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When searching for information about your question, it is difficult to separate Shakespeare's personal life being made into a movie versus movies about his plays. I did find this wikipedia listing that
Yes, Prashant, it is certainly possible to create movies based on scientists lives. The reason that most of the films done on scientists are documentaries instead of theatrical features is that feature
Yes you would have to have a license of some sort. ASCAP, BMI, SESAC may be involved depending on the music. If it is unlicensed music or indy music you won't. The stations would have to have a license
I had difficulty finding an actual list of all the movies made about famous scientists and mathematicians. I found this link that lists many dozens of famous mathematicians and scientists here... http://www
One of my favorite movies is "What the Lord Made", about the research that went into open heart operations. If we did a google search we would probably find movies that have already been made about

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