So a normal analysis of the bio-documentary "Hawking" matters little.
"The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack," a bio-documentary about Ramblin' Jack Elliott, was made by his daughter Aiyana Elliott.
The box office fate of Sarah Palin's bio-documentary The Undefeated has uncannily mimicked the political fortunes of its subject: after a bright start, much publicity and high hopes the film has fizzled out to disappointing reviews and waning popularity.
A couple of years ago I was hired to play Sion Jenkins, the Hastings schoolmaster who was jailed for the brutal killing of his stepdaughter in 1997, for a bio-documentary that was being made about the forensic inquiry that led to his conviction.
But while it features an intriguingly mannered study in ambivalence from John Michael Higgins in the title role, this thin patchwork drama from the prolific author of "Far East" and "The Dining Room" isn't much different from those cut-and-paste bio-documentaries on A&E.
While it features an intriguingly mannered study in ambivalence from John Michael Higgins in the title role, this thin patchwork drama from the prolific author of "Far East" and "The Dining Room" isn't much different from those cut-and-paste bio-documentaries on A&E.
Ebert also offered words of encouragement for then-newcomer Martin Scorsese, who was one of three filmmakers working on a bio-documentary about Ebert at the time of his death.
"I happened to have my daughter, at the time she was 13, watching the casting session," he said in the Bio channel documentary about Depp.
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By Joan Acocella March 4, 2015 The tenth anniversary of Pryor's death has prompted a documentary, a bio-pic, and the new biography "Becoming Richard Pryor," by Scott Saul.
He added that her life and her work weren't particularly extraordinary that the sole extraordinary aspect of her life is her death, and, if it weren't for her on-air suicide, there wouldn't be a bio-pic or a documentary about her.
