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Nick Broomfield

Highest Rated: 100% Ghosts (2006)

Lowest Rated: 33% Dark Obsession (1989)

Birthday: Jan 30, 1948

Birthplace: London, England, UK

One of the most prolific and controversial documentary filmmakers of his day, Nick Broomfield explored such topics as urban blight, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, and sensational murder trials in a career that spanned well over 20 films. After graduating from Britain's National Film and Television School, he embarked on a professional journey marked by his effective use of the no frills cinema vérité style of filmmaking. Projects such as "Juvenile Liason" (1975), "Tattooed Tears" (1978), and "Chicken Ranch" delved into a variety of social issues often overlooked in more mainstream documentaries. Broomfield's approach began to shift with the film "Driving Me Crazy" (1988), in which he not only recorded his subject, but the often combative process of making the film, as well. Possibly his most affecting work, "Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer" (1994) attempted to glean a humane insight into the troubled mind of America's first female serial murderer. He made a splash with his timely exposé "Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam" (1995), and stirred the waters of conspiracy theory with "Kurt & Courtney" (1998). Nearly 40 years after beginning his career, Broomfield continued to explore controversial themes in films like "Battle of Haditha" (2008), reinforcing his reputation as one of cinema's most persistent provocateurs.

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Highest rated movies

100% 84% Ghosts
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100% 69% Shed Your Tears and Walk Away
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100% 67% Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
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100% 76% Tales of the Grim Sleeper
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93% 88% Monster in a Box
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92% 81% The Stones and Brian Jones
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87% 63% Whitney: Can I Be Me Watchlist
85% 74% Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
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80% 85% Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love Watchlist
78% 48% Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
92% 81% The Stones and Brian Jones Director,
Producer
$57.7K 2023
50% 44% Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac Director,
Producer
- 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Father and Me Unknown (Character),
Director
- 2021
80% 85% Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love Narrator,
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$1.0M 2019
87% 63% Whitney: Can I Be Me Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 2017
100% 76% Tales of the Grim Sleeper Self,
Director
- 2014
33% 61% Sarah Palin: You Betcha! Host,
Director,
Producer
$10.5K 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Albino United Executive Producer - 2010
100% 69% Shed Your Tears and Walk Away Executive Producer - 2009
No Score Yet 62% Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary Self - 2008
70% 72% Battle for Haditha Director $7.1K 2007
100% 84% Ghosts Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 2006
No Score Yet 89% His Big White Self Director - 2006
85% 74% Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Self,
Director,
Writer
$86.0K 2003
62% 44% Kurt & Courtney Unknown (Character),
Director,
Producer
$678.8K 1998
43% 47% Fetishes: Mistresses and Domination at Pandora's Box Director,
Producer,
Screenwriter
- 1996
78% 48% Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam Narrator,
Director
- 1995
No Score Yet 67% Tracking Down Maggie: The Unofficial Biography of Margaret Thatcher Narrator,
Director,
Producer
- 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Too White for Me Unknown (Character),
Director,
Producer
- 1992
100% 67% Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer Interviewer (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1992
93% 88% Monster in a Box Director $299.5K 1991
No Score Yet 77% The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife Unknown (Character),
Director
- 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Juvenile Liaisons II Director,
Film Editing
- 1990
33% 29% Dark Obsession Director - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Driving Me Crazy Director - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lily Tomlin Director,
Producer,
Film Editing
- 1987
No Score Yet 43% Chicken Ranch Director,
Producer
- 1983
No Score Yet 57% Soldier Girls Director,
Film Editing
- 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tattooed Tears Unknown (Character),
Director
- 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Juvenile Liaison Director,
Producer
- 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Proud to Be British Director,
Cinematographer,
Film Editor
- 1973