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FREDERICK  WISEMAN



(1930, Boston) continued to study beyond his degree in law, combining academic work with his passion for painting, theatre and cinema. In 1963 he made his debut as a producer (THE COOL WORLD). While in 1967 he began his career as a director with TITICUT FOLLIES, 37 documentaries and 2 fiction films to explore American society in depth through ordinary stories. Director, producer and cameraman, he has won numerous awards including four Emmys, a MacArthur Prize Fellowship and a Dupont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, the Peabody Award for Significant and Meritorious Achievement, the Irene Diamond Lifetime Achievement Award from Human RightsWatch and the Dan David Prize.

2011 CRAZY HORSE
2010 BOXING GYM
2009 LA DANSE - LE BALLET DE L’OPERA DE PARIS
2006 STATE LEGISLATURE
2004 THE GARDEN
2002 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2
2001 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
1999 BELFAST, MAINE
1997 PUBLIC HOUSING
1996 LA COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE OU L’AMOUR JOUÉ
1995 BALLET
1994 HIGH SCHOOL II
1993 ZOO
1991 ASPEN
1989 CENTRAL PARK
1989 NEAR DEATH
1987 MISSILE
1986 MULTI-HANDICAPPED
1986 ADJUSTMENT AND WORK
1986 DEAF
1986 BLIND
1985 RACETRACK
1983 THE STORE
1980 MODEL
1979 MANOEUVRE
1978 SINAI FIELD MISSION
1977 CANAL ZONE
1976 MEAT
1975 WELFARE
1974 PRIMATE
1973 JUVENILE COURT
1972 ESSENE
1971 BASIC TRAINING
1969 HOSPITAL
1969 LAW AND ORDER
1968 HIGH SCHOOL
1967 TITICUT FOLLIES

Fiction Films
1982 SERAPHITA’S DIARY
2002 LA DERNIERE LETTRE