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Frederick Wiseman

Birth Name:
Frederick Wiseman
Birth Place:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Director, Producer, Editor, Sound department, Writer, Actor
Frederick Wiseman

Fast Facts

  • Awarded the Dan David Prize in 2003
  • Awarded the George Polk Career Award in 2006 by Long Island University for his investigative reporting and journalism
  • Awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at the Venice International Film Festival in 2014
  • Graduated from Williams College and Yale Law
  • Taught a law class at Boston University before filming "Titicut Follies" in 1967
  • Quote: "People come to films with such diverse individual life experiences that it's hard to determine in advance how they might respond to or read a work․ I don't believe there is any direct, traceable relationship between any single work and social change․"
  • Directs many theater productions, such as "Tonight We Improvise," "The Last Letter" and "Hate․"
  • Usually has little knowledge of the subject of his documentaries before picking the topic

Awards

  • 1967Mannheim Film DucatWinner
  • 1969Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Programs:Winner
  • 1989Prix de l'Age d'OrWinner
  • 1990FIPRESCI Prize - Forum of New Cinema:Winner
  • 1993Mayor's PrizeWinner
  • 1993Robert and Frances Flaherty PrizeNominated
  • 1999Gold Hugo - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 1999Robert and Frances Flaherty PrizeNominated
  • 1999Mayor's PrizeWinner
  • 2000Documentary Film Award of the Bavarian Broadcasting CorporationWinner
  • 2001Silver Hugo - Best Documentary:Winner
  • 2010C.I.C.A.E. AwardNominated
  • 2010César - Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire):Nominated
  • 2011Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Nominated
  • 2011Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
  • 2012Cinema Eye Legacy AwardWinner
  • 2012César - Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire):Nominated
  • 2013Grierson AwardNominated
  • 2013Audience Choice AwardNominated
  • 2013Silver MouseWinner
  • 2013CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni AwardWinner
  • 2014Grierson Award - Documentary Film:Nominated
  • 2014Audience Choice Award - Audience Choice Award:Nominated
  • 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award - The Influentials:Winner
  • 2014ICP Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2015Grierson Award - Documentary Film:Nominated
  • 2015Gold Hugo - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - The Influentials:Winner
  • 2015César - Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire):Nominated
  • 2015INOCA - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2015Queer Lion AwardNominated
  • 2016DocsNominated
  • 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Nominated
  • 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award - The Influentials:Winner
  • 2016Días de Cine Award - Best Documentary:Winner
  • 2016INOCA - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2017Grierson Award - Documentary Film:Nominated
  • 2017Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise (Cinematic Documentary Award)Nominated
  • 2017Critics' Choice Documentary Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2017Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2017Audience AwardNominated
  • 2017Art Cinema Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2017Zabaltegi Section - Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize:Nominated
  • 2017SFCS Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
  • 2017FIPRESCI Prize - Competition:Winner
  • 2017Fair Play Cinema AwardWinner
  • 2017Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2017Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2018Audience Award - Docs:Nominated
  • 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Nominated
  • 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
  • 2018INOCA - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2018NSFC Award - Best Non-Fiction Film:Nominated
  • 2018OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
  • 2018Jury Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
  • 2018Aurora AwardNominated
  • 2019Audience Award - Docs:Nominated
  • 2019Special PrizeWinner
  • 2019Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2020Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2020Fair Play Cinema Award - Special MentionWinner
  • 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Editing:Nominated
  • 2021Audience Award - Official Competition:Nominated
  • 2021Audience AwardNominated
  • 2021Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2021ICS Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2021Oslo Grand Pix - Best International Film:Winner
  • 2021Award of ExcellenceWinner
  • 2021Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2022Golden Giraldillo - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2022Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2023Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2023NYFCC Award - Best Non-Fiction Film:Winner
  • 2024Audience Award - Dxcs:Winner
  • 2024SFCS Award - Best Documentary Film:Nominated
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