Frederick Wiseman

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-01-01 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Frederick Wiseman

Biography

Frederick Wiseman is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theatre director. Documentarian Frederick Wiseman has been noted for his ability to capture the nuances of life in American institutions such as prisons, hospitals, welfare offices, and high schools. He started out in 1963 by producing a fictional feature film, The Cool World, an examination of the lives of Harlem teenagers. In the beginning, Wiseman was a staunch social reformist, and his films were calls for change. Titicut Follies, his first documentary, is an exposé of life in a prison for the criminally insane in Bridgewater, MA. It was controversial and left Wiseman with the...

Acting

2023

My Sole Desire

as Le client du printemps

2022

2013

Next to Last (Autumn 63)

as Edward Hopper (voice)

2012

Aujourd'hui

as L'homme

2025

Eephus

as Branch Moreland (voice)

2018

The Summer House

as CNC Commission member

2025

A Private Life

as Dr. Goldstein

Production

1967

Titicut Follies

as Director

1969

High School

as Director

2015

1990

Central Park

as Director

1975

Welfare

as Director

1975

Welfare

as Producer

1975

Welfare

as Editor

1999

Belfast, Maine

as Director

1988

Missile

as Director

2002

The Last Letter

as Director

1983

The Store

as Director

2009

Haiku

as Director

1986

Blind

as Director

1969

Law and Order

as Director

1986

1971

Basic Training

as Director

1970

Hospital

as Director

1972

Essene

as Director

1973

Juvenile Court

as Director

1979

Manoeuvre

as Director

1976

Meat

as Director

1981

Model

as Director

1986

1974

Primate

as Director

1997

Public Housing

as Director

1985

Racetrack

as Director

2007

1977

Canal Zone

as Director

1986

Deaf

as Director

2001

2002

1982

2002

2022

A Couple

as Director

1971

1995

Ballet

as Director

2001

2001

1978

2005

The Garden

as Director

1999

1999

Belfast, Maine

as Producer

2022

A Couple

as Writer

2022

A Couple

as Editor

1963

The Cool World

as Producer

2015

2015

In Jackson Heights

as Sound Director

2015

1983

The Store

as Producer

1983

The Store

as Editor

1995

Ballet

as Producer

1995

Ballet

as Editor

1997

Public Housing

as Producer

1997

2002

2002

2007

2007

1967

1967

1967

Titicut Follies

as Producer

1969

High School

as Producer

1969

High School

as Editor

1969

High School

as Writer

1969

Law and Order

as Editor

1969

Law and Order

as Producer

1970

Hospital

as Producer

1970

Hospital

as Editor

1971

1971

Basic Training

as Producer

1971

1972

Essene

as Writer

1972

Essene

as Producer

1972

Essene

as Editor

1973

Juvenile Court

as Producer

1973

1974

Primate

as Producer

1974

Primate

as Editor

1976

Meat

as Producer

1976

Meat

as Editor

1978

1978

1977

Canal Zone

as Writer

1977

Canal Zone

as Editor

1977

Canal Zone

as Producer

1979

Manoeuvre

as Editor

1979

Manoeuvre

as Producer

1981

Model

as Editor

1981

Model

as Producer

1985

Racetrack

as Editor

1985

Racetrack

as Producer

1986

Blind

as Producer

1986

Blind

as Editor

1986

Deaf

as Editor

1986

Deaf

as Producer

1986

1986

1986

1986

1988

Missile

as Producer

1988

Missile

as Editor

1990

Central Park

as Editor

1990

Central Park

as Producer

2018

2018

2018

2018

1969

Law and Order

as Writer

2020

City Hall

as Director

2020

City Hall

as Editor

2020

City Hall

as Producer

1989

Near Death

as Director

1989

Near Death

as Producer

1989

Near Death

as Editor

1991

Aspen

as Producer

1991

Aspen

as Director

1991

Aspen

as Editor

1993

Zoo

as Director

1993

Zoo

as Producer

1993

Zoo

as Editor

1993

Zoo

as Sound

1994

High School II

as Director

1994

2010

Boxing Gym

as Director

2010

Boxing Gym

as Editor

2010

Boxing Gym

as Sound

2011

Crazy Horse

as Director

2011

Crazy Horse

as Producer

2011

Crazy Horse

as Editor

2013

At Berkeley

as Sound

2013

At Berkeley

as Editor

2013

At Berkeley

as Producer

2013

At Berkeley

as Director

2014

National Gallery

as Director

2014

2014

National Gallery

as Producer

2014

2014

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