--- description: 'Montage of Heck' will be the first authorized documentary about the Nirvana frontman's life title: Kurt Cobain Documentary HBO Announcement: Air Date image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0f874599d785e5d/69876ae9e53aba8d494d621c/kurt-cobain2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kurt Cobain Documentary Heading to HBO in 2015 by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 6:14 PM CUT  Kurt Cobain performs live onstage in Modena, Italy on Feb. 21, 1994. Kurt Cobain performs live onstage in Modena, Italy on Feb. 21, 1994.Raffaella Cavalieri—Redferns/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 6:14 PM CUT Kurt Cobain has been the subject of many films, including a fictionalized version of himself in Gus Van Sant’s _Last Days_ and a controversial 1988 documentary called _Kurt & Courtney_. Now, HBO is releasing the first fully-authorized documentary of the Nirvana frontman, executive-produced by his daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. At the helm is Brett Morgen, who worked on HBO’s Rolling Stones documentary, _Crossfire Hurricane_, as well as _The Kid Stays in the Picture,_ which told the story of the rise and fall of notorious Hollywood producer Roger Evans. According to a press release from HBO, Morgen started working on the project years ago with the family’s blessing, combing through Cobain’s archives, watching never-before-seen home movies, listening to recordings, and digging through Cobain’s artwork, photography, journals, and songbooks.. “I started work on this project eight years ago,” says Morgen in the press release. “Like most people, when I started, I figured there would be limited amounts of fresh material to unearth. However, once I stepped into Kurt’s archive, I discovered over 200 hours of unreleased music and audio, a vast array of art projects (oil paintings, sculptures), countless hours of never-before-seen home movies, and over 4000 pages of writings that together help paint an intimate portrait of an artist who rarely revealed himself to the media.” The feature-length film, _Montage of Heck_, is slated for release in 2015. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3605222/kurt-cobain-hbo-documentary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3605222/kurt-cobain-hbo-documentary/"},"headline":"Kurt Cobain Documentary Heading to HBO in 2015","datePublished":"2014-11-25T18:14:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:02:57.661Z","description":"Montage of Heck will be the first authorized documentary about the Nirvana frontman's life","url":"https://time.com/3605222/kurt-cobain-hbo-documentary/","keywords":["Television","HBO","Music","Documentary","Kurt Cobain"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0f874599d785e5d/69876ae9e53aba8d494d621c/kurt-cobain2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0f874599d785e5d/69876ae9e53aba8d494d621c/kurt-cobain2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Photo of Kurt COBAIN and NIRVANA","caption":"Photo of Kurt COBAIN and NIRVANA","creditText":"Raffaella Cavalieri—Redferns/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3605222/kurt-cobain-hbo-documentary/","name":"Kurt Cobain Documentary Heading to HBO in 2015"}}]}] ```