Home›Documentary and Nonfiction Film›Biographical and Profile DocumentariesGroupBiographical and Profile DocumentariesThis group collects the Documentary and Nonfiction Film subcategory's members centered on the life, career or personality of one named individual or a small profiled group, outside a specifically musical career (filed under this subcategory's own Music Documentaries group instead): artists and writers (Crumb, F for Fake, Leonora and Gabriel, Robert Frost, The Titan: Story of Michelangelo, Pretty Dirty), public figures (RBG, The Eleanor Roosevelt Story, The Times of Harvey Milk, Albert Schweitzer, Helen Keller in Her Story, Won't You Be My Neighbor?), and other profile subjects including internet celebrities (Butterflies) and a filmmaking production chronicle centered on its director (Hearts of Darkness).FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1922 1Browse ByAll Biographical and Profile DocumentariesBiographical and Profile Documentaries21 entriesBiographical and Profile DocumentariesFilter Results21 entriesCollectionAllBiographical and Profile Documentaries (21)CreatorAllAlbert Maysles (1)David Maysles (1)Errol Morris (1)Fred Rogers (1)James Marsh (1)Orson Welles (1)Rob Epstein (1)Steve James (1)Terry Zwigoff (1)MediumAllFilm (20)CountryAllFrance, Iran, West Germany (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (9)Release YearAll1950 (1)1954 (1)1957 (1)1963 (1)1965 (1)1973 (1)1975 (1)1978 (1)1984 (1)1991 (1)1994 (1)2008 (1)2009 (1)2010 (1)2011 (1)2014 (1)2018 (2)2022 (1)2025 (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (14)French (1)German (1)Japanese (1)GroupAllBiographical and Profile Documentaries (21)AwardAllAcademy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film (5)Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature (1)National Board of Review Award for Best Film (1)Sundance Festival Favorite Runner Up (1)Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary (1)Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary (1)Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary (1)Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 21Albert SchweitzerDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkAll the Beauty and the BloodshedDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkButterflies (2009 film)Documentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkCrumb (film)Documentary and Nonfiction Film2 linksExit Through the Gift ShopDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkF for FakeDocumentary and Nonfiction Film2 linksGates of HeavenDocumentary and Nonfiction Film2 linksGrey GardensDocumentary and Nonfiction Film3 linksHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's ApocalypseDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkHelen Keller in Her StoryDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkJiro Dreams of SushiDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkLeonora and Gabriel: An InstantDocumentary and Nonfiction FilmLife Itself (2014 film)Documentary and Nonfiction Film2 linksMan on WireDocumentary and Nonfiction Film2 linksPretty Dirty: The Life and Times of Marilyn MinterDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkRBGDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkRobert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the WorldDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkThe Eleanor Roosevelt StoryDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkThe Times of Harvey MilkDocumentary and Nonfiction Film2 linksThe Titan: Story of MichelangeloDocumentary and Nonfiction Film1 linkWon't You Be My Neighbor?Documentary and Nonfiction Film2 linksSources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Nanook of the North, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Nanook of the North, lead sectionNanook of the North is a 1922 American silent film that combines elements of documentary and docudrama/docufiction, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.