Biographical film

A biographical film or biopic (/ˈbˌpɪk/)[1] is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used.[2] They differ from docudrama films and historical drama films in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a single person's life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives.[3]

  1. ^ "Biopic". Dictionary.com.
  2. ^ Bastin, Giselle (Summer 2009). "Filming the Ineffable: Biopics of the British Royal Family". A/B: Auto/Biography Studies. 24 (1): 34–52. doi:10.1353/abs.2009.0008. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. ^ "What is a biopic? Seven questions about biographical films answered". BBC. April 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.