Nick Broomfield has a very particular and personal filmmaking style. His films follow him on a quest for the truth and often focus on this journey rather than the ultimate destination.
Nick Broomfield studied Law and Cardiff and Political Science at Exeter before going to the National Film and Television School. An early love of photography developed into an interest in the observational filming styles of Robert Leacock, Arthur Elton and Pennebaker but went on to develop the very distinctive and idiosyncratic style he is so well known for. While filming Driving Me Crazy in 1998, the film was going so badly wrong that he decided to put himself into the story to see if he could help make sense of it. Now his films are more about the research and the quest to make the film than the story itself.
While at the film school he met Joan Churchill and made several films with her including more recently Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer. Nick made two films about Aileen Wuoronos before she was executed. Her death made a real impression on him and it’s through his relationship with her that you manage to get an insight into her character and situation. The story was turned into the feature film Monster with Charlize Theron in 2004.
Battle For Haditha (2008)
Ghosts (2006)
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
Biggie and Tupac (2002)
Kurt & Courtney (1998)
Fetishes (1996)
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995) (TV)
Tracking Down Maggie: The Unofficial Biography of Margaret Thatcher (1994)
Monster in a Box (1992)
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife (1991)
Diamond Skulls (1989)
Driving Me Crazy (1988)
Lily Tomlin (1986)
Chicken Ranch (1983)
Tattooed Tears (1982)
Soldier Girls (1981)
Fort Augustus (1981)
Behind the Rent Strike (1979)
Juvenile Liaison (1975)
Proud to Be British (1973)
Who Cares (1971)
