Nick Broomfield
Date of birth: 1948-01-30
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Nicholas Broomfield, 닉 브룸필드, John Nicholas Broomfield
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicholas "Nick" Broomfield (born 1948) is an English documentary film-maker. He is the son of Maurice Broomfield, a photographer. Broomfield works with a minimal crew, just himself and one or two camera operators, which gives his documentaries a particular style. Broomfield is often in shot holding the sound boom. Broomfield was awarded the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Documentary, and was given honorary doctorates from Essex and Surrey University. He was awarded the Californian State Bar Award for his contribution to Legal Reform and is a founder member of the Morecambe Bay Victims Fund. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Broomfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Biggie & Tupac
2002-01-11
In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G
Kurt & Courtney
1998-02-27
After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a document
Fetishes
1996-09-12
Nick Broomfield and a documentary crew visit Pandora's Box, an up-scale house of bondage on Manhatta
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
1995-12-27
A documentary crew from the BBC arrives in L.A. intent on interviewing Heidi Fleiss, a year after he
The Stones and Brian Jones
2024-04-25
A look at the relationships and rivalries within The Rolling Stones in their formative years, as wel
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
2011-09-30
A journey that takes the viewers across the icy mid-winter snows of Alaska to meet her school friend
Too White for Me
1992-05-21
Still in his role as the innocent Brit in Africa, ludicrously encumbered by earphones and microphone
His Big White Self
2006-04-03
A follow-up to "The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife", about the history of the far-right g
After Frank
2005-09-30
Filmmaker, Walter Forsyth sets out on a journey to make a tribute film about photographer/filmmaker,
Snuff-Movie
2005-08-27
Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang
Behind the Rent Strike
1974-10-24
Kirby, on the outskirts of Liverpool, England, October 1972. A chronicle of the fourteen-month strik
Harumi
2019-05-12
In the hills of Los Angeles the reclusive, stylish and enigmatic 96-year-old Harumi Taniguchi spent
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
1992-11-01
In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
2003-11-21
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the seria
Capturing Reality
2008-11-01
From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol M
Sex: My British Job
2013-09-23
Nick Broomfield met Hsiao Hung Pai, a journalist who was working for the Guardian, when making his f
Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain
2016-05-25
Two iconic British buildings - the Wellington Rooms in Liverpool and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff -
The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife
1991-09-13
Nick Broomfield tries to interview Eugene Terre'Blanche, leader of the sinister neo-nazi AWB Afrikan