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biopic

[ bahy-oh-pik ]

/ ˈbaɪ oʊˌpɪk /

noun

a biographical movie or TV show.

Origin of biopic

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

Words nearby biopic

biopesticide, biopharmaceutical, biopharmaceutics, biophilia, biophysics, biopic, biopiracy, bioplasm, bioplastic, biopoiesis, biopolymer

Example sentences from the Web for biopic

Selma becomes a biopic in which the hero shines while those who worked beside him are overlooked or relegated to the sidelines.

Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ |Gary May |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
We live in a world where a J. Edgar Hoover biopic got made before a Martin Luther King Jr. one.

Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History |Marlow Stern |December 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One of the more fascinating projects I read about that never came to fruition was your Howard Hughes biopic starring Jim Carrey.

Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of Mankind |Marlow Stern |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In a strange coincidence, the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything opened the same weekend as Interstellar.

Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of Mankind |Marlow Stern |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Just because it is a biopic, sometimes people take liberties.

Gangster in Paradise: Benicio Del Toro Is Pablo Escobar |Alex Suskind |September 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for biopic

biopic

/ (ˈbaɪəʊˌpɪk) /

noun

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

Word Origin for biopic

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