Frederick Wiseman

Director, Editor, Producer

Birthdate: Jan 1, 1930

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born in 1930, Wiseman is a Cambridge, Massachusetts resident and member of the Massachusetts Bar Association who turned to filmmaking in 1967, after years as an instructor and/or researcher at Boston University, Brandeis University, and Harvard. In 1970 he founded Zipporah Films, Inc., which continues to distribute his documentaries. Wiseman has also written and lectured widely on law enforcement issues.

Known For

National Gallery
National Gallery

(2014)

Ex Libris
Ex Libris

(2017)

City Hall
City Hall

(2020)

Titicut Follies
Titicut Follies

(1967)

Frederick Wiseman Movies

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  • 2026 |

    A Private Life

    asDr. Goldstein
  • 2025 |

    Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

    asLe poète
  • 2025 |

    Eephus

    asBranch Moreland
  • 2023 |

    Other People’s Children

    asLe docteur Wiseman - le gynécologue
  • 2020 |
    City Hall
  • 2015 |
    In Jackson Heights
  • 2014 |
    National Gallery
  • 2013 |
    Ain't Misbehavin
  • 2013 |
    At Berkeley
  • 2011 |
    Crazy Horse
  • 2010 |
    Boxing Gym
  • 2009 |
    La danse
  • 2007 |
    State Legislature
  • 2002 |
    Domestic Violence 2
  • 2002 |
    The Last Letter
  • 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
  • 1992 |
    To Render a Life
  • 1991 |
    Aspen
  • 1989 |
    Central Park
  • 1989 |
    Near Death
  • 1988 |
    Missile
  • 1986 |
    Adjustment & Work
  • 1986 |
    Deaf
  • 1986 |
    Multi-Handicapped
  • 1985 |
    Racetrack
  • 1983 |
    The Store
  • 1982 |
    Seraphita's Diary
  • 1981 |
    Model
  • 1979 |
    Manoeuvre
  • 1978 |
    Sinai Field Mission
  • 1977 |
    Canal Zone
  • 1976 |
    Meat
  • 1975 |
    Welfare
  • 1974 |
    Primate
  • 1973 |
    Juvenile Court
  • 1972 |
    Essene
  • 1971 |
    Basic Training
  • 1968 |
    High School
  • 1967 |
    Titicut Follies
  • 1963 |
    The Cool World

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  • 2023 |

    Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros

  • 2022 |

    A Couple

  • 2019 |

    The Garden

  • 2018 |

    Monrovia, Indiana

  • 2017 |

    Ex Libris

  • 2017 |

    Blind

  • 2015 |

    In Jackson Heights