Nick Broomsfield
Broomsfield films with a minimal crew, often himself and a camera man, this makes the doc more personal, He often shows the filming team within the documentary which makes the viewer aware of the process of creating the documentary.
He got interested around the age of 15 after becoming facisnated with photography on an exhange visit to france, He he made his first film WHO CARES using a borrowed wind up Bolex Camera, and using short ends of footage the film was about Slum Clearance in Liverpool.
He was heavily influenced by the observational style of Rober Leacock, Pennebaker and Fred Wiseman. He aquired his particular style whilst making "Driving Me Crazy" in 1988, which was a film which was becoming out of control. He came up with the idea of placing himself and the producer into the film to make sense of the events happening.
This led him to start making more investigative and experimental types of documentaries such as Aillen Wuornos, Kurt and Courtney and The Leader, The Driver and The Drivers Wife.
He is now experimenting with Direct Cinema and using Non-Actors to play themselves in situations based on real events with pre written scripts based on heavy research, in these he uses real locatuons and a small documentay crew.
Known for -----
Proud to be British
Who Cares
Behind the Rent Strike
Marriage Guidance
Juvenile Liason I & II
Driving Me Crazy
Lily Tomlin
Soldier Girls
Monster In a Box
Tracking Down Maggie
Too White For Me
The Leader, His Driver and the Drivers Wife
His Big White Self
Tattooed Tears
Chicken Ranch
Fetishes
The Selling of Aileen Wuornos
Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Heidi Fleiss:Hollywood Madam
Kurt & Coutney
Biggie and Tupac
Sarah Palin; You Betcha!
Sex: My British Job
Tales of the Grim Sleeper
I like Nick Broomsfield as he is heavily involved with the documentary, rather than hiring a presenter based on their looks, celebrity status or other reason he himself leads the documentary, he is involved in every aspect. I feel like his documentaries are His and whilst they may belong to producers or such they are his message and his work.
I would like to take this aspect in some of my future projects as I enjoy being both infront of the camera and behind it, such as how Broomsfield is often the sound operator for his projects as well.
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