Gianfranco Rosi directed this documentary portrait of a Mexican assassin who works in the drug trade.
Rather it's an almost documentary portrait of their mundane and occasionally tedious habits, a snapshot taken from an outsider's point of view.
The feature length, complete version of the documentary portrait of Canadian immigration lawyer M. Lee Cohen.
According to a Czech website, in 2011 he is in-progress with a documentary portrait of direct-cinema director Albert Maysles.
His freelance work includes a documentary portrait of Richard Avedon, produced in collaboration with the iconic photographer himself.
Omnibus followed with documentary portraits that might profile Nabokov one week and Bowie the next.
The New York Times called it "an irresistible documentary portrait of the brothers made by their sons".
Although known as a portrait photographer, Anderson's studio portraits are complemented by thousands of documentary portraits taken near homes, barns, and businesses.
"Gringo" (1985) is a gritty, partly documentary portrait of a New York heroin addict.
At least that is how these distinguished international directors appear in two short documentary portraits that opened today at the Film Forum as a double bill.