Nick Broomfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nick Broomfield

British film director

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1948

Place of Birth: London

Profession: film director

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Nicholas Broomfield (born 1948) is an English documentary film director.
His self-reflexive style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers.
In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he calls "Direct Cinema".
His output ranges from studies of entertainers to political works such as examinations of South Africa before and after the end of apartheid and the rise of the black-majority government of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress party. Broomfield generally works with a minimal crew, recording sound himself and using one or two camera operators.
He is often seen in the finished film, usually holding the sound boom and wearing the Nagra tape recorder.