Yet, because of the longstanding friendship between director and the artist, the film is an unusually intimate portrayal of the independent, intensely private painter.
"It's going to be a very intimate portrayal of war-something we don't often see in the mainstream press," said Hetherington.
His intimate portrayal of a totally unconventional but non-dysfunctional family garnered multiple domestic and international awards.
These included intimate portrayals of affection within the royal family, and the abandonment of portraying women as lighter coloured than men.
His work ranges from themes about exploring unknown wilderness territories to candid and intimate portrayals of real-life subjects.
This is especially crucial when writing persona poems or other intimate portrayals of people who can no longer speak for themselves.
An intimate portrayal of life in Cardiff's Somali community.
Throughout the collection, similar stories, intimate portrayals, and discoveries abound.
Her third documentary, the intimate portrayal of a woman novelist, Octavia Butler, earned an Emmy nomination.
"You see it really up close, a very intimate portrayal."