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biopic
[bahy-oh-pik]
noun
a biographical movie or TV show.
biopic
/ ˈbaɪəʊˌpɪk /
noun
informal, a film based on the life of a famous person, esp one giving a popular treatment
Word History and Origins
Origin of biopic1
Word History and Origins
Origin of biopic1
Example Sentences
It is that Mahler Second performance that Bradley Cooper chose as the musical centerpiece of his Bernstein 2023 biopic, “Maestro.”
In last year’s Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” Dylan and Johnny Cash appear together on screen just twice, after a long epistolary bromance.
Dickinson is currently in production on a series of four biopics about the Beatles directed by Sam Mendes — he’s playing John Lennon.
Premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this summer, the arthouse biopic film received rave reviews.
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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