Biography Movies

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for...

A first-person account of the life and work of Spanish writer Antonio Gala.

Just 12 hours after having his daughter in the custody of a kidnapper, the influential communicator Sílvio Santos faces an even more...

Poet, musician and activist Gil Scott-Heron reflects on race, politics, creativity and the Black experience through candid interviews and...

An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family...

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner,...

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.

A biography of Isabelle de Charrière and her friendship with Benjamin Constant.

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

With nine #1 albums to his name, Jimmy Barnes is one of Australia’s greatest rock icons. But his success masked a life of hardship and abuse,...

Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, in the apartment of his girlfriend Pamela Courson....

A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre...

Polish rebel Rafal Wojaczek writes poetry and lives life on the edge before his suicide in 1971.

The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the...

The extraordinary life and career of the Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov, a brilliant and charismatic, but also rebellious, favorite son of...

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.

Two Loves is a poem written by Oscar Wilde's lover "Bosie", Lord Alfred Douglas. This documentary depicts the love and war between these two men,...

The life and times of comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas, from their beginning to their breakthrough in the late 1990s.

The life of Mr. Spock, as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played him for almost fifty years, written and directed by his son: Adam.