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara () is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala language epic, biographical drama film written and directed by professor Sunil Ariyaratne. This historical biographical film depicts the life of princess Yashodhara, the wife of Prince Siddhartha. It is the 1304th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhalese cinema. The film stars Indian actress Pallavi Subhash (who is making her Sinhala language debut in the film) and Indian actor Arpit Choudhary in the lead roles.
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Heathcote starred as Olive Byrne, partner of psychologists and comic book authors William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth Holloway Marston, in the 2017 biographical film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. Heathcote played Susan Parsons in the CBS All Access drama Strange Angel. The show is an adaptation of George Pendle's novel Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons. The series was cancelled after two seasons in November 2019.
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This historical biographical film depicts the life of princess Yashodhara, the wife of Prince Siddhartha. Subhash, was honoured with Distinguished Achievement Award on 12 October, 2018 at the Annual Gala Dinner and Awards nights of SAFAL 2018 in Sydney, Australia, for her contribution to the film. Thereafter she performed significant role in Rajesh Chavan’s Ghar Hota Menacha 2018 Marathi Film. Where Siddharth Jadhav, Alka Kubal, Mohan Joshi and Avinash Narkar featured as lead characters.
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Drew Sidora Jordan (born May 1, 1985) is an American actress and singer known for her recurring role as Chantel in the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven, also as Lucy Avila in the 2006 movie Step Up and starred as Tionne Watkins in the VH1 TLC biographical film CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story. She is also known for portraying a fictionalized version of herself on the BET comedy-drama television series The Game.
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"Brigitte Bardot calls Sarah Palin a 'disgrace to women'" The Telegraph, 8 October 2008. On 13 August 2010, Bardot lashed out at director Kyle Newman regarding his plan to make a biographical film on her life. She told him, "Wait until I'm dead before you make a movie about my life!" otherwise "sparks will fly". In 2015, she threatened to sue a St. Tropez boutique selling items with her face on them.
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Their music was influential to many later punk rock acts. Smear went on to achieve greater fame performing with Nirvana and Foo Fighters. In 2005, actor Shane West was cast to play Crash in the biographical film What We Do Is Secret, titled after a song by the Germs. He performed with Smear, Doom, and Bolles at a production party for the film, after which the Germs reformed with West as the singer.
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In 2009, Attawia was the executive producer and costume designer for the biographical film An Englishman in New York. In 2009 and 2010, he produced all episodes of the daytime television crime drama Missing that aired on BBC One. In 2011, Attawia was the co-executive producer of the thriller film The Holding. He is the founding director of international group Argonon, and the executive producer and strategic advisor of Leopard Pictures.
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Annamayya is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language-language biographical film produced by V. Doraswamy Raju under the VMC Productions banner, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu, Suman, Ramya Krishna, Bhanupriya, Roja, Kasthuri playing the lead roles and music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film was recorded as a Blockbuster at the box office. Later in the year 2006 the movie was dubbed in Hindi by Tirupati Shree Balaji .
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Later she was cast as her aunt CeCe Winans in the Lifetime television biographical film Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett. Winans later made her stage debut in the musical Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story. In 2015, Winans was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. She plays Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee, the youngest daughter in the family, who is also the Minister of Music.
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After the war, McCarthy moved to Hollywood and became a film producer, first for 20th Century Fox, then for Universal Studios. In 1951, Decision Before Dawn, a spy picture that McCarthy produced with Anatole Litvak was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He later produced Sailor of the King (1953) and A Guide for the Married Man (1967). McCarthy spent nearly twenty years working on a biographical film of General George S. Patton.
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Nidahase Piya DS () is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala biographical film directed by Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa and co-produced by Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Dilman Jayaratne, Channa Hettiarachchi, Rajaputhra Weerasinghe, Kithsiri Athulathmudali and Clarance Kumarage. It stars an ensemble cast of many popular actors, with Lakshman Mendis in the lead role, with Thumindu Dodantenna and Saranga Disasekara in supportive roles. Music composed by Samantha Perera. It is the 1313th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
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Premiering in 2003, the musical Dr. Sex focuses on the relationship between Kinsey, his wife, and their shared lover Wally Matthews (based on Clyde Martin). The play had a score by Larry Bortniker, a book by Bortniker and Sally Deering, and won seven Jeff Awards. It was produced off-Broadway in 2005. The 2004 biographical film Kinsey, written and directed by Bill Condon, stars Liam Neeson as the scientist and Laura Linney as his wife.
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A graffiti showing Jean- Michel Basquiat Basquiat starred in Downtown 81, a vérité movie written by Glenn O'Brien and shot by Edo Bertoglio in 1981, but not released until 1998.Jean-Michel Basquiat, February 7 – April 6, 2013 Gagosian Gallery, New York. In 1996, eight years after the artist's death, a biographical film titled Basquiat was released, directed by Julian Schnabel, with actor Jeffrey Wright playing Basquiat. David Bowie played the part of Andy Warhol.
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In 2005, Larry starred in his biographical film, My Classic Life as an Artist: A Portrait of Larry Bissonnette. In 2011, Larry and his ally Tracy Thresher were in a documentary called Wretches & Jabberers, which documented his travels around the world. The film has been criticized for claiming that Bissonnette and Thresher can communicate through facilitated communication. In 2012, they were both featured in an episode of the National Geographic Taboo television series which was titled "Strange Behavior".
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'The Men Who Made Bond', The Wall Street Journal. 18 December 2014 His biographical film about Marlon Brando, Listen to Me Marlon, was made in conjunction with Showtime and Universal Pictures. It debuted in the Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival 2015, Listen to Me Marlon at the Sundance Film Festival website before being shortlisted for an Academy Award and receiving a Peabody Prize. The National Board of Review listed it in their top 5 documentaries of 2015.
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In October 2015, Toni along with The Braxtons released the holiday album Braxton Family Christmas on Def Jam Recordings. Compromsing cover versions of Christmas standards and carols as well as several original songs, it debuted and peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums. In January 2016, Lifetime premiered the biographical film Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart, based on Braxton's memoir. Actress Lex Scott Davis was cast to portray Braxton in the film.
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Louis's paintings are exhibited in the Musée d'art de Senlis, the Musée d'art naïf in Nice, and the Musée d'Art moderne Lille Métropole in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2009, the French biographical film Séraphine by director Martin Provost won seven César Awards, including Best Film and Best Actress for Yolande Moreau who starred in the title role. The film explores the relationship between Louis and Wilhelm Uhde from their first encounter in 1912 until her days in the Clermont Asylum.
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In April 2017, Benedetta, his next French film, was announced to begin filming in August of the same year. It is a biographical film about the life of Benedetta Carlini, which will be portrayed by Elle co-star Virginie Efira, and is an adaptation of the non- fiction book Immodest Acts - The life of a lesbian nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown.. In May 2018, Charlotte Rampling was announced to play a key supporting role.
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Samuel Peter W. Riley (born 8 January 1980) is an English actor and singer.James Mottram: The only people for me are the mad ones. Independent on Sunday: The New Review, 30 January 2011, pp 10–13 He is best known for his performance in the 2007 biographical film Control about the life of Ian Curtis, as protagonist Sal Paradise in the 2012 adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road, and as Diaval in the 2014 film Maleficent.
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet is a 1940 American biographical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Edward G. Robinson, based on the true story of the German doctor and scientist Dr. Paul Ehrlich. The film was released by Warner Bros., with some controversy considering the subject of syphilis in a major studio release. It was nominated for an Oscar for its original screenplay (by Norman Burnstine, Heinz Herald and John Huston), but lost to The Great McGinty.
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He reprised the role in both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, which were released in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Both films were the highest grossing of the year they were released, with Endgame going on to become the highest-grossing film of all time. Boseman portrayed Thurgood Marshall in the biographical film Marshall in 2017. Set years before he became the first African American Supreme Court Justice, the movie focuses on one of Marshall's early cases.
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Young's acting career was short-lived, though she appeared in three films. Her debut role was as Berta Hubbard, sister of Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, in Irving Cummings's 1939 biographical film The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, opposite her sisters Loretta (as Mabel), Sally, and Polly Ann. She would later have bit parts in two other films: No, No, Nanette (1940), and Border Incident (1949), the latter of which starred her husband, actor Ricardo Montalbán, whom she married in 1944.
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Immortal Beloved is a 1994 biographical film about the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven (played by Gary Oldman). The story follows Beethoven's secretary and first biographer Anton Schindler (Jeroen Krabbé) as he attempts to ascertain the true identity of the Unsterbliche Geliebte (Immortal Beloved) addressed in three letters found in the late composer's private papers. Schindler journeys throughout the Austrian Empire interviewing women who might be potential candidates as well as through Beethoven's own tumultuous life.
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However Houston's vocal prowess on that track secured her a nomination for a Best Female R&B; Vocal Performance. In 1973 Motown Productions announced a projected biographical film of Dinah Washington which would star Houston; however the project was dropped due to difficulties in getting clearance from Washington's relatives.Billboard Vol 85 No. 50 (December 15, 1973) p.46 In April 1974 Houston joined the cast of The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, playing various characters during the show's skits.
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Ones () is a compilation album by American singer Selena, released in the United States on October 1, 2002 by EMI Latin. It was released on November 11, 2002 in Spanish-speaking countries, while the limited edition included a bonus DVD of her music videos. Ones was released building on the popularity of the 1997 biographical film Selena. The album was aimed at Selena's new generation of fans, and its released marked the singer's twentieth year in the music industry.
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Franco is also known for his work on television; his first prominent acting role was the character Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He portrayed the title character in the television biographical film James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award. Franco had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016).
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Nina Arianda Matijcio (born September 18, 1984) is an American actress. She won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Vanda Jordan in Venus in Fur and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for portraying Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday. She stars in Amazon Studios legal series Goliath and starred in the biographical film Stan & Ollie (2018) as Stan Laurel's wife Ida Kitaeva Laurel.
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Shaheed Udham Singh is a 1999 Indian biographical film based on the life Udham Singh who spent his whole life to punish Michael O'Dwyer, the British Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab who administered the massacre of a thousand people at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. The film was screened retrospective on 13 August 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.
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The program also promoted the release of the biographical film The Buster Keaton Story with Donald O'Connor. In December 1958, Keaton was a guest star in the episode "A Very Merry Christmas" of The Donna Reed Show on ABC. He returned to the program in 1965 in the episode "Now You See It, Now You Don't". In August 1960, Keaton played mute King Sextimus the Silent in the national touring company of the Broadway musical Once Upon A Mattress.
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Maharaja Ajasath () is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic biographical film directed by Sanath Abeysekara and produced by Sunil T. Fernando for Sunil T. Films. It stars Jeevan Kumaratunga, Gayan Wikramathilake, and Palitha Silva in lead roles along with Sabeetha Perera and Hashini Gonagala. Music co-composed by Rohana Weerasinghe and Ranga Dassanayaka. A special screening was taken place prior to original screening at Tharangani Cinema Hall, at National Film Coroporation of Sri Lanka for Buddhist Monks.
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Elba in February 2018 Idris Elba is an English actor, producer, musician and DJ, known for playing drug trafficker Stringer Bell on the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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In 2011, Katerina Shpitsa appeared as the prostitute Zinka-Hitler in Alexander Gordon's Brothel Lights. And a year later she received one of the key roles (Alice) in the disaster film Metro, which brought her wide-spread fame. Shpitsa played the role of the beloved of the great Russian wrestler Ivan Poddubny in the biographical film Poddubny, which was released in 2014. In the historical series Young Guards by Leonid Plyaskin, the actress got the role of Lubov Shevtsova.
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Jayabheri is 1959 Indian Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Karnataka poet Kaasinath, produced by Vasireddy Narayana Rao under the Sarada Productions banner and directed by P. Pullaiah. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi in the lead roles and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The film is a remake of the Marathi film Lokshahir Ram Joshi (1947), in Hindi as Matwala Shayar Ram Joshi and simultaneously released in Tamil as Kalaivaanan.
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Harriet is a 2019 American biographical film directed by Kasi Lemmons, who also wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard. It stars Cynthia Erivo as abolitionist Harriet Tubman, with Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, and Janelle Monáe in supporting roles. A biography about Harriet Tubman had been in the works for years, with several actresses, including Viola Davis, rumored to star. Erivo was cast in February 2017, and much of the cast and crew joined the following year.
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The Dirt Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2019 biographical film of the same name by Mötley Crüe, inspired by the book The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by the band and Neil Strauss. The soundtrack was released by Mötley Records and Eleven Seven Records on March 22, 2019, on CD, LP, and digital formats. It is the band’s first release in over a decade since their 2009 Greatest Hits album.
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In Oliver Stone's 2008 biographical film W., Keach portrays a Texas preacher whose spiritual guidance begins with George W. Bush's AA experience, but extends long thereafter. Keach also starred in the TV film Ring of Death playing a sadistic prison warden who runs an underground fight club where prisoners compete for their lives. He had also starred in the movie Planes as Skipper Riley, main character Dusty Crophopper's flight instructor. He reprised the role in Planes: Fire & Rescue.
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They were unable to find a label to release the album, effectively putting an end to the band. The album would remain unreleased until Morphious Archives, a label that specializes in releasing obscure records, gained the rights to release the album. It was finally issued in 2001 as More. After the group's official disbandment, Jeff Mentges attended the University of Maryland as a film student, and subsequently directed the John Holmes biographical film Of Flesh and Blood in 1990.
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Yodogawa lived the last years of his life in the Zen Nikku Hotel in Tokyo (now ANA InterContinental Tokyo), where he paid for his room in cash every ten days. He continued working as the host of Sunday Western Movie Theatre until just weeks before his death. Nagaharu Yodogawa died November 11, 1998 of heart failure. Yodogawa Nagaharu monogatari - Kobe-hen: Sainara, a biographical film depicting his life, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released the following year.
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The song hit number 12 on the charts after two weeks and dropped off completely on its third week. In 1994, Aunor received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Film Academy of the Philippines. She is the youngest recipient of this special award. In 1995, Aunor found success in the box office when she did a biographical film about Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino domestic helper who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fellow maid.
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Ohm Krüger (English: Uncle Krüger) is a 1941 German biographical film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, and Werner Hinz. It was one of a series of propaganda films produced in Nazi Germany attacking the British. The film depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the British during the Boer War. It was the first film to be awarded the 'Film of the Nation' award.
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After Manmarziyaan, Abhishek is slated to play the male lead in a Sanjay Leela Bhansali production which is a biographical film about love story of poet Sahir Ludhianvi and author Amrita Pritam. For the same film, Irrfan Khan's name was discussed earlier, however later the role went to Abhishek. For the female lead, Priyanka Chopra was approached, but she refused the project. Now Abhishek will be paired with his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in this film.
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Garanduwa Baarage Palitha Silva (born August 30, 1967 as පාලිත සිල්වා) [Sinhala]) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Silva acted in more than 400 television serials and is best known for the roles in teledramas Keetaya, Deweni Inima and titular character in the biographical film Anagarika Dharmapala Srimathano. He was awarded the title of Maanava Hithavadee Keerthi Sri Veeraputra Deshabandu in June, 2019 for his service towards Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
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Mukunda Das, more popular as a charan kavi, was also a kaviyal. His character was featured in a popular Bengali film Balika Bodhu, wherein the songs of Mukunda Das inspired the rural masses during the independence movement, Another famous kaviyal, Anthony Firingee, a person of Portuguese origin, was featured in a Bengali biographical film bearing his name, with Uttam Kumar portraying him. Bhola Moira (19th century) kaviyal was a popular and entertaining singer who could keep his audience mesmerised.
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Fox's story was dramatized in the 1983 biographical film The Terry Fox Story. Produced by Home Box Office, the film aired as a television movie in the United States and had a theatrical run in Canada. The film starred amputee actor Eric Fryer and Robert Duvall, and was the first film made exclusively for pay television. The movie received mixed but generally positive reviews, but was criticized by Fox's family over how it portrayed his temper.
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In the biographical film Dois Filhos de Francisco, Maria Flor played Solange, who was the first love of the sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo, of the Zezé di Camargo & Luciano duo. She played Taís Junqueira in the telenovela Belíssima, which started airing in November, 2005. Taís Junqueira is a Brazilian woman working in Greece as a prostitute, after receiving a proposal promising her a job as a ballerina. During the telenovela, her character tried to return to Brazil.
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Shelley, Peter, 'Frances Farmer: The Life and Films of a Troubled Star', pp60-64 A widely discredited 1978 biography of her life, Shadowland, alleged that Farmer underwent a transorbital lobotomy during her institutionalization but the author has since stated in court that he fabricated this incident, as well as several other major aspects of the book. A 1982 biographical film based on this book depicted these events as true, resulting in renewed interest in her life and career.
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Tipu Sharif has been active in the Pakistani television industry since 2005, and in the span of 11 years he has acted in close to 100 drama serials, in which he has portrayed diverse characters. He made his film debut in 2015 with the biographical film Manto. He was also in a supporting role in the film Saawan (2016), which was directed by Farhan Alam. Beyond acting, Tipu's debut album Ilham released in summer of 2016.
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Pazhassi Raja is a 1964 Malayalam biographical film, directed and produced by Kunchako. It is written by well known playwright Thikkodiyan and is based on the life of warrior king Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja. It stars Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair in the title role, with Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Satyapal, S. P. Pillai, Rajashree and Pankajavalli in other important roles. Pazhassi Raja is the second historical film in Malayalam, the first one was Veluthamby Dalava (1962) by the same director.
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It survives the rollover and she continues on her journey, with the aid of expanding foam to seal the windscreen. A maroon-coloured example is seen in the biographical film, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). In the 2007–2010 BBC detective series Inspector George Gently, Inspector George Gently (played by Martin Shaw) drives a Rover P5 Mark II and a Mark III. The quarterlight windows are used when flicking cigarette ash out of the car.
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The Wachowskis were reported as interested in producing the script but these plans were cancelled when Schwarzenegger became Governor of California in 2003. Howard himself was played by Vincent D'Onofrio in the 1996 biographical film The Whole Wide World, based on the books One Who Walked Alone and Day of the Stranger by Novalyne Price Ellis. Several further movies are in development. Conan: Red Nails, a direct-to-DVD animated version of "Red Nails" was announced in 2005.
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A radio version of "The Sky's The Limit" was released in August, with a music video for the song premiering on YouTube on 4 August. It was directed by Steve Price and was filmed at Armagh Observatory and Armagh Planetarium, Northern Ireland, and Haytor, Dartmoor. The second and final single, "You're the Best", was released in September. "The Sky's the Limit" was featured in the 2016 biographical film Eddie the Eagle and appeared on its soundtrack release, Fly.
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Fighting Father Dunne is a 1948 American biographical film about the life of Father Peter Dunne, and the creation of his News Boys Home in St. Louis, Missouri. Directed by Ted Tetzlaff, the screenplay was written by Martin Rackin and Frank Davis, based on an original story by William Rankin. The film stars Pat O'Brien as Fr. Dunne, along with Darryl Hickman, Charles Kemper, Una O'Connor, Arthur Shields, Harry Shannon, Joe Sawyer, Myrna Dell, and Ruth Donnelly.
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Tom Rob Smith's novel Agent 6 (2012) includes the character Jesse Austin, "a black singer, political activist and communist sympathizer modeled after real-life actor/activist Paul Robeson." Robeson also appears in short fiction published in the online literary magazines the Maple Tree Literary Supplement and Every Day Fiction. In November 2014, it was reported that film director Steve McQueen's next film would be a biographical film about Paul Robeson. As of 2020, the film has not been made.
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The Great Waltz is a 1938 American biographical film based very loosely on the life of Johann Strauss II. It starred Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet (Gravey), and Miliza Korjus. Rainer received top billing at the producer's insistence, but her role is comparatively minor as Strauss' wife, Poldi Vogelhuber. It was the only starring role for Korjus, who was a famous opera soprano and played one in the film. Joseph Ruttenberg won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a 1998 American romantic drama film directed by Gregory Nava. Released by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is a biographical film of R&B;/Rock and roll singer Frankie Lymon, lead singer of the pioneering rock and roll group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers for one year. Moreover, the film highlights the three women in his life, each of whom claim to have married Lymon and lay claim to his estate.
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In 2014, Rogers appeared in a biographical film about the life of singer-songwriter Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Love and Mercy. The following year, Rogers co-starred in the independent thriller film Careful What You Wish For (2015), alongside Nick Jonas. That same year, he had a main role in the Hulu comedy series Resident Advisors as Tyler Stone. Also in 2015, Rogers was cast in ABC's thriller series Quantico, portraying FBI recruit Caleb Haas.
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Jagadguru Adi Shankara is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language biographical film written and directed by J. K. Bharavi. The film is based on the life of 8th- century philosopher Adi Shankara. A sequel to the 2001 film Sri Manjunatha. It stars Kaushik Babu in the title role of Adi Shankaracharya, leading an ensemble cast that includes Nagarjuna Akkineni, Mohan Babu, Suman, Srihari and Sai Kumar in other important roles and music composed by Nag Sri Vatsa.
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Peyton's work continues today in his original ministries – Family Rosary, Family Theater and Family Rosary International – and in the Father Patrick Peyton Family Institute. On October 9, 2020, Family Theater Productions will release a biographical film about Peyton. David Guffey is the national director of Family Theater Productions and a member of the Holy Cross religious institute that Peyton belonged to. Guffey is the executive producer of the film, entitled Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton.
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In 2012 the Grupo Editorial Planeta published Gilda, la abanderada de la bailanta (her only authorized biography), by journalist Alejandro Margulis. In 2015 the play Gilda was inaugurated in Buenos Aires with Florencia Berthold in the lead role and directed by Iván Espeche. I'm Gilda, a biographical film about her life and career was released on 15 September 2016, the 20th anniversary of her death featuring Natalia Oreiro as Gilda as well as several musicians from her original band.
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The Young Mr. Pitt is a 1942 British biographical film of the life of William Pitt the Younger and in particular his struggle against revolutionary France and Napoleon. It was directed by Carol Reed and stars Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert and John Mills. Made in black-and-white, it was produced by Edward Black and Maurice Ostrer for the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox. It was filmed as the Second World War was raging.
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In the 1990s, Tim Burton, a Keane art collector and director of the 2014 biographical film Big Eyes about the life of Margaret Keane, commissioned the artist to paint a portrait of his then-girlfriend Lisa Marie. Keane's art was bought and presented to the United Nations Children's Fund in 1961 by the Prescolite Manufacturing Corporation. Keane's big eyes paintings have influenced toy designs, Little Miss No Name and Susie Sad Eyes dolls, and the cartoon The Powerpuff Girls.
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The Diary of Diana B. () is a 2019 biographical film directed by Dana Budisavljević. The film tells the story of the aid operation of humanitarian Diana Budisavljević for the rescue of more than 10,000 - mainly Orthodox Christian Serbs - children from concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia during WWII. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Pula Film Festival on July 18. It won four Golden Arenas, including the Big Golden Arena for Best Film.
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Fall Muster battle reenactment, 2012 Before the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, annual events included the Spring Pilgrimage in March, Confederate Memorial Day in April, the Fall Muster in October, and Candlelight Christmas in December. As of 2018, the Fall Muster is described as the "highlight" of the calendar. Visitors to the site were presented with a biographical film on the life of Jefferson Davis narrated by an actor portraying Davis's long-time friend, Iowa Senator George Wallace Jones.
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In 2006, he earned an Outstanding Supporting Actor nomination at the 27th Flying Sky Television Awards for his performance as Li Guorong in Return In Glory. Jiao made a guest appearance as Laozi on Confucius, a biographical film starring Chow Yun-fat as Confucius. In 2013, Jiao played the title role in All Quiet in Peking, co-starring Liu Ye, Chen Baoguo and Ni Dahong. He appeared as Qianlong Emperor in Hu Mei's Enter the Forbidden City (2019).
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La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez that follows the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, and Joe Pantoliano. The film also covers the effect that Valens' career had on the lives of his half- brother Bob Morales, his girlfriend Donna Ludwig and the rest of his family.
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Too Much, Too Soon is a 1958 biographical film about Diana Barrymore produced by Warner Bros. It was directed by Art Napoleon and produced by Henry Blanke from a screenplay by Art Napoleon and Jo Napoleon, based on the autobiography by Diana Barrymore and Gerold Frank. The music score was by Ernest Gold and the cinematography by both Nicholas Musuraca and Carl E. Guthrie. Diana died in 1960, two years after the release of this film.
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The sands are depicted in the 1929 film The Lady from the Sea, which is sometimes known by the title of Goodwin Sands. In the 2014 biographical film Mr. Turner, the first husband of the housekeeper Mrs. Booth is mentioned as having died in a boating accident at Goodwin Sands. "Old Goodman's Farm", appearing in the Rudyard Kipling poem Brookland Road refers to the Goodwin Sands and the legend of their origin as an island belonging to Earl Godwin.
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Mordyukova's character was partly inspired by her own personality and was written specially for her. 1969 saw the release of the biographical film Tchaikovsky directed by Igor Talankin and co-written by Budimir Metalnikov and Yuri Nagibin. It featured Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the leading role of the famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In 1972 the movie was nominated for two Oscars: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Academy Award for Best Original Musical.
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Adrienne Lecouvreur is a 1938 French-German biographical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Junie Astor. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Anton Weber.
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Close began his career at the age of 11 when he was discovered while appearing in a stage production of Auntie Mame in Hollywood. He made his film debut as a young Elliot Roosevelt in 1960 in the biographical film Sunrise at Campobello. For the remainder of the decade, he guest starred on various television series. Close continued his acting career in his late teenage years from 1967 to 1970 as one of Andy Warhol's film stars.
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Pandurangadu is 2008 Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Pundarika, produced by K. Krishna Mohana Rao on R. K. Film Associates banner, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and Sneha in the lead roles while Tabu plays a supporting role and music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film is remake of N. T. Rama Rao's old Telugu Movie Panduranga Mahatyam (1957). The film received positive reviews, but bombed at the boxoffice.
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In 2006, Bell made his on-screen debut, playing Lou Reed in the Edie Sedgwick biographical film, Factory Girl. Bandmate Patrick Wilson also appeared as John Cale, another member of the Velvet Underground. Bell was offered a role in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as "Orc Number Three", but declined the part. A few years later Bell stated in an interview that it was "not the right move for (his) movie career at the time".
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The local high school in Ustinovo was renamed after Tupolev and a memorial plaque was installed. In 1988, the Soviet Union issued a postage stamp dedicated to Tupolev. The 1979 biographical film Poema o kryl'yakh (Поэма о крыльях) directed by Daniil Khrabrovitsky is about the life and works of Tupolev and Igor Sikorsky, the Russian-American aviation pioneer. Prospekt Tupoleva, the main avenue in the Aviatsionny microdistrict of Domodedovo located next to Domodedovo Airport, was named after Tupolev.
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Mirza Ghalib is a 1954 Indian Hindi and Urdu language biographical film, directed by Sohrab Modi. Based on the life of well-known poet Mirza Ghalib, the film was acclaimed upon release. It stars Bharat Bhushan as Ghalib and Suraiya as his courtesan lover. The film won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film and the President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi in the 2nd National Film Awards for 1954.
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After seeing the 2004 biographical film Ray together, West and blues-rock musician John Mayer decided to collaborate on a record and immediately went back to a recording studio to compose the song "Bittersweet". This wasn't the first time West and Mayer collaborated with one another. The two previously worked together to make "Go!", the third single from Common's sixth studio album Be, which came about when Mayer went to visit West at The Record Plant in Los Angeles.
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Also in 2007, she appeared in Eichmann (2007), a biographical film detailing the interrogation of Adolf Eichmann. In Che (2008), a two-part biopic about Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Potente took on the role of communist revolutionary Tamara Bunke. She described the film as "really epic and [...] very emotional", during an interview with Vulture magazine. The film, first screened at the Cannes Film Festival, garnered a positive critical response while it made US$40.9 million worldwide.
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Bird is a 1988 American biographical film, produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Joel Oliansky. The film is a tribute to the life and music of jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker. It is constructed as a montage of scenes from Parker's life, from his childhood in Kansas City, through his early death at the age of 34. The film moves back and forth through Parker's history, blending moments to find some truth to his life.
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He then played gangster Al Capone in the biographical film Capone (1975). Cassevetes was in the support cast. Gazzara appeared on Broadway in Hughie (1975) then worked again for Cassavetes as director in The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), in which Gazzara took the leading role of the hapless strip-joint owner, Cosmo Vitelli. He starred in an action movie, High Velocity (1976), and was one of many stars in Voyage of the Damned (1976).
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Chebotaryov spent the post-war years studying at VGIK under Mikhail Romm. In 1952 he finished director's courses and started working as an assistant director at the Lenfilm studio. Only in 1959 he directed his first movie The Son of Iriston. Ironically, it was a biographical film about Kosta Khetagurov, the national poet of the Ossetian people, thus he worked in North Ossetia for several months without even realising that his beloved and their daughter were also living there.
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Oliver Musila Litondo (born 1948) is a Kenyan actor, journalist and newsreader. He is known for portraying Kimani Maruge in the 2010 biographical film The First Grader. For his portrayal as Maruge, Litondo won the AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor and the Black Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor. He was also nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in The First Grader.
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Hattangadi made her film debut with Saeed Akhtar Mirza's Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan in 1978. The film won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. This was followed by her appearance in Mirza's next picture, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), which won the same award, and Rabindra Dharmaraj's drama Chakra (1981). Her characters in these films were minor. Her next film was Richard Attenborough's biographical film Gandhi (1982), based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi.
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In the episode, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) becomes attracted to a new man, Stewart LaGrange (Dinklage). Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) tries to help Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) and his wife, Angie (Shepherd), arrange a post-nuptial agreement and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) auditions for a Janis Joplin biographical film. At the same time, Jack finds a new love in the form of Elisa (Hayek), his mother's nurse. "Señor Macho Solo" has received generally positive reception from television critics.
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Even after her exit from Russia, Komissarzhevskaya's fame was such that when she died of smallpox in 1910, her funeral was attended by vast crowds of mourners, and even occasioned some poignant lyrics from the Russian poet Alexander Blok. One of the major theatres of St. Petersburg still bears her name and, in 1980 there was even a biographical film made about the actress' life and career called, Ya - aktrisa ("I am an actress"), starring Natalia Saiko.
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Producer Jose Malvar Villegas Jr.'s plans for a biographical film about General Miguel Malvar began in 2000, which at the time was stalled for an extended period due to the risk of offending the American government. However, after Rodrigo Duterte became president and advocated for a more independent foreign policy, Villegas was encouraged to proceed with his plans and committed to depicting in the film the atrocities committed during American colonization of the Philippine islands.
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In 2011, Rage was part of the group N'Matez, along with Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, and RBX. They released the track "Trajical". Rage signed on to play herself in the upcoming film, Dogg Pound 4 Life, a biographical film focusing on the rise of the 1990s rap group, Tha Dogg Pound and was pictured in an Instagram post with Daz Dillinger. Rage also made an appearance on MC Eihts album Which Way Iz West (2017) on the track "Heart Cold".
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A biographical film entitled Best was released in May 2000, with John Lynch portraying George Best. Indie rock band The Wedding Present named their first album George Best, and featured Best on the cover wearing his red Manchester United kit. After his death, Brian Kennedy and Peter Corry released a single entitled George Best – A Tribute. Best features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series; he was included as an icon in the FIFA 19 Ultimate Team Legends.
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Alexander was the only player elected that year. Alexander attended Game 3 of the 1950 World Series at Yankee Stadium where he saw the Phillies lose to the Yankees. He died less than a month later, on November 4 in St. Paul, Nebraska, at the age of 63. Alexander was the subject of the 1952 biographical film The Winning Team, portrayed by Ronald Reagan. The film earned an estimated $1.7 million at the North American box office in 1952.
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Parnell is a 1937 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician. It was Gable's least successful film and is generally considered his worst, and it is listed in The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. The movie addresses the sex scandal that destroyed Parnell's political career, but its treatment of the subject is highly sanitized (and fictionalized) in keeping with Hollywood content restrictions at the time.
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A short biographical film named "The General", directed by Rauf Kazimovski, was released in 1970. An Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company tanker was named after him in 1980. There is a street in Baku and Gazakh named after him. By the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated July 28, 1990, the sixth cotton collective farm in Sabirabad District and 135th secondary school, located in the seventh Micro- District of Baku, was named after him.
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Retrieved 17 December 2016. In 2007, she appeared as Lydia in the Peeter Simm-directed biographical film Georg, which chronicled the life of Estonian singer Georg Ots.KinoKultura Retrieved 17 December 2016. Loo has also appeared in a number of feature- length, made for television films, including the 1970 Virve Aruoja-directed historical drama Kolme katku vahel, which starred Georg Ots, Ants Eskola and Ants Lauter; she also appeared in the 1978 telefilm musical Imelugu, directed by Irene Lään.
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A biographical film called Sarabjit was produced by Vashu Bhagnani (among others) and directed by Omung Kumar. Actress Aishwarya Rai essayed the role of Singh's sister, Dalbir Kaur, while, Randeep Hooda and Richa Chada played the role of Sarbjit Singh and his wife, Sukhpreet, respectively. The film was narrated through the perspective of Sarbjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur and was released on 20 May 2016 in India; the Censor board of Pakistan banned the film for being "anti-Pakistani".
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It is also the winner of the 2016 Trilobit Award.Anon., "Oceněny byly filmy Schmitke a Zpověď zapomenutého", Lidové noviny, January 16, 2016. A biographical film based on the life of Mysliveček with the title Il Boemo is in development, in collaboration with the Czech conductor Václav Luks, artistic director of the early music ensemble Collegium 1704,Film New Europe Association, "Production: Petr Vaclav in Final Development with Big Budget Biopic Il Boemo". with a planned release in 2020.
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Libertas is a 2006 Croatian-Italian co-production film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is a biographical film about the 16th-century playwright Marin Držić and his conflict with authorities of the Republic of Ragusa. The film marked the return of the veteran director Veljko Bulajić after a 17-year break. Following a long and troubled production, it was released to high expectations, but did not meet a favorable reception from either the critics or the box office.
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Abhinay made his film debut with the Telugu low-budget film Young India (2010) directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. He was set to make his Tamil debut with Vilambaram, but the delay of the film meant that the biographical film Ramanujan, based on the mathematician of the same name, was his debut film in Tamil. He received the role after an audition. Abhinay was also selected for the role due to his physical resemblance to Ramanjuan.
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In 2005, she appeared in 50 Cent's semi-biographical film, Get Rich or Die Tryin as the younger version of 50 Cent's love interest Charlene. Brown also stars as R&B; singer Michel'le in the 2016 Lifetime movie Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le. Brown is best known for her role as Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sutton on the ABC Family series, Lincoln Heights ran from 2007 to 2009. Brown is a graduate of Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, California.
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Sernas worked first as a leading man and later as a character actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Paris in the epic film Helen of Troy (1956). Sernas also appeared on American television, including the lead role in the 1956 Warner Brothers time travel production "Man from 1997" featuring James Garner. His more recent appearances have included appearing as a Cardinale Feltin in the television biographical film ' (2002) and as Ambasciatore in the television comedy film ' (2005).
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The music created a lot of attention, especially with the title song "Hara Hara Mahadevaki" becoming a viral hit. With the success of Hara Hara Mahadevaki, Balu continued with blockbuster Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu, his second collaboration with Jayakumar and Gautham Karthik. He later composed the biographical film Traffic Ramasamy, based on the life of activist Traffic Ramaswamy. Afterwards, Balu collaborated with Jayakumar for the third time with the Arya-starrer Ghajinikanth, a remake of the Telugu film Bhale Bhale Magadivoy.
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Supremo is a 2012 Filipino biographical film directed by Richard V. Somes about the life of Katipunan Supremo (President) Andrés Bonifacio. The film stars Alfred Vargas as Bonifacio, alongside Mon Confiado, Hermie Concepcion, Nicco Manalo, Alex Vincent Medina, Nica Naval, and Manu Respall. The film premiered at SM City Fairview in Quezon City on November 30, 2012, Bonifacio's 149th birth anniversary, and went into general release on December 5. It was also entered into competition at the 14th Cinemanila International Film Festival.
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In the same year, he also appeared as Bimbim in ' (Indonesian: Slank Never Dies), the biographical film about the band Slank. In 2014, he appeared in three comedy films; ' (Indonesian: The Pink Guinea Pig), ' (Indonesian: You, Me & The Office of Religion Affairs) and ' (Indonesian: I Pursue My Love to China). In 2015, he starred in ' as the titular character, General Sudirman, and ' (Indonesian: 3 Maidens) alongside Tora Sudiro and . In 2016, he made a cameo appearance in ', and starred in '.
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He acted in the Kannada- Malayalam bilingual film Shikari directed by Abhaya Simha in 2012. He made his debut in Hindi films through Thriyathri, which was released in 1989, though his first film as a leading actor was Dhartiputra. He starred titular role in the biographical film Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar, directed by Jabbar Patel, which was in English language won him his third National Film Award for Best Actor. He also appeared in Hindi film Sau Jhooth Ek Sach (2004).
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Written by Jorge Coscia and starred by Rubén Stella, it focused on his brief stay in Córdoba recovering from his diseases, and his opium addiction as a form of anesthesia. The 2010 Argentina Bicentennial renewed the interest in historical films, which led to a new biographical film of San Martín, "Revolución: El cruce de los Andes" (), directed by Leandro Ipiña and starring Rodrigo de la Serna. San Martín, played by Pablo Echarri, was also a secondary character of the film Manuel Belgrano.Bordón, p.
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul says that a man named Boonmee approached Phra Sripariyattiweti, the abbot of a Buddhist temple in his home town, claiming he could clearly remember his own previous lives while meditating. The abbot was so impressed with Boonmee's ability that he published a book called A Man Who Can Recall His Past Lives in 1983. By the time Apichatpong read the book, Boonmee had died. The original idea was to adapt the book into a biographical film about Boonmee.
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The Miracle Worker is a 2000 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1959 play of the same title by William Gibson, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 autobiography of Helen Keller. The play was adapted for the screen twice before, in 1962 and 1979. The film is based on the life of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan's struggles to teach her.
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Also in September, Gleeson had a small role in Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror film Mother!, starred alongside Christina Applegate and Thomas Haden Church in the independent comedy Crash Pad, and portrayed Winnie- the-Pooh creator A. A. Milne in the biographical film Goodbye Christopher Robin. His portrayal of Milne was deemed as being played a "little too stiffly" by BBC critic Nicholas Barber. Gleeson reprised his role as General Hux in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, released in December 2017.
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Vipra Narayana is a 1954 Telugu-language biographical film, produced & directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao under the Bharani Studios banner. It stars Bhanumathi Ramakrishna and Akkineni Nageswara Rao in the lead roles and music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on the life of Thondaradippodi Alvar, also called Vipranarayanar or Bhaktanghri Renu Swamy who was a Tamil Vaishnava Saint. He led his life in devotion to Lord Narayana and worked for the Perumal (Lord) by dedicating him with garlands.
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Aleksandr Drankov produced the first Russian narrative film Stenka Razin, based on events told in a popular folk song and directed by Vladimir Romashkov. Ladislas Starevich made the first Russian animated film (and the first stop motion puppet film with a story) in 1910 – Lucanus Cervus. Among the notable Russian filmmakers of the era were Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Ivan Mozzhukhin, who made Defence of Sevastopol in 1912. Yakov Protazanov made Departure of a Grand Old Man, a biographical film about Lev Tolstoy.
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Thereafter, he began making claims that he could hear an angelic choir singing to him. As his condition worsened, the angelic voices developed into demonic ones. Brian Wilson, songwriter and co-founder of the Beach Boys, has schizoaffective disorder that presents itself in the form of disembodied voices. They formed a major component of Bill Pohlad's Love & Mercy (2014), a biographical film which depicts Wilson's hallucinations as a source of musical inspiration, constructing songs that were partly designed to converse with them.
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Later that year, Hanks portrayed Fred Rogers in Marielle Heller's biographical film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood for which he was nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film was released on November 22, 2019 by Sony Pictures. On April 11, 2020, Hanks made his first television appearance since his COVID-19 diagnosis by hosting Saturday Night Live. Hanks delivered an opening monologue via his house but did not appear in any of the sketches.
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Dan performed with Kelly on Ways and Means and Stolen Apples. Both were members of Stardust Five, which released a self- titled album in 2006. On 22 September 2010 Kelly released his memoir, How to Make Gravy, which he described as "it's not traditional; it's writing around the A–Z theme – I tell stories around the song lyrics in alphabetical order". His biographical film, Paul Kelly: Stories of Me, directed by Ian Darling, was released to cinemas in October 2012.
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In 2001 the Ventanarosa released the Showtime movie In the Time of the Butterflies, another adaptation of a Hispanic author's work. The next year, Frida, a film Hayek had been involved with since 1997, was released in theaters. The biographical film about the life of artist Frida Kahlo went on to win two Oscars. The success of Frida, coupled with the good reception of In the Time of the Butterflies, was followed by the 2003 Emmy-winning The Maldonado Miracle, also for Showtime.
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Effie Gray is a 2014 British biographical film written by Emma Thompson and directed by Richard Laxton, starring Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, David Suchet, Derek Jacobi, James Fox, Robbie Coltrane, Claudia Cardinale, Greg Wise and Tom Sturridge. It is based on the true story of John Ruskin's marriage to Euphemia Gray and the subsequent annulment of their marriage. Effie Gray was released worldwide by Universal Pictures in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2014 and in America on 3 April 2015.
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1920 sheet music cover Judy Garland as Marilyn Miller performing the song in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), a biographical film loosely based on the life and work of Jerome Kern "Look for the Silver Lining" is a popular song with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by B.G. DeSylva. It was written in 1919 for the unsuccessful musical Zip, Goes a Million. In 1920 it was publishedSuskin, Steven. Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers.
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This version closed in 2004, and from 2005 to 2009 the attraction was replaced with Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years, a tribute to Disneyland's 50th anniversary which included exhibits on Disneyland in the pre-show and post-show areas and a film narrated by Steve Martin. The present-day attraction features a pre-show consisting of exhibits on the history of Disneyland. The main show features a short biographical film on Lincoln and an updated version of the original show.
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The Music of Silence () is a 2017 Italian biographical film directed by Michael Radford, based on the 1999 novel of the same name written by the tenor Andrea Bocelli and freely inspired by his childhood life until the beginning of his great career. Bocelli is played by Toby Sebastian with the alter ego of Amos Bardi. The Italian tenor physically appears in a scene of the film and his presence accompanies the entire film in the form of a first-person narrative.
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In real life, Adams has been mistaken for Minogue. She had a small role in the 2009 biographical film Bronson, about the prisoner Charles Bronson, and appeared in the British science fiction thriller Beacon77 in 2009 and as Wendy in My Last Five Girlfriends in 2010. Adams appeared in the second series of Death in Paradise, shown on the BBC in early 2013. She then starred as Padre Mary Greenstock in the BBC Three comedy Bluestone 42 for its first two series.
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On December 20, 2007, aged 77, Jeanne Carmen died from lymphoma at her home in Irvine, California, where she had resided since 1978. Her burial crypt headstone contains the epitaph: "She Came, She Saw, She Conquered." She was survived by three children, Melinda, Kellee Jade, and Brandon, and three grandchildren. At the time of Carmen's death, a biographical film of her life was in early stages of development, with Christina Aguilera, Scarlett Johansson, and Kate Bosworth under consideration to play Carmen.
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John Eleuthère du Pont was convicted of murdering wrestling coach Dave Schultz in 1996, and Robert H. Richards IV was convicted of raping his 3-year-old daughter in 2009. The family is depicted in the 2014 biographical film Foxcatcher, with Steve Carell playing John Eleuthère du Pont and Vanessa Redgrave playing Jean du Pont, the wife of William du Pont Jr. As of 2016, the family fortune was estimated at $14.3 billion, spread across more than 3,500 living relatives.
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He also had a guest role in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Manic", and in an episode of The Twilight Zone called "Azoth the Avenger Is a Friend of Mine" alongside Patrick Warburton. In May 2010, Culkin was cast for the slasher film Scream 4, which was released on April 15, 2011. Culkin was cast as Euronymous in the biographical film Lords of Chaos which tells the story about the events of the Norwegian black metal scene and the band Mayhem.
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Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 American biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach. It stars Pat O'Brien portraying the role of Rockne and Ronald Reagan as player George Gipp, a.k.a. "The Gipper," as well as Gale Page, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Owen Davis Jr., Nick Lukats, Kane Richmond, William Marshall and William Byrne. It also includes cameos by legendary football coaches "Pop" Warner, Amos Alonzo Stagg, William H. Spaulding, and Howard Jones, playing themselves.
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The George Raft Story is a 1961 American biographical film of Hollywood film star George Raft. Ray Danton portrays Raft and the film was directed by Joseph M. Newman. The picture was retitled Spin of a Coin for release in the United Kingdom, a reference to Raft's character's nickel-flipping trick in Scarface (1932), the film that launched Raft's career as an actor known for portraying gangsters. The film is a largely fictionalized version of Raft's turbulent life and career.
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Bray collaborated with the film director Joseph Losey on the screenplay for Galileo (1975), which was an adaptation of the play by Bertolt Brecht. During the same decade, they collaborated on the script for a biographical film about Ibn Sa'ud, the founder of Saudi Arabia and (with Harold Pinter), she wrote an adaptation of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. Bray also worked extensively with Samuel Beckett, developing a professional as well as personal relationship that continued for the rest of his life.
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Manjhi – The Mountain Man is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language biographical film based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi. Manjhi, widely known as the "Mountain Man", was a poor labourer in Gehlaur village, near Gaya in Bihar, India, who carved a path wide and long through a hill high, using only a hammer and chisel. The film is directed by Ketan Mehta, jointly produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and NFDC India. Upon release the film received positive critical acclaim.
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I Aim at the Stars is a 1960 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Wernher von Braun. The film covers his life from his early days in Germany, through Peenemünde, until his work with the U.S. Army, NASA, and the American space program. The film stars Curt Jürgens, Victoria Shaw, Herbert Lom, Gia Scala, and James Daly. The movie was written by Jay Dratler based on a story by George Froeschel, H. W. John, and Udo Wolter.
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The Miracle Worker is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1959 play of the same title by William Gibson, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 autobiography of Helen Keller. The play was adapted for the screen before, in 1962. The film is based on the life of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan's struggles to teaching her.
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Duhon appeared in God's Not Dead in 2014, God's Not Dead 2 in 2016, and God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness in 2018. In 2016, Duhon partnered with the directors, producers and actors of Visible Pictures, to write and record a song, "I'm Not Ashamed" for the 2016 film I'm Not Ashamed. In return, Duhon appeared in the film as the character Chloe beside Cameron McKendry and Bella Robertson. She appeared in the drama-biographical film, The Pastor in December 2018.
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He was portrayed by Joseph Sullivan in the 1914 silent film The Life of Big Tim Sullivan; Or, From Newsboy to Senator,IMDB one of the earlier people to be the subject of a biographical film. He was also a main character in Kevin Baker's novel Dreamland, about life in turn-of-the-century New York, set in part in the Coney Island amusement park of the same name.The Life of Big Tim Sullivan; Or, From Newsboy to Senator. Gotham Film Co., 1914.
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Biographical fiction often also falls within the genres of historical fiction or alternative history. Some novels that are known best for their fictional prowess, but include extensive biographical information that is less obvious to readers. A very good example of this kind is Goldsmith's "The Vicar of Wakefield" and is believed to be the biography of a person the author had known and observed very closely. Biographical novels are frequently the foundation for film adaptations into the filmographic genre of biographical film.
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Many of her works revolve around themes of free spirited women and troubled relationships. One of her best-known works is Hōrōki (, 1927; translated into English as "Vagabond's Song" or "Diary of a Vagabond"), which was adapted into the anime Wandering Days. Another is her late novel Ukigumo (Floating Clouds, 1951), which was made into a film by Mikio Naruse in 1955. Naruse adapted several of her books, and also directed a biographical film about her in 1962, Horoki (A Wanderer's Notebook).
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Following the film's success, he was cast in Songyos Sugmakanan's biographical film The Billionaire in the same year, playing young entrepreneur Itthipat Kulapongvanich's character. Since he was accustomed to having other lead actors with him in SuckSeed, he had a hard time acting multiple scenes on his own at first. He was seen carrying heavy sacks of nuts on his shoulders, for example, in which he thought the scene was very brutal. His buttocks were accidentally bruised during a shoot as well.
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Rani Rashmoni on a 1994 stamp of India Shrine dedicated to Rani Rashmoni within the precincts of Dakshineswar Kali Temple Rani Rashmoni has also been subject of a biographical film in Bengali language, titled Rani Rasmani (film) (1955), directed by Kaliprasad Ghosh, and wherein lead played by famous theatre personality and actress Molina Devi. Zee Bangla features a daily soap depicting the life of the illustrious Rani, captioned Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni which premiered on 24 July 2017 and is telecasted daily.
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Vivian Wu or Wu Junmei (; born February 5, 1966) is a Chinese-born American actressChen Nan: Lady Shanghai. China Daily, 27 April 2007. Her big break came in 1987, appearing in the biographical film The Last Emperor. She later went to starring in films Iron & Silk (1990), The Guyver (1991), Heaven & Earth (1993), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), The Joy Luck Club (1993), and most notable playing the leading roles in The Pillow Book (1996) and The Soong Sisters (1997).
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This single returned to the Hot Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. In 1957, she supplied the vocals for Ann Blyth's portrayal of Helen Morgan in the biographical film, The Helen Morgan Story. The soundtrack occasioned her return to RCA Victor (the soundtrack album climbed to No. 25 in the Billboard album chart), where she had a minor hit the following year with "Strange Are the Ways of Love". Moreover, she was signed to star in The Big Beat in the spring of 1957.
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In early 2015, Women's eNews named Ansary as one of their "21 leaders of the 21st century" for interrupting legacy narratives and bringing clarity to often misunderstood stereotypes. Ansary wrote that she wanted her work to dispel misconceptions and aid women living in Iran who "continue to fight an uphill battle and demonstrate their resilience." Her work grew to encompass the greater issues around gender inequality. She brought attention to the release of Desert Dancer, a biographical film about Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian.
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Young Tom Edison is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of a complementary pair of Edison biopics that Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer released in 1940. Edison, the Man, starring Spencer Tracy, followed two months later, complete the two-part story of Edison's life. The film had a special preview on February 10, 1940 in Port Huron, Michigan, the place where Thomas Edison spent his childhood.
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Lucy Boynton (born 17 January 1994) is a British-American actress. She made her film debut as the young Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter (2006). She went on to feature in the films Copperhead (2013), Sing Street (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Apostle (2018), before portraying Mary Austin in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). Boynton currently stars as Astrid Sloan in the Netflix series The Politician and will portray singer Marianne Faithfull in the upcoming biopic Faithfull (2021).
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The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca is a 1997 Spanish-American drama- biographical film directed by Marcos Zurinaga. It is based on a book by Ian Gibson about the life and murder of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. It stars Andy García as Lorca and Esai Morales as Ricardo, a journalist who investigates Lorca's disappearance during the early years of the Spanish Civil War. The film earned ALMA Award nominations for both Garcia and Morales, best feature film, and best Latino director for Zurinaga.
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The film included interviews with Armstrong's sister June, brother Dean, and childhood friend Kocho Solacoff. In 2013 Riley produced and directed a biopic of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman for the BBC. "The Fantastic Mr Feynman" aired on BBC Two in May that year, in time for what would have been Feynman's 95th birthday. – The Fantastic Mr Feynman, BBC TWO It was the first biographical film about Feynman which the BBC had commissioned since Christopher Sykes' groundbreaking documentaries in the early 1980s.
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As he was looking for a place to live, he was introduced to his favorite film director Monte Hellman by a friend, actor Nicky Katt. Hellman had a spare room in his Laurel Canyon home, and McKay moved in. He performed in several films, and in 2008, he was cast to portray Layne Staley of Alice In Chains in Layne Staley: Get Born Again. This biographical film went into production but was never completed due to estate and legal issues.
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Bugsy is a 1991 American biographical film directed by Barry Levinson, written by James Toback, and starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Bebe Neuwirth, and Joe Mantegna. The film chronicles the life of American mobster Bugsy Siegel and his relationship with Virginia Hill. Bugsy was theatrically released by TriStar Pictures on December 13, 1991. It received generally positive reviews from the critics and was a minor box office hit, grossing $49.1 million on a $30 million budget.
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In 2007, she appeared as Claire in the Todd Haynes-directed Bob Dylan biographical film I'm Not There, also contributing a cover version of the Dylan song "Just Like a Woman" to the film soundtrack. In 2009, she won the award for Best Actress at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for the film Antichrist. Gainsbourg starred in the French/Australian production, The Tree, released in 2010, and in Lars von Trier's science fiction disaster film, Melancholia.Latest on von Trier's Melancholia Empire online.
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The Television Personalities' single "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" from their 1981 album And Don't the Kids Love It is another tribute. In 2008, The Trash Can Sinatras released a single in tribute to the life and work of Syd Barrett called "Oranges and Apples", from their 2009 album In the Music. Proceeds from the single go to the Syd Barrett Trust in support of arts in mental health. Johnny Depp showed interest in a biographical film based on Barrett's life.
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In 2011, Schwab provided the voice of Dandelion, starting with the video game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Schwab appears as baseball player Lefty Grove in the biographical film The Catcher Was a Spy (2018), featuring Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti. He provided the English voice of Timo in the animated film Gladiators of Rome. In 2019, he appeared as Jotham Starr, a filmmaker who molested Isaac (Max Fincham) in the BBC One television miniseries Dark Mon£y.
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The film was a super hit at the box office. Her second release was the biographical film Manjunath alongside Seema Biswas and Kishore Kadam. The film received positive reviews and her performance as Anjali Mullati, the owner of a consulting company who decides to start fighting her own battle against the mafia, was praised, with Taran Ardash calling her "absolutely believable." Dutta appeared in the 2016 thriller film Traffic alongside Manoj Bajpayee, a remake of the Malayalam film of the same name.
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Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar is a 2011 Indian biographical film in Marathi language, based on the life of Ramabai Ambedkar also known as Ramai (mother Rama) wife of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Despite all the hardships, Rambai kept her husband motivated and stood like a rock behind her husband's mission of uplifting the underprivileged classes of the country. This is first film made on Ramabai. The film is directed by Prakash Jadhav and featured Nisha Parulekar, Ganesh Jethe and Dashrath Hatiskar as lead characters.
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The National Film Award for Best Biographical Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
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Sumpter played the female lead in Ride Along, the 2014 action comedy film directed by Tim Story, opposite Kevin Hart and Ice Cube. She returned to the role in its sequel Ride Along 2, released on January 15, 2016. She played Yvonne Fair in Get On Up, the biographical drama film about James Brown. In the same year she co-starred opposite Queen Latifah, Mo'Nique, and Khandi Alexander in the HBO biographical film Bessie about the iconic blues singer Bessie Smith.
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In 2012, Spall filmed Wasteland (known as The Rise in Britain), with actors Matthew Lewis and Vanessa Kirby. The Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, California, screened Wasteland in April 2013.”Wasteland Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 Screenings” Also in 2012 Spall played Charlie Morgan in the edgy film Comes a Bright Day. In 2014, he won the Best Actor Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mr. Turner, a biographical film on J. M. W. Turner directed by Mike Leigh.
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Writer/director Neil Burger explains this on the film's DVD commentary. Also in 2006, he starred in the film The Thief Lord, as Prosper. Taylor-Johnson at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con promoting Godzilla'' Taylor- Johnson appeared as John Lennon in the 2009 biographical film film Nowhere Boy, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood. His performance saw him receive the Empire Award for Best Newcomer and he was also nominated for Young British Performer of the Year by the London Film Critics' Circle.
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In 2015, the biographical film Whitney premiered on Lifetime which mentions that Whitney Houston was named after prominent television actress Whitney Blake, the mother of Meredith Baxter Birney, star of the television series Family Ties. The film was directed by Houston's Waiting to Exhale co-star Angela Bassett, and Houston was portrayed by model Yaya DaCosta. A television documentary film entitled Whitney: Can I Be Me aired on Showtime on August 25, 2017. The film was directed by Nick Broomfield.
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In the early 2000s, Curry was cast in the film adaptation of Charlie's Angels in the role of Roger Corwin, and in the parody film Scary Movie 2 playing Professor Oldman. Curry went on to play Thurman Rice, a supporting role in the biographical film Kinsey. In later years, Curry has mostly performed voice-overs for animated films and TV series. His last feature film onscreen role to date has been in the British black comedy Burke & Hare as Prof Alexander Monro.
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The Killing of John Lennon is a 2006 biographical film about Mark David Chapman's plot to kill musician John Lennon. The film was written and directed by Andrew Piddington and stars Jonas Ball, Robert C. Kirk and Thomas A. McMahon. A British-American co-production, it was not released in the United States until 2008 and received much less attention than the similarly themed American-produced independent film Chapter 27, released the year prior. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
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Irving Klaw died on September 3, 1966, from complications of untreated appendicitis. He was survived by two sons, Arthur and Jeffrey. His nephew Ira Kramer, son of Paula and Jack Kramer, took over the family business, Movie Star News, which was located on 18th Street but closed in 2012, and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. Klaw was portrayed by Dukey Flyswatter in the 2004 biographical film Bettie Page: Dark Angel and by Chris Bauer in the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page.
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However, she decided not to forge ahead with a career in fashion, finding it too cut-throat and cruel. Pallenberg has been portrayed several times by other performers. Monet Mazur played a young Pallenberg in the film Stoned (2005), a biographical film about the last year of Brian Jones's life, while the NBC television show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) included a story arc in which the character Harriet Hayes was hired to play Pallenberg in a film.
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Bush was portrayed by Josh Brolin in W., a biographical film by Oliver Stone. The film is similar in format to Nixon, another film by Stone, covering Bush's life from his early childhood and college years, to his early political career and struggles with alcoholism, to his 2003 invasion of Iraq. W. was released on October 17, 2008 and is the first time a major motion picture has been made about a U.S. President while he was still in office.
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Harlow is a 1965 American biographical film directed by Gordon Douglas about the life of film star Jean Harlow. It stars Carroll Baker in the title role, and Raf Vallone, Red Buttons, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Mike Connors, Martin Balsam, and Leslie Nielsen in supporting roles. It was released by Paramount Pictures, shortly after another film with the same title and subject. Although the film failed commercially, it was successful in launching the hit song "Girl Talk," by Neal Hefti.
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"Freak" is the debut single by the English rock singer-songwriter and bass guitarist Bruce Foxton, which became a hit and one of his most recognizable songs. It was originally released in 1983, as the lead single from his debut album, Touch Sensitive. It was inspired strongly by the 1980 biographical film The Elephant Man, with the single's cover even referencing the film's posters. It was one of four tracks from the album that were produced by the multiple- award winning Steve Lillywhite.
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Sal is a 2011 biographical film depicting the last few hours of the life of Sal Mineo, one of the first major film actors in Hollywood to publicly acknowledge their own bisexuality or homosexuality. Mineo was murdered on February 12, 1976. The film, directed by James Franco, stars Val Lauren in the title role, and is based in part on Michael Gregg Michaud's book Sal Mineo: A Biography. The film also stars Jim Parrack, James Franco and Vince Jolivette in supporting roles.
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Nicolas Winding Refn (; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for directing the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the fictionalised biographical film Bronson (2008), the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009), the action drama film Drive (2011), the crime film Only God Forgives (2013), the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016), and the crime series Too Old to Die Young (2019). In 2008, Refn co- founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation.
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Then, the RAI entrusted him with the realization of twelve episodes of the successful TV series Don Matteo. In the 2000s (decade) he continued producing a large number of commercials for RAI while his career as director continued with the TV movie La fuga degli innocenti, for Rai Uno. In 2011 he completed his TV movie Il sogno del maratoneta which aired in 2012. This biographical film set around 1908 is based on the story of the Italian marathon runner Dorando Pietri.
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Kamalakara Kameswara Rao (4 October 1911 – 29 June 1998) was an Indian film director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, and few Tamil and Hindi films. Widely known as Pouraanika Chitra Brahma, Rao has directed fifty feature films in a variety of genres.Kameswara Rao, Kamalakara, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 74–5. In 1960 he directed the biographical film, Mahakavi Kalidasu which won the President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Telugu.
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Edison, the Man is a 1940 biographical film depicting the life of inventor Thomas Edison, who was played by Spencer Tracy. Hugo Butler and Dore Schary were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story for their work on this film. However, much of the film's script fictionalizes or exaggerates the real events of Edison's life.Edison, the Man - Classic Film Guide The film was the second of a complementary pair of Edison biopics released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1940.
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Curtis was portrayed by Sean Harris in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, which dramatised the rise and fall of Factory Records from the 1970s to the 1990s. In 2007, a British biographical film entitled Control about Curtis was released. This film was largely based upon Deborah Curtis' book Touching from a Distance. The film was directed by the Dutch rock photographer and music video director Anton Corbijn, who had previously photographed the band and directed the video for their single "Atmosphere".
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From 2012 to 2014, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema released The Hobbit, a series of three films based on The Hobbit, with Peter Jackson serving as executive producer, director, and co-writer. The first instalment, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, was released in December 2012; the second, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, in December 2013; and the last instalment, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, in December 2014. A biographical film Tolkien was released on 10 May 2019.
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The Endless Road () is a 1943 German biographical film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Eva Immermann and Hedwig Wangel. It portrays the life of Friedrich List, a German who emigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century. Unusually the film was overtly pro-American at a time when the two countries were at war. This was possibly because the Nazi leadership hoped to shortly join the Americans in an anti-Soviet alliance and wanted to encourage warmer feelings between the two nations.
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According to producer Mary Sexton, attempts at a biographical film about Maud Lewis were made for 10 years. After screenwriter Sherry White's work was submitted to director Aisling Walsh for consideration, she opted to commit to the project, claiming she contacted her agent after reading only approximately 30 pages. Walsh said the film "celebrates this woman who was rather amazing". The subject of the film painted despite rheumatoid arthritis, with Walsh remarking, "She worked so hard at it and in such tough conditions sometimes".
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Lennon Naked is a 2010 television biographical film focusing on the life of John Lennon between 1967 and 1971. It stars Christopher Eccleston as John Lennon and was directed by Edmund Coulthard. The film was first broadcast on 23 June 2010 on BBC Four, and received its US premiere on PBS on 21 November 2010 as part of Masterpiece Contemporary, airing the day before the American Masters documentary LennoNYC, which begins where Lennon Naked ended. The film premiered in Australia on 5 December 2010.
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Gillespie directed I, Tonya (2017), a biographical film revolving around figure skater Tonya Harding, starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney. Gillespie has been announced to direct the Gregg Allman's autobiography novel, My Cross to Bear into a feature film. In December 2018, it was announced that Gillespie will be replacing Alex Timbers (due to the latter's scheduling conflicts) as director for Disney's live-action spin-off of One Hundred and One Dalmatians; titled as Cruella, with Emma Stone set to portray Cruella de Vil.
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The Naked Civil Servant is a 1975 biographical film based on Quentin Crisp's 1968 book of the same name, starring John Hurt and directed by Jack Gold, adapted by Philip Mackie, and produced by Verity Lambert. Originally broadcast on 17 December, the 77-minute television film was produced by Thames Television for the British channel ITV. Crisp is depicted from youth to middle age. For his performance, Hurt won the BAFTA for Best Actor in 1976 and the production also won the 1976 Prix Italia.
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The Dove is a 1974 American biographical film directed by Charles Jarrott. The picture was produced by Gregory Peck, the third and last feature film he would produce.. The drama is based on the real life experiences of Robin Lee Graham, a young man who spent five years sailing around the world as a single-handed sailor, starting when he was 16 years old. The story is adapted from Dove (1972), the book Graham co-wrote with Derek L.T. Gill about his seafaring experiences.
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The film was recognized with many other honors, including BAFTA Award nominations for Film and Adapted Screenplay. He co- produced the popular Davida Allen telemovie, Feeling Sexy, in 1999. In 2006 he directed the biographical film, Miss Potter, based on the life of children's author Beatrix Potter. Noonan has two further projects including Zebras, a drama set in the final days of apartheid South Africa and The Third Witch, a retelling of William Shakespeare's Macbeth from the perspective of one of the witches, in development.
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In the episode, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) meets a new group of friends (Butler, Garrison, Gausas, and Marvel) while on suspension from work. Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) is worried that Jenna Maroney's (Jane Krakowski) Janis Joplin biographical film will not get released and tries to promote the movie at the Kids' Choice Awards. However, following a mix-up, the world believes Jenna is dead and Jack tries to use her death to further hype the film. "Jackie Jormp- Jomp" received generally positive reception from television critics.
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Born Samuel Albert Tanenbaum, in a Jewish family, in Chicago, Illinois, Taylor made his Broadway debut as author of the play The Happy Time in 1950. He wrote the play Sabrina Fair (1953) and co-wrote its film adaptation released the following year. In 1955, he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay. His early success brought him more work in Hollywood, including the biographical film The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) and the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo (1958).
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Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy is a 1977 American made-for-television biographical film that originally aired on ABC. Based upon the biography by Hank Searls called The Lost Prince: Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy, the film chronicles the life of Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the older brother of John F. Kennedy who was killed in action in World War II, leaving behind aspirations to become the first Irish-Catholic president. Young Joe stars Peter Strauss in the titular role and was directed by Richard T. Heffron.
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The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 American made-for-television biographical film about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh. The Amazing Howard Hughes recounts the life and times of Howard Hughes, and was made within a year of Hughes's death in April 1976. It was originally broadcast in two parts on CBS on April 13 and 14, 1977.
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A Kolchak biographical film, titled Admiral (Адмиралъ), was released in Russia on 9 October 2008 after a gala preview to an audience of senior Russian Navy admirals. The film portrays the Admiral (Konstantin Khabensky) as a tragic hero with a deep love for his country. Elizaveta Boyarskaya appears as his common law wife, Anna Timireva. Director Andrei Kravchuk described the film as follows, > It's about a man who tries to create history, to take an active part in > history, as he gets caught in the turmoil.
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Bandit Queen is a 1994 Indian biographical film based on the life of Phoolan Devi as covered in the book India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi by the Indian author Mala Sen. It was directed by Shekhar Kapur and starred Seema Biswas as the title character. The music was composed by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie and Best Direction for that year.
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There are two documentaries about the history of the Bolex camera. Beyond The Bolex, a biographical film about Bolex founder Jacques Bogopolsky (later anglicized to Bolsey), is directed by his great-grand daughter Alyssa Bolsey, and features an in-depth look at the original notes, schematics, prototypes of Bolex A and B cameras A second product that is currently in production, is being undertaken by Swiss director Alexandre Favre. Bolex was used exclusively to film Teeny Little Super Guy for Sesame Street in 1982.
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She next starred as the septuagenarian sharpshooter Chandro Tomar in Tushar Hiranandani's biographical film Saand Ki Aankh, opposite Taapsee Pannu who played her sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar. In preparation, Pannu and Pednekar spent time with the two women and trained in shooting a gun. She suffered from skin allergies from filming in the heat wearing prosthetic make-up. Udita Jhunjunwala of Mint wrote, "Pannu and Pednekar are wonderful and spunky and embrace their parts even though their body language and posture is variable".
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She is portraying the role of Paiman who struggles to live at her own wills despite of boundaries by her mother. As for 2015, Saeed had several upcoming projects in various stages of productions. She completed Anjum Shahzad's biographical film Mah-e-Meer with Fahad Mustafa and Iman Ali, describing it as the first "glamorous" role of her career. She has also committed to feature alongside Mohib Mirza in Nasir Khan's romantic thriller Bachaana, where she will portray the role of Aalia, an Indian girl.
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Mahakavi Kshetrayya is a 1976 Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of Kshetrayya, produced by P. Adinarayana Rao under the Anjali Pictures banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao & C. S. Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao in the title role, with Anjali Devi, Manjula as female leads, and music also composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. Actually the film direction was started by veteran Adurthi Subba Rao but he had expired in the middle of the movie and director C. S. Rao completed the movie.
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Guggenheim's goal was to shine a bright light on a subject that critics brushed off as nothing more than an exaggeration or a hoax. Then-Candidate for President Barack Obama's biographical film, which aired during the Democratic National Convention in August 2008, was directed by Guggenheim. The Guggenheim-directed Obama infomercial, which was broadcast on October 29, 2008, was "executed with high standards of cinematography", according to The New York Times. In 2012, he released The Road We've Traveled, a 17-minute short film on the president.
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On 11 March 2000, the 22nd anniversary of his death, Place Claude-François in Paris was named in his memory; it is located right in front of the building where he died. A biographical film called Cloclo (My Way internationally) was released in March 2012 to coincide with the anniversary of his death. It runs two and a half hours long and stars Jérémie Renier. Claude François's sons, Claude Jr and Marc, have meticulously assumed the management of their father's artistic heritage over the years.
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Singh and his daughter, Sonia Sanwalka, co-wrote his autobiography, titled The Race of My Life (2013). The book inspired Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a 2013 biographical film of Singh's life. The film is directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, stars Farhan Akhtar in the lead role, and Divya Dutta and Sonam Kapoor in pivotal roles. The film was widely acclaimed in India and won awards including 'Most Popular Film' at National Film Awards, and 5 awards at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in 2014.
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Jack London, also known as The Story of Jack London, is a 1943 American biographical film made by Samuel Bronston Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Alfred Santell and produced by Samuel Bronston with Joseph H. Nadel as associate producer, from a screenplay by Isaac Don Levine and Ernest Pascal based on the book The Book of Jack London by Charmian London. The film starred Michael O'Shea as Jack London and Susan Hayward with Osa Massen, Harry Davenport, Frank Craven and Virginia Mayo.
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In the sketch Abbott is explaining to Costello that many ballplayers have unusual nicknames including Dizzy Dean, his brother Daffy Dean and their "French cousin Goo-fay Dean". The fictitious French cousin's name is goofy pronounced with an exaggerated French accent. Dean served in the United States Army during World War II. Dean died at age 68 in Springdale, Arkansas, from a heart attack. In the 1952 biographical film about Dizzy Dean, The Pride of St Louis, Paul was portrayed by actor Richard Crenna.
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British actor Stephen Mangan stated that Sellers was a large influence, as did the comedians Mike Myers, Alan Carr and Rob Brydon. Sellers' characters Hrundi Bakshi (The Party) and Inspector Clouseau (The Pink Panther) later influenced comedian Rowan Atkinson's characters Mr. Bean and Johnny English. The comic performer Sacha Baron Cohen referred to Sellers as "the most seminal force in shaping [his] early ideas on comedy". Cohen was considered for the role of Sellers in the biographical film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
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Vera Kholodnaya, the inspiration for Olga Vera Kholodnaya, sometimes described as Russia's first major movie star was the inspiration for the character of Olga Voznesenskaya. She died in Odessa in 1919 from influenza in her mid twenties. Kholodnaya was rumoured to have worked as a Bolshevik spy towards the end of her life. In 1972 the Soviet director Rustam Khamdamov started to make a biographical film about Kholodnaya, under the title "Нечаянные радости" ("Inadvertent Pleasures"); but the production was interrupted and the project was never completed.
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Kubrick had intended to make a biographical film about Bonaparte, but was dissatisfied with his own screenplay. They corresponded, then met in December 1971. Burgess suggested to Kubrick that the structure of the film could be based on the Eroica symphony, and was asked by Kubrick to write a novel based on this concept to serve as the basis for a screenplay. Using his own knowledge of symphonic structure, Burgess based his writing closely on the sequence of Beethoven's work, with Napoleon's funeral followed by a resurrection.
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Emilio Fernández Romo was known for creating visceral characters, for the drama of his stories, for the use of indigenous characters and their issues, and for reproducing authentic Mexican culture in both Mexican and European films . With photographer Gabriel Figueroa, writer Mauricio Magdaleno, and actors Pedro Armendáriz, Dolores del Río, María Félix and Columba Dominguez, Romo conducted various productions that promoted both national customs and the values associated with the Mexican Revolution. He was portrayed by Joaquín Cosio in the Mexican biographical film Cantinflas.
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On People magazine's list of 2005's highest-paid actresses, Kidman was second behind Julia Roberts, with US$16–17 million per-film price tag. Nintendo in 2007 announced that Kidman would be the new face of Nintendo's advertising campaign for the Nintendo DS game More Brain Training in its European market. In 2006, Kidman portrayed photographer Diane Arbus in the biographical film Fur, opposite Robert Downey Jr., and lent her voice to the animated film Happy Feet, which grossed over US$384 million worldwide.
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The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 American biographical film which tells the life story of rock musician Buddy Holly. It features an Academy Award-winning musical score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar-nominated lead performance by Gary Busey. The film also stars Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan, and Maria Richwine, who played Maria Elena Holly. It was adapted by Robert Gittler from Buddy Holly: His Life and Music, the biography of Holly by John Goldrosen, and was directed by Steve Rash.
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A true Bellevilloise, Piaf sang and spoke the French language in a way that epitomised the accent de Belleville, which has been compared to the Cockney accent of London, England, although the Parisian dialect is nowadays rarely heard. Belleville is prominently featured in the 2007 biographical film of her life, La Vie En Rose. Other famous Bellevillois include film director Maurice Tourneur, legendary French can-can dancer Jane Avril and popular singer and actor Eddy Mitchell. The filmmaker Maïwenn grew up in Belleville and lives there now.
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Swami Vivekananda is a 1998 Indian biographical film directed by G. V. Iyer and produced by T. Subbarami Reddy. It took Iyer 11 years to finish the research work required for the film and to write the screenplay. The film starred Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Swami Vivekananda, the 19th-century Hindu monk, and Mithun Chakraborty as Ramakrishna, his guru. Even though the film was completed, ready to release in 1994 and was considered for 1995 national awards, the film got released on 12 June 1998.
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Chapaev, a 1934 biopic of Russian war hero Vasily Chapayev. A biographical film, or biopic (; abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudrama films and historical drama films in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a single person's life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives.
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The mid-20th century critic James Agate said that he had proved the quality of Stuart's music: he took a Stuart song, halved the tempo, supplied German words – and serious musicians accepted without demur his assertion that it was a recently discovered cradle song by Brahms.Lamb, p. 66 In 2003 the critic Rodney Milnes called Stuart "the most gifted composer of musical comedy in Britain between Sullivan and Vivian Ellis". A 1941 biographical film entitled You Will Remember about Stuart starred Robert Morley as Stuart.
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Silver Dollar is a 1932 American pre-Code biographical film starring Edward G. Robinson, Bebe Daniels and Aline MacMahon. Based on David Karsner's biography of the same name, it tells the story of the rise and fall of Horace Tabor (renamed Yates Martin), a silver tycoon in 19th century Colorado.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Silver Dollar A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress page 166 c.
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After having had minor roles in different films, David Dencik became an established actor in Sweden for his role as the killer John Ausonius in the three-part TV mini-series Lasermannen in 2005. In 2006, he starred in the comedy Everything About My Bush (known as Allt om min buske in Swedish). In 2007, he appeared in the Danish feature film Daisy Diamond directed by Simon Staho. He portrayed Fred Åkerström in the biographical film Cornelis, starring Hank Von Helvete as Cornelis Vreeswijk.
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Other films included Tobacco Road, A Man Called Peter, and Broadway. In 1953, she was again nominated for an Oscar, this time for Torch Song. In 1957, she appeared in a supporting role in Man of a Thousand Faces, a biographical film about the life of Lon Chaney Sr. starring James Cagney as Chaney, although she never worked with the real Chaney in silent films. Rambeau with George "Gabby" Hayes in In Old Oklahoma, 1943 Rambeau played a supporting role in Min and Bill with Marie Dressler.
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Production began in February 1932. Gabriel over the White House was released on March 31, 1933, with a run time of 85 to 87 minutes. A review print screened by Daily Variety on Dec. 31, 1932, ran for 102 minutes, indicating that as many as 17 minutes were cut. Walter Huston had recently portrayed Lincoln in the biographical film Abraham Lincoln (1930), which was adapted for the screen by Stephen Vincent Benet, author of the epic poem John Brown’s Body, winner of a 1929 Pulitzer Prize.
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Aron Ralston guest starred in the opening segment, which was a parody of his biographical film 127 Hours. "Treehouse of Horror XXII" was written by Carolyn Omine and directed by Matthew Faughnan. The episode is part of the Treehouse of Horror series, which since the second season, has been a tradition for The Simpsons to air a new Halloween special each year. Treehouse of Horror episodes typically consist of four parts: an opening and Halloween-themed version of the credits, followed by three segments.
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There is a voiceover in English concerning the decline of Goan musicianship over the decades. note: The film weaves its lilting narrative through 20 timeless songs based on actual events. Songs are frequently accompanied by flamenco dancers who embody the emotional turmoil of the story-telling. This quasi-biographical film is a tribute to one of Goa’s greatest, yet barely acknowledged legacy - its musicians, who once upon a time set the jazz clubs of Bombay on fire and actually shaped the music of Bollywood cinema.
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In 1998 John Boorman (who had lived in Ireland for nearly 20 years) directed a biographical film titled The General, starring Brendan Gleeson as Cahill. The film won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was based on a book by Irish crime journalist Paul Williams, who was also the crime editor of the Irish tabloid the Sunday World. Boorman himself once had his home burgled by Cahill, who stole the gold record which Boorman had won for the Deliverance soundtrack.
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On July 29, 2019, PBS announced that American Experience will produce a two-part biographical film about former President George W. Bush to be released in Spring 2020. The film was then titled W, with Barak Goodman as writer, producer, and director; Goodman previously wrote and directed the 2012 film on Bill Clinton. By January 2020, Jamila Ephron was revealed to have since become part of the project. On April 14, 2020, PBS revealed that the film will premiere the next month on May 4 and 5.
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In 1945, 20th Century Fox released the biographical film The Dolly Sisters. June Haver portrayed Rosie, and Betty Grable portrayed Jenny. In Anthony Powell's 1951 novel A Question Of Upbringing, some schoolboys discuss whether the Sisters might actually be mother and daughter. In 1972, the twenty-fourth episode of the fifth season of The Carol Burnett Show featured a musical comedy sketch of the sisters' lives called "The Doily Sisters", with Carol Burnett as Jenny, Vicki Lawrence as Rosie and Harvey Korman as Henry.
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Bohemian Rhapsody is a 2018 biographical film about Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the British rock band Queen. It follows the singer's life from when he joins the band in 1970 to their 1985 Live Aid performance at the former Wembley Stadium in London. A British-American venture, it was produced by 20th Century Fox, New Regency, GK Films, and Queen Films, with Fox serving as distributor. Directed by Bryan Singer, it was written by Anthony McCarten, and produced by Graham King and Queen manager Jim Beach.
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Qiu Jin (), also known as Qiu Jin: A Revolutionary, is a 1983 Chinese biographical film co-written and directed by Xie Jin, starring Li Xiuming as the revolutionary Qiu Jin. The film also features Li Zhiyu, Chen Xiguang, Yu Shizhi, Wang Fuli, Huang Meiying, Cong Shan, Zhang Kezhong, Wu Wenlun, and Shi Weijian in supporting performances. The film based on the real life of Qiu Jin, focusing on her efforts in the 1900s to overthrow the corruption Qing Empire. The film was released in 1983 in China.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a 2018 American biographical film directed by Marielle Heller and with a screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, based on the 2008 confessional memoir of the same name by Lee Israel. Melissa McCarthy stars as Israel, and the story follows her attempts to revitalize her failing writing career by forging letters from deceased authors and playwrights. The film also features Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin, Anna Deavere Smith, Stephen Spinella, and Ben Falcone in supporting roles.
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Anna finds French hard for a little while, but one day it clicks and she finds herself able to speak it fluently. In 1936, after two years in Paris, the family decides to move again, this time to London, as Papa thinks the BBC might buy a biographical film script on Napoleon's mother, inspired by a talk he had with the children. The story ends as Mama, Papa, Max and Anna get off the train in England, to be greeted by Mama's cousin, Otto.
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In 2018, Christine Horn portrayed her in an episode of the science fiction series Timeless, which covers her role in the Civil War. Harriet, a biographical film starring Cynthia Erivo in the title role, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019. The production received good reviews, and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Song. The film became "one of the most successful biographical dramas in the history of Focus Features" and made $43 million against a production budget of $17 million.
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Actress Holly Hunter portrayed King in the 2001 ABC television film When Billie Beat Bobby. King played a judge on Law & Order in 2007, and appeared as herself on The Odd Couple in 1973, The L Word in 2006, Ugly Betty in May 2009, and Fresh Off The Boat in 2016. Actress Emma Stone portrayed King in the 2017 biographical film Battle of the Sexes. The Ted Tinling-designed dress King wore for the real Battle of the Sexes match is part of a Smithsonian Museum collection.
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Stevie is a 1978 British biographical film directed by Robert Enders, and starring Glenda Jackson, Trevor Howard, Mona Washbourne, and Alec McCowen. It was based on the play Stevie by Hugh Whitemore.Stevie (1978) Studios that distributed the film included The Samuel Goldwyn Company in the U.S., Hoyts in Australia, and Universal Pictures internationally. The film is about the life of the British poet Stevie Smith (played by Glenda Jackson), and centres on Smith's relationship with her aunt (Mona Washbourne), with whom she lived for many years in a house in Palmers Green, London.
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Nash's first national appearance was on Showtime at the Apollo in 2002, where she sang the Alicia Keys song "Fallin'". She performed at the 2003 Essence Awards, singing Michael Jackson's song "Who's Lovin' You" in honor of Mary J. Blige. She and her younger sister Olivia sing the hook in the song "Black Girl Pain" on Talib Kweli's 2004 album The Beautiful Struggle. She played a ten-year-old Fantasia Barrino in the 2006 Lifetime Original Movie Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, a biographical film about the 2004 American Idol winner.
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Chakradhari ( A Person Holding a Wheel - Lord Krishna) is a 1977 Telugu- language biographical film, based on the life of the potter-turned-saint Gora Kumbhar. produced by N. R. Anuradha Devi under the Lakshmi Films Combines banner and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri in the lead roles and music composed by G. K. Venkatesh The movie was a remake of the 1974 Kannada movie Bhakta Kumbara. G.K.Venkatesh, himself composed music for the Kannada version and 4 songs were also retained from the original version.
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As of March 2015, Shetty has the delayed project Love Junction, H/34 Pallavi Talkies and Octopus up for release. She is currently filming with Ramabai, playing the titular role, a biographical film on the life of Ramabai, the first wife of social reformer B. R. Ambedkar and Ram Gopal Varma's Killing Veerappan as Muthulakshmi, the wife of slain forest brigand, Veerappan. In 2016, Shetty made her debut in television with the soap opera, Vaarasdaara. Dealing with the issue of female infanticide, she plays the role of a mother in the soap.
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Sinatra has subsequently been portrayed on screen by Ray Liotta (The Rat Pack, 1998), James Russo (Stealing Sinatra, 2003), Dennis Hopper (The Night We Called It a Day, 2003), and Robert Knepper (My Way, 2012), and spoofed by Joe Piscopo and Phil Hartman on Saturday Night Live. A biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese has long been planned. A 1998 episode of the BBC documentary series Arena, The Voice of the Century, focused on Sinatra. Alex Gibney directed a four-part biographical series on Sinatra, All or Nothing At All, for HBO in 2015.
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Michael Edwards (born 5 December 1963), known as "Eddie the Eagle", is an English ski-jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the 70 m and 90 m events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He also took part in amateur speed skiing, running at , and a stunt jumping world record holder for jumping over 6 buses. In 2016, he was portrayed by Taron Egerton in the biographical film Eddie the Eagle.
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The 1972 adaptation starred Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, and Samantha Eggar. In 1975, Cody appeared in her second telemovie, Babe, a biographical film about Babe Didrikson, who was named the 10th Greatest North American Athlete of the 20th Century by ESPN, and the ninth Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century by the Associated Press. Written by Joanna Lee, the film was an adaptation of Didrikson's autobiography, entitled, This Life I've Led. Directed by Buzz Kulik, the film starred Susan Clark in the title role, for which she won an Emmy for her performance.
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In 2009, Stewart starred in The Yellow Handkerchief, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was released into theaters in 2010 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. She also starred alongside James Gandolfini in Welcome to the Rileys, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010. In 2010, Stewart portrayed rock star Joan Jett in The Runaways, a biographical film of the titular band from writer-director Floria Sigismondi. Stewart met with Jett over the 2008–2009 New Year to prepare for the role; she prerecorded songs in a studio for the film.
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Jenkins received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Upcoming projects include a completed series based on Colson Whitehead's novel The Underground Railroad, a screenplay based on the life of Claressa Shields and a biographical film about choreographer Alvin Ailey he will direct. Jenkins' television adaptation of the novel was initiated by Amazon Studios (and subsequently ordered to series in June 2018) after Jenkins' strong Oscar haul for Moonlight. The main cast of Underground Railroad will include Thuso Mbedu as Cora, with Chase W. Dillon as Homer and Aaron Pierre as Caesar.
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He continued playing a father into the 1980s, appearing in Aakrosh (1980), playing Om Puri's dad. His last major film was in the epic film Gandhi in 1982, a Richard Attenborough directed biographical film based on the life of Mohandas Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. However, his role was very minor, playing a villager. His last ever appearance was shortly before his death in 1984 in the film Kanoon Kya Karega, again playing a parent.
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Etchingham's first marriage broke up, and she later remarried and had a family. In 1997, she was instrumental in the placement of an English Heritage blue plaque on the wall of Jimi Hendrix’s home at 23 Brook Street, Mayfair. In 1998, she published a book, Through Gypsy Eyes, which Etchingham wrote with Andrew Crofts, about her life, the 1960s, and Jimi Hendrix. In 2014, Etchingham criticised the biographical film which covered her relationship with Hendrix in the 1960s, Jimi: All Is by My Side, written and directed by John Ridley.
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Her first film role was as Jessica in the 2012 musical comedy Pitch Perfect, with Jakle being chosen as a "ringer" due to her background in a cappella, at the request of vocal producer Deke Sharon. In 2013, Jakle appeared in 42, a biographical film about baseball player Jackie Robinson co-starring Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, Jakle's great-grandfather. Jakle reprised her role as Jessica in Pitch Perfect 2 in 2015 and Pitch Perfect 3 in 2017. In 2013, Jakle released several singles, including a cover of "Ain't It Fun" by Paramore.
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Al Lerner (1919 – January 19, 2014) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor from the big band era. He was a member of the Harry James band for many years, playing piano. He wrote music for several artists, including Allan Sherman and Liza Minnelli. He also wrote the music for "So Until I See You", the closing theme for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar in the early 1960s, and was the pianist for A Tribute to Eddie Duchin, which was a soundtrack for the 1956 biographical film pic The Eddy Duchin Story.
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On December 2, 2018, Cher received a Kennedy Center Honors prize, the annual Washington distinction for artists who have made extraordinary contributions to culture. The ceremony featured tribute performances by Cyndi Lauper, Little Big Town and Adam Lambert. During 2018, Cher used Twitter to announce she was working on four new projects for the next two years: a Christmas album; a second album of ABBA covers; an autobiography; and a biographical film about her life. In October 2019, Cher launched a new perfume, Cher Eau de Couture, which was four years in the making.
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Kamaraj is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language biographical film directed by Balakrishnan made about the life of the Indian politician K. Kamaraj from Tamil Nadu, widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu during 1954-1963 and a Member of Parliament during 1952-1954 and 1969-1975. Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and the film was produced by Ramana Communications and co- produced by Shakthi International (P.Loganathan). The film had a theatrical release across India in February 2004.
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McKay will work with Jennifer Lawrence for a biographical film titled Bad Blood which tells the story of entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, based on the book Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. It is in development and will be produced by Legendary Pictures and released by Universal Pictures. Vanessa Taylor is writing the script. In February, it was announced that McKay's next film would be the comedy, Don’t Look Up, about two low level scientists trying to convince the world that a meteor is incoming.
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The Helen Morgan Story, released in the UK as Both Ends of the Candle, is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz starring Ann Blyth and Paul Newman. The screenplay by Oscar Saul, Dean Riesner, Stephen Longstreet, and Nelson Gidding is based on the life and career of torch singer/actress Helen Morgan, with fictional touches liberally added for dramatic purposes. This turned out to be Blyth's final film role. Another version of Morgan's life story, Helen Morgan, was produced as a live television drama on Playhouse 90, with Polly Bergen as Morgan.
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Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy: Love Kills) is a 1986 British biographical film directed by Alex Cox, co-written with Abbe Wool, and starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. The film portrays the life of Sid Vicious, bassist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, and his destructive relationship with girlfriend Nancy Spungen. The film also features supporting performances from David Hayman, Xander Berkeley, and Courtney Love. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986, and was released theatrically in the United States later that year.
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In 1986, Geldof received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his efforts. Claire Bertschinger, the nurse who featured in Buerk’s news reports that sparked the aid relief movement, received the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1991 for her work in nursing, and was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2010 for "services to Nursing and to International Humanitarian Aid". Queen's performance at Live Aid was recreated in the band's 2018 biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody. Footage from the 1985 performance can be seen to match with the movie performance.
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An often repeated urban legend recounts that photographer and musician Linda McCartney (née Eastman, first wife of Beatle Sir Paul McCartney) was related to the George Eastman family, but this is false. Her father was of Russian Jewish ancestry and changed his surname to Eastman before becoming known as an attorney. At least one biographical film has been made about George Eastman. It was an independent production made in the 1940s, apparently never preserved and mostly lost to time, titled either The Life of George Eastman or George Eastman: Some Scenes Form His Life.
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Schubert has featured as a character in a number of films including Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931), Gently My Songs Entreat (1933), Serenade (1940), The Great Awakening (1941), It's Only Love (1947), Franz Schubert (1953), Das Dreimäderlhaus (1958), and Mit meinen heißen Tränen (1986). Schubert's music has also been featured in numerous post-silent era films, including Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940), which features Ave Maria (D. 839); and the biographical film Carrington (1995), which features the second movement of the String Quintet in C major (D. 956)Schroeder (2009), pp.
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The Story of Louis Pasteur is a 1936 American black-and-white biographical film from Warner Bros., produced by Henry Blanke, directed by William Dieterle, that stars Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, and Donald Woods, and Paul Muni as the renowned scientist who developed major advances in microbiology, which revolutionized agriculture and medicine. The film's screenplay—which tells a highly fictionalized version of Pasteur’s life—was written by Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, and Edward Chodorov (uncredited). Muni won an Academy Award for Best Actor, while Collings and Gibney won for Best Screenplay and Best Story.
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Wells' LAPD photo The appointment of Wells attracted nationwide attention. In 1914, she was the subject of a biographical film entitled The Policewoman.The Policewoman at IMDb retrieved January 20, 2008 The University of California created the first course dedicated to the work of female police officers in 1918, and Wells was made the first president of the Women's Peace Officers Association of California in 1928. In 1934 she was also made the LAPD historian, and by 1937 there were 39 female officers in the LAPD, and five reserves.
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The following month, Tùng contributed vocals to a charity cover of Tạ Quang Thắng's "Sống như những đóa hoa" and canceled a number of performances for surgery to remove a tumor from his leg. In that June, it was announced that the singer would star in Dandelion, a semi- biographical film based on the life of singer Wanbi Tuấn Anh. Quang Huy, founder and chief executive officer of WePro Entertainment, directed the film. Its soundtrack produced two successful singles by Tùng: "Chắc ai đó sẽ về" and "Không phải dạng vừa đâu".
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The company's non-film-production efforts continued to grow. The company provided an undisclosed amount of financing in February 2005 to film distributor Emerging Pictures to finance that company's national network of digitally equipped cinemas (with Emerging Pictures distributing Participant's films).Mohr, Ian (February 7, 2005). "Ebay Guru Clicks with Digital Cinema". Variety. The company also began its first socially relevant outreach project, helping to finance screenings of the biographical film Gandhi (1982) in the Palestinian territories for the first time as well as in the countries of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
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Young Bess is a 1953 Technicolor biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about the early life of Elizabeth I, from her turbulent childhood to the eve of her accession to the throne of England. It stars Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour, with Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, a part he had played twenty years before in The Private Life of Henry VIII. The film was directed by George Sidney and produced by Sidney Franklin, from a screenplay by and Arthur Wimperis based on the novel by Margaret Irwin (1944).
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Sweetheart of the Gods () is a 1960 West German biographical film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Peter van Eyck, and Harry Meyen. The film portrays the life of Renate Müller, a German film actress who died in 1937 in mysterious circumstances. A variety of rumours about Müller's death had developed, but the filmmakers chose to portray it as suicide following Nazi pressure over her relationship with a Jewish diplomat. Following legal objections from Müller's family, the ending was toned down to make her final fate more vague.
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The album's lead single "Qué Hiciste" reached number one on Billboards Hot Latin Songs chart. Lopez performed the song on the sixth season of American Idol on April 11, 2007, becoming the first person to perform a Spanish song on the series. The album received the highest first- week sales in the United States for a debut Spanish album and the highest digital sales. In September 2007, Lopez starred in the biographical film El Cantante, which is based on the life of the late salsa singer Héctor Lavoe.
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Stone and Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, January 14, 2009 After a period from 1986 to 1999, where he released a new film at least every 1–2 years, Stone slowed down in the 2000s, though still finding some success. In 2004, Stone directed Alexander. He later re-edited his biographical film of Alexander the Great into a two-part, 3-hour 37-minute film Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut, which became one of the highest- selling catalog items from Warner Bros.Alexander – Words from Oliver Stone: Thank you very much.... Facebook.
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Giuliano l'Apostata is a 1919 Italian historical drama film directed by Ugo Falena, starring Guido Graziosi and Ileana Leonidoff. Set in the 4th century, it is a biographical film about the Roman Emperor Julian, known as Julian the Apostate for his rejection of Christianity. Although Julian's paganism is shown to fail and Christianity to succeed, the portrayal of him is sympathetic. This plays into contemporary Italian discussions about church and state, caused by the gradual abolition of the papal Non Expedit, which previously had prevented Catholics from participating in Italian parliamentary elections.
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Mohandas is an upcoming Indian biographical film about the childhood of Mahatma Gandhi and is being made in three languages, English, Hindi and Kannada. It is written and directed by nine-time National Film Award winner P. Sheshadri. It is partially based on Sahitya Akademi Award winning Kannada writer Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi's book Papu Gandhi, Bapu Gandhi Aada Kathe: The Story of Mahatma Gandhi and The Story of My Experiments with Truth, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. The film covers the events of Gandhi's childhood from the ages of 6 to 14.
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Valentino is a 1977 American biographical film co-written and directed by Ken Russell and starring Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, and Carol Kane. It is loosely based on the life of silent film actor Rudolph Valentino, as recounted in the book Valentino, an Intimate Exposé of the Sheik, written by Chaw Mank and Brad Steiger. The genesis of Valentino began with producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, who began developing the project in 1975. Russell was selected to direct, and he co-wrote the film with Mardik Martin.
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In 1950 she returned to singing in a nightclub in Hollywood, Café Gala. She was heard there by Benny Carter, who thought enough of her talent to recommend her to Mitch Miller, Columbia Records' artist and repertory director. She was picked in 1953 by Percy Faith, Columbia's biggest orchestra leader, to sing vocals on a song he was recording, taken from the film Moulin Rouge—a biographical film about Toulouse-Lautrec. "The Song from Moulin Rouge" was recorded on January 22, 1953, as the B-side of a recording of "Swedish Rhapsody".
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Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln", is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her second speaking role, as Ann Rutledge. Her first speaking role was in a short film, Love's Old Sweet Song (1923) filmed in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The script was co-written by Stephen Vincent Benét, author of the Civil War prose poem John Brown's Body, and Gerrit Lloyd.
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Mohanlal acted in his first non-Malayalam film in 1997, in the Tamil biographical film Iruvar, directed by Mani Ratnam. The film, in which Mohanlal depicted an actor who turns to politics (based on the life of M. G. Ramachandran), was a critical success and won many awards including the Best Film award at the Belgrade International Film Festival and two National Film Awards. In 1998, he produced and starred in Harikrishnans, co-starring Mammootty and Juhi Chawla. The film was a commercial success, but was not well received by critics.
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Nestor Carbonell, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Polaha attending Ringer panel at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con In 2008, Polaha starred on ABC's mid-season replacement series Miss Guided and appeared in biographical film Billy: The Early Years (2008). In 2009, he appeared in several guest starring television roles, including The Ex List, Dollhouse, Without a Trace and Better Off Ted. In 2010, he began portraying Nate Bazile, a bar owner who discovers he has a teenage daughter Lux Cassidy (Britt Robertson), on the teen drama television series Life Unexpected.Life Unexpected canceled , tvrockstars.
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Maria was originally portrayed by actress June Collyer in the 1931 biographical film Alexander Hamilton. Mrs. Reynolds's character also appeared in the 1986 TV series George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation where she was portrayed by Lise Hilboldt. Jasmine Cephas Jones played the role of Maria in Hamilton, the 2015 Broadway theatre musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton. Jones originated the roles of Maria Reynolds and Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer on Off-Broadway in Hamilton, and reprised her roles when the show made its transfer to Broadway.
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Waltzes from Vienna is a 1934 British biographical film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, sometimes known as Strauss' Great Waltz. It was part of the cycle of operetta films made in Britain during the 1930s. Hitchcock's film is based on the stage musical, Waltzes from Vienna, which premiered in Vienna in October 1930. With a libretto by A. M. Willner, Heinz Reichert and Ernst Marischka, this stage production contains music by Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II, selected and arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner into discrete musical numbers.
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In the episode, she played Florence Finnegan: a shape-shifting, blood-sucking alien known as a Plasmavore, who took on the guise of a human. That same year she appeared in the ITV television adaptation of the novel The Bad Mother's Handbook, co-starring alongside Catherine Tate. In February 2008, Reid appeared as the mother of Monica Gallagher, Joan, who was suffering from Alzheimer's in the Channel 4 drama Shameless. In October 2008, she played the title role in In Love with Barbara on BBC Four, a biographical film of Barbara Cartland.
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She also starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom Work It in 2012. In 2012, Aytes was cast as one of the four leads, along with Alyssa Milano, Yunjin Kim and Jes Macallan, in the ABC drama series Mistresses about the lives of four female friends and their involvement in an array of illicit and complex relationships. The series premiered on June 3, 2013. Aytes played the role of Perri "Pebbles" Reid in the 2013 biographical film CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story about the R&B; and hip hop musical trio TLC.
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Production did not begin as anticipated, and Time reported in July 2006 that production was scheduled for later in the year. Variety reported that the project at one point had an investment of and the backing of Peter Schlessel, a Sony Pictures executive. Though production had not begun by the end of 2006, in January 2007 Sean McNamara was announced to be directing the biographical film. While Hamilton had a series of surfing successes, turning pro in 2007, McNamara and producer David Brookwell with her manager Roy "Dutch" Hofstetter sought more material for the film.
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Kaaviya Thalaivan () is a 2014 Tamil historical biographical film written and directed by Vasanthabalan and produced by S. Sashikanth and Varun Manian under their production companies YNOT Studios and Radiance Media Group. It features Siddharth playing the main lead role and Prithviraj, playing the antagonist; Vedhika playing the female lead, while Nassar, and Anaika Soti appear in supporting roles. Music is by Oscar winning A R Rahman. Set in the early 20th century, the film is about the lives of two theatre artistes and the competition that exists between them in a small drama troupe.
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Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 biographical film depicting the 1857–1958 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa which culminated in Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile River and led to a bitter rivalry between the two men. The film stars Patrick Bergin as Burton and Iain Glen as Speke. Delroy Lindo appears as an African whom the explorers meet. The film was directed by Bob Rafelson based on the novel Burton and Speke by William Harrison.
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Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet. Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, a grandnephew of the Dalai Lama, stars as the adult Dalai Lama, while Tencho Gyalpo, a niece of the Dalai Lama, appears as the Dalai Lama's mother. The film according to Roger Ebert was "made of episodes, not a plot" and he gave the film three stars out of four.
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Robbie Clark is a 22-year-old actor who plays Jack Rollins in the 1965 biographical film Grain of Sand. During filming in Greenwich Village in January 1964, he falls in love with French artist Claire, and they soon marry. Grain of Sand is a hit and Robbie becomes a star, but their relationship is strained and Claire observes Robbie flirting with other women. She is particularly offended when, during an argument in 1968 over whether the evils of the world can be changed, he opines that women can never be poets.
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Truman Capote in 1959: Hoffman won many awards for his portrayal of the writer in Capote (2005). A turning point in Hoffman's career came with the biographical film Capote (2005), which dramatized Truman Capote's experience of writing his true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966). Hoffman took the title role for a project that he co-produced and helped come to fruition. Portraying the idiosyncratic writer proved highly demanding, requiring significant weight loss and four months of research – such as watching video clips of Capote to help him affect the author's effeminate voice and mannerisms.
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He then starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis in Lasse Hallström's What's Eating Gilbert Grape, a drama about a dysfunctional family. In his review of the film, Todd McCarthy of Variety said that "Depp manages to command center screen with a greatly affable, appealing characterization." Depp's final 1993 release was Emir Kusturica's surrealist comedy-drama Arizona Dream, which opened to positive reviews. In 1994, Depp reunited with director Tim Burton, playing the title role in Ed Wood, a biographical film about one of history's most inept film directors.
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Ludwig is a 1973 biographical film directed by Italian director Luchino Visconti about the life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Helmut Berger stars as Ludwig, Romy Schneider reprises her role as Empress Elisabeth of Austria (from the unrelated 1955 film Sissi and its two sequels). The film was made in Munich and other parts of Bavaria at these locations: Roseninsel, Berg Castle, Lake Starnberg, Castle Herrenchiemsee, Castle Hohenschwangau, Linderhof Palace, Cuvilliés Theatre, Nymphenburg Palace, Ettal, Kaiservilla and Neuschwanstein Castle. Visconti suffered a stroke during filming.
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The book was also a source for Oliver Stone's biographical film about George W. Bush, entitled W. Mansfield followed his book about Bush with a number of biographies and cultural studies, authoring a total of more than 30 books. He released The Miracle of the Kurds just as Kurdish troops were taking a stand against ISIS in the Middle East. The book has been named “Book of the Year” by Rudaw, the leading Kurdish news service. In 2016, Mansfield gave a TEDx talk entitled The Kurds: The World’s Most Famous Unknown People.
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After a series of co-starring film roles, Lopez had her breakthrough when she was cast in the title role of Selena (1997), a biographical film about American singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Working on the film inspired her to launch a music career, with Lopez saying: "I started my career in musical theater on stage. So doing the movie just reminded me of how much I missed singing, dancing, and the like..." After filming Selena, Lopez was "really feeling [her] Latin roots" and recorded a demo record in Spanish.Mendible, M. (2007).
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The Winds of Kitty Hawk is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film directed by E. W. Swackhamer about the Wright brothers and their invention of the first successful powered heavier-than-air flying machine.The Winds of Kitty Hawk; kinotv.com It's a tribute to the brothers and was broadcast on December 17, 1978, the 75th anniversary of their famous 1903 first aeroplane flight. It is one of several made-for-television films about historical people in aviation produced in the 1970s, including The Amazing Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case.
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Che is a two-part 2008 biographical film about Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Rather than follow a standard chronological order, the films offer an oblique series of interspersed moments along the overall timeline. Part One is titled The Argentine and focuses on the Cuban Revolution from the landing of Fidel Castro, Guevara, and other revolutionaries in Cuba to their successful toppling of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship two years later. Part Two is titled Guerrilla and focuses on Guevara's attempt to bring revolution to Bolivia and his demise.
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In Like Flynn is a 2018 Australian biographical film about the early life of actor Errol Flynn. Based on the story of Australian war-veteran and actor Errol Flynn, the plot follows the early days of his life before reaching fame as a celebrity between the 1930s and the 1950s. Before reaching fame, Flynn was an adventurous Australian bloke who gambled and explored the outback before going off to Papua New Guinea. The films stars Thomas Cocquerel, Corey Large, William Moseley, Clive Standen, Callan Mulvey, Isabel Lucas, and Nathalie Kelley.
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Charles Henry Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was a mid-20th century English actor who had a long career on stage and in cinema. He came to prominence for his portrayal of many villainous roles in several films including The Great Dictator, The Philadelphia Story and The Sea Hawk. Daniell was given few opportunities to play sympathetic or 'good guy' roles; one such exception was a memorable supporting role as Franz Liszt in the biographical film of Robert and Clara Schumann, Song of Love (1947). His name is sometimes spelled "Daniel".
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She was part of the main cast of Time of Your Life, a spin-off series of Fox's popular teen drama Party of Five, from 1999 to 2001. From 2005 to 2009, Ravera played Irene Daniels during the first four seasonsThe Closer article of the TNT crime drama series, The Closer, and was the only regular cast member to leave the series during its run. From 2006 to 2008, she also had the recurring role on ER, and in 2007 played Denzel Washington's wife in the biographical film The Great Debaters.
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Steal This Movie! is a 2000 American biographical film directed by Robert Greenwald and written by Bruce Graham, based on a number of books, including To America with Love: Letters From the Underground by Anita and Abbie Hoffman and Abbie Hoffman: American Rebel by Marty Jezer. The film follows 1960s radical figure Abbie Hoffman, and stars Vincent D'Onofrio and Janeane Garofalo, with Jeanne Tripplehorn and Kevin Pollak. The film follows Hoffman's (D'Onofrio) relationship with his second wife Anita (Garofalo) and their "awakening" and subsequent conversion to an activist life.
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After playing one of the titular roles in the romantic drama Tristan & Isolde (2006), Franco starred in the Tony Bill-directed war drama Flyboys (2006). Two years later, he played against type in the action-comedy film Pineapple Express, and earned critical acclaim for portraying Scott Smith in the biographical film Milk alongside Sean Penn. For the former, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Comedy. Franco portrayed the trapped canyoneer Aron Ralston in 127 Hours (2010), a survival drama, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination.
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Prefontaine is a 1997 American biographical film chronicling the life of the American long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his death at age 24. Jared Leto plays the title character and R. Lee Ermey plays Bill Bowerman. The film was written by Steve James and Eugene Corr, and directed by James. Prefontaine tells the story from the point of view of Bill Dellinger, played by Ed O'Neill, the assistant coach who was with him day-to-day, and Nancy Alleman, the runner's girlfriend at the time of his death.
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After a short time in Paris she returned to Germany in 1987 to study at the Schauspielschule Bochum. Since then she has acted on film and television, for example in The Princess and the Warrior, as well as the German TV series Dr. Sommerfeld – Neues vom Bülowbogen. Following a recovery from cancer which caused a break in her acting career, in 1998, Brunckhorst began working as a scriptwriter, first for the television series Einsatz Hamburg Süd. Her biographical film Wie Feuer und Flamme was awarded the Lola for the best script in 2001.
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Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai is a 1995 Indian Kannada biographical film, directed by Chindodi Bangaresh and produced by Chindodi Leela. Starring Lokesh in the titular role, the film also featured Girish Karnad and Vijay Raghavendra in other pivotal roles.Film cast & crew The film is based on the life of Panchakshara Gawai (1892 - 1944), who was a blind singer from Karnataka who made a great difference to the life of many blind people in Indian society. The film, upon release was critically acclaimed and won multiple awards both at the National and State levels.
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Galileo is a 1975 biographical film about the 16th and 17th century scientist Galileo Galilei, whose astronomical observations with the newly invented telescope led to a profound conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. The film is an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play of the same name. The film was produced by Ely Landau for the American Film Theatre, which presented thirteen film adaptations of plays in the United States from 1973 to 1975. Brecht's play was recently called a "masterpiece" by veteran theater critic Michael Billington, as Martin Esslin had in 1960.
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Collett's co-star Durr praised the actor, calling him "absolutely fantastic" and opining, "He's got a great career ahead of him". Collett made his film debut as the younger version of Raymond Briggs in Ethel & Ernest, a biographical film released in 2016. During 2017, Collett appeared in the short film Honour as 11-year-old boy Lee, and made a cameo appearance in the 2017 war film Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan. The following year, he appeared in Dead in a Week or Your Money Back as a younger version of the character William.
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Rossi's wife Sherrie worked with puppets in their children's ministry. In 2001, Rossi wrote and directed Saving Sister Aimee, a short documentary film about 1920s evangelist Aimee McPherson. Though some considered it a sensationalized depiction, it won the Angel Award from the Southern California Motion Picture Council for best documentary. In 2005, Rossi revisited Sister Aimee's story in the low-budget feature biographical film Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story, (aka Aimee Semple McPherson), featuring Mimi Michaels in the lead and Rance Howard as the preacher's father.
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Ye Qing's first film role was an undergraduate of Jiangsu University in the biographical film Love Angel (2009). Following this, she appeared in numerous roles in other films, including One Wrong Step (2011), Love on that Day (2011), and My Family (2013). She gained fame for her supporting role as Yu Tan in the historical television series Scarlet Heart (2011), adapted from Tong Hua's novel of the same title. In 2012, she had a key supporting role in Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky, a fantasy wuxia drama.
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The bombing is depicted in the 2011 biographical film The Iron Lady. Jonathan Lee's 2015 novel High Dive is a fictionalised account of the bombing, written largely from the alternating perspectives of the hotel manager, his teenage daughter, and an IRA bombmaker who helps Magee. Rights to the book were purchased and it is in development as a potential feature film. The third novel in Adrian McKinty's "Troubles Trilogy", In the Morning I'll Be Gone, features his RUC detective hero Seán Duffy trying to prevent the Brighton bombing and saving Thatcher.
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On February 13, 2011, Barrino won her first Grammy Award for Best Female R&B; Vocal Performance for "Bittersweet". In 2011, Barrino was cast in her first film role, playing gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in a biographical film based on the 1993 book Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel. It was later reported that the film was fully endorsed by the Mahalia Jackson estate. Barrino also would receive not only the top salary in the project but a percentage of the box office revenue the film creates.
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After moving to Canada, Redd returned regularly to the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas for work. In the 1970s, as his television popularity waned, he supplemented his income with a variety of increased personal appearances and performances. Continuing to use the Korla Pandit persona, Redd performed at supper clubs, supermarket openings, car agencies, music and department stores, pizza restaurants, lectures, music seminars, private lessons, and the theater organ circuit. He made a cameo appearance as Korla Pandit in Tim Burton's biographical film about the director Ed Wood (1994), which drew renewed attention to him.
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In the same year, Ozerov first participated in an international production: the Albanian-Soviet film Fortuna, which he co-directed with Kristaq Dhamo. Fortuna was also his first film about the Second World War, dealing with the Albanian partisans' struggle and starring Naim Frashëri. In 1962, he directed the Soviet- Czechoslovak co-production The High Road, a biographical film on Jaroslav Hašek with Josef Abrhám as the main protagonist. In addition to his cinematic work, Ozerov was also a Major in the KGB's Seventh Directorate, the department responsible for surveillance.
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Talk to Me is a 2007 biographical film directed by Kasi Lemmons and starring Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, and Mike Epps. It is about Washington, D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist, and Dewey Hughes, his friend and manager. The film spans the time period May 1966 to January 1984, ending with the late Greene's memorial service. The film premiered as the opening night film of the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival, on June 22, 2007.
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Like the novel, the film was based in part on the career of former Boston mayor James Michael Curley, and the unnamed New England city that he runs was based on Boston, Massachusetts. Curley opposed the film's production, but not because of the negative dramatization; rather, he believed that The Last Hurrah might prevent Hollywood from making a biographical film of his life.As stated by Robert Osborne in his introduction of The Last Hurrah on Turner Classic Movies, 14 January 2012. Columbia paid Curley $25,000 in exchange for signing away any future legal action.
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In addition to her singing career, she mentored the legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin. Jackson was also good friends with Dorothy Norwood and fellow Chicago-based gospel singer Albertina Walker, and she discovered a young Della Reese. On the 20th anniversary of her death, Smithsonian Folkways Recording commemorated her with the album I Sing Because I'm Happy, which includes interviews about her childhood conducted by Jules Scherwin. American Idol winner and Grammy Award-winning R&B; singer Fantasia Barrino has been cast to play Jackson in a biographical film about her life.
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The first biography of James was released in 2009. Entitled The Life and Times of Billy T. James, it was written by Matt Elliott and was based upon interviews with more than fifty friends and colleagues of Billy as well as wife Lynn and sister Ngaire. In December 2010, funding was given for the production of a biographical film based on Billy T. James' life. In March 2011, it was revealed the film was to be titled Billy and would star Tainui Tukiwaho as Billy and Morgana O'Reilly as wife Lynn.
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Later that year, he turned his attention towards romantic drama La Cucina, a film about several mostly separated storylines in which couples, friends and associates meet for a night of cooking and befriending. He portrayed a Spanish born photo journalist named Michael. In 2008, he starred in the Che: Part Two, a biographical film about an Argentine doctor-turned-international revolutionary named Ernesto Guevara. Almeida played President René Barrientos, a former Bolivian politician who served as his country's Vice President in 1964 and as its President from 1964–69.
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In November 1995 a blue plaque was unveiled by Eric Sykes and Clive Dunn—a colleague from her Players' Theatre days—at her former house: 67 Eardley Crescent, Earls Court, London. In 2002 plaques were unveiled for Jacques, Sid James and Tony Hancock at BBC Broadcasting House in London. In 2011 Jacques and Le Mesurier's marriage was the subject of a BBC Four biographical film called Hattie, which focused on Jacques's affair with John Schofield. She was played by Ruth Jones, who Robin Le Mesurier thought "had captured my mother perfectly".
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