biopic

[bahy-oh-pik]

noun

1. a biographical movie or TV show.

biopic

/ ˈbaɪəʊˌpɪk /

noun

1. informal,  a film based on the life of a famous person, esp one giving a popular treatment

Word History and Origins

Origin of biopic¹

1950–55; bio(graphy) + (motion) pic(ture)

Word History and Origins

Origin of biopic¹

C20: from bio ( graphical ) + pic ( ture )

Example Sentences

Premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this summer, the arthouse biopic film received rave reviews.

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To make matters worse, these details, customary in a biopic, are stylized to capitalize the characters’ names, just like how they’d be written in the screenplay.

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“I don’t know if I hit the beats of what a biopic is,” Safdie says.

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Perhaps for his biopic slated to be released next year?

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He directed “The Horse Whisperer” and the golf biopic “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” neither a critical success.

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