Demir, Sertac Timur; Hidiroglu, Irfan; Tuğcu, Muhammed Said

Biography began with keeping records of people whose remarkable positions and stories in history. Biography usually takes place in the field of literature and history in academia, but over time it has also been involved in cinema studies. Although there are many academic studies on documentary cinema, no significant study has been found that focuses on the types of documentaries and focuses on biography documentary. Considering that many documentaries are biographically based, it can be claimed that this article tries to fill an important deficiency. Biographies have an ontological value especially for societies that has strong stories and ancient memories. Therefore, in this study, the distinctive importance of biographical documentaries, which are an essential part of oral culture and heritage transmission, is emphasised. With this article, discussions, inferences and suggestions are made about the importance of biography documentaries by focusing on the subjects of biography, biography history, biography documentary, biographical subject, portrait construction and narrative in biography documentaries. The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the literature on biographical documentaries, to illustrate the texture of biographical documentaries in particular, and to draw an intellectual and actional road and concept map for researchers or field experts who are interested in documentary film.