US EditionDocumentary Filmmaker, an Industry Giant, Dies at 96
Frederick Wiseman directed 47 documentary features, reshaping cinema with his unflinching portrayals of institutions and social issues over a career spanning more than five decades.
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Frederick Wiseman left as he lived in his cinema. Without boasting, without explanation loudly and with clear clarity. His death was announced by Zipporah Films, the company that he founded to produce and distribute his work, and that ended up being also his ethical seal of independence, patience and total control of the montage. Before being a filmmaker, Wiseman was a lawyer and professor of law. That training was never seen as a “theme”, but a…
It's a scene that you never get out of your head again: a man lies lashed with straps and is force-fed by a funnel, at the instruction of a doctor standing next to it and smoking. ...more
frederick Wiseman documentary american film cccb4707-d1b2-... mer 18/02/26 - 10:53 1995 : Frederick Wiseman at the "Midnight Circle", a rare apparition INA illuminates news In memoriam Art and Culture By the INA editorial The American documentary writer Frederick Wiseman died on 16 February 2026 at the age of 96 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.He is known for having studied American society for some 60 years.Nothing intended for Frederick Wiseman, b…
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