Basquiat (1996)
Genres: Biography, Drama
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Benicio del Toro
Basquiat is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed, co-written and co-composed by Julian Schnabel in his feature directorial debut. The film is based on the life of American postmodernist/neo expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is the first film about an American painter written and directed by another artist.