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Biopics of 2016 and 2013

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Award-winning director and producer Lisa Cortés generates bold, explosive art that shines light on important stories hidden from view. From helping launch the revolutionary artists RUN-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys to executive-producing the Academy Award®-winning film, Precious, Lisa sparks cultural change through works of unrivaled excellence.

Little Richard: I Am Everything (CNN Films), which she directed and produced, had its world premiere in January 2023 as the opening night selection in the US documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired by Magnolia Films. Also premiering at Sundance was Invisible Beauty, the documentary about Black fashion industry pioneer Bethann Hardison, which she produced. In June 2023, The Space Race (National Geographic Documentary Films), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Cortés directed and produced this gripping saga of African American astronauts at NASA and in space.

In 2020, Cortés directed and produced All In: The Fight For Democracy (Amazon Studios), tracing the violent history of the voting rights struggle. Emmy-winning HBO documentary, The Apollo, which Cortés produced, explores African American cultural and political history through t

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List of biographical films

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress 1906The Story of the Kelly GangNed KellyFrank Mills1909The Origin of Beethoven's Moonlight SonataLudwig van BeethovenHarry BaurThe Life of MosesMosesPat HartiganEdgar Allen PoeEdgar Allan PoeHerbert YostSaul and DavidKing DavidMaurice CostelloKing SaulWilliam V. Ranous1910Pyotr VelikiyPeter the GreatPyotr Voinov1911Sweet Nell of Old DruryNell GwynNellie StewartCharles II of EnglandAugustus Neville1912Custer's Last FightGeorge Armstrong CusterFrancis FordCleopatraCleopatraHelen GardnerFrom the Manger to the CrossJesusRobert Henderson-Bland1913Adrienne LecouvreurAdrienne LecouvreurSarah BernhardtGiuseppe Verdi nella vita e nella gloriaGiuseppe VerdiEgisto Cecchi The Life and Works of Richard WagnerRichard WagnerGiuseppe BecceSixty Years a QueenQueen VictoriaBlanche Forsythe (younger)

Louie Henri (older)

1914Beating BackAl JenningsAl JenningsRichelieuCardinal RichelieuMurdock MacQuarrieThe Adventures of François Villon: The OublietteFrançois VillonThe Adventures of François Villon: The Higher LawTh

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