Nick Broomfield

Nick Broomfield is an English, documentary filmmaker. Broomfield is known for filming with very few crew members, if any at all, giving Broomfield’s work a very unique and recognisable style.
He has achieved 8 awards and many nominations for his films and documentaries. The main types of documentaries that Broomfield produces are observational documentaries which focus on political issues in the contemporary UK and across the world. Just like Michael Moore, some of Broomfield’s work is known for being rather controversial.


Here is a list of the awards that Nick Broomfield has won, This list is taken from Broomfield's Official Website - http://www.nickbroomfield.com/

Awards:

• Best Director - San Sebastian Film Festival (2007)



• Golden Screen - Festival European Des 4 Ecrans (2007)



• Bafta Special Award for his contribution to the Documentary Genre (2006)



• Winner of the British Academy Award



• The Prix Italia



• The Dupont Columbia Award for outstanding journalism



• The Peabody



• The Royal Television Society Award

One of the most famous documentaries that Nick Broomfield had directed was an expository documentary, called, "Aileen Wuornos: Life and Death of a Serial Killer." This was about a phsycotic prisoner who was held at death row for twelve years before being executed by a lethal injection. The prisoner was famous because it was the first female serial killer, in the history of America. Not only did Broomfield direct this documentary but he also played a big part in it as he was with Aileen throughout a majority of the documentary talking to her and interviewing her. I had watched this documentary and found some points very useful and interesting, which i might use when it comes to producing my own documentary...

• Some sturdy shots and some are shaky with hand held cameras to make the audience feel part of the action


• Voiceovers


• Interviews


• Shots of newspapers headlines


• Interviews with the victims' friends and family


• Shots of the police with a voiceover of an interview, then later cutting into a shot of the interview


• Although there is little music used in the documentary most of the footage contains diagetic, natural sounds to make the audience feel more engaged and makes the footage sound more realistic and intense, rather than being too story-like.

Below is a trailer for this documentary...

You can watch the full documentary by following the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlGn9RDd-CE&has_verified=1

Broomfield has also directed five commercials for the car, Volkswagen Passat. A trailer for these commercials can be found by clicking on the links below:

http://www.nickbroomfield.com/commercial.html

http://www.nickbroomfield.com/commercial2.html

http://www.nickbroomfield.com/commercial3.html

http://www.nickbroomfield.com/commercial4.html

http://www.nickbroomfield.com/commercial5.html