'' Kurt Cobain : Montage of Heck '' ( also billed as '' Cobain : Montage of Heck '' ) is a 2015 documentary film about Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain . The film was directed by Brett Morgen and premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival . It received a limited theatrical release worldwide and premiered on television in the United States on HBO on April 24 , 2015 . The documentary chronicles the life of Kurt Cobain from his birth in Aberdeen , Washington in 1967 , through his troubled early family life and teenage years and rise to fame as front man of Nirvana , up to his death in April 1994 in Seattle at the age of 27
2015 Sundance Film Festival
2015 Sundance Film Festival
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck