Claim: Gia is a biopic.
Evidence: Gia is a 1998 biographical HBO film about the life and times of one of America 's first supermodels , Gia Marie Carangi.
A biographical film , or biopic -LRB- -LSB- ˈbaɪəʊpɪk -RSB- abbreviation for biographical motion picture -RRB- , is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people.