Frederick Wiseman, the renowned and prolific documentary filmmaker who focused his lens on all parts American society and its institutions for almost 60 year and was given an honorary Oscar in 2016, ...

The 'silent auteur' tackled troubling social and economic issues in such films as 'Titicut Follies,' which exposed ...

Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind the controversial 1967 film "Titicut Follies" and "Ex Libris," ...

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Frederick Wiseman, the celebrated director of “Titicut Follies” and dozens of other documentaries whose in-depth, unadorned movies comprised a unique and revelatory history of American institutions, ...

He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.

Frederick Wiseman, the legendary documentarian who made groundbreaking portraits of social institutions for over half a century, has died at 96 years old. The news was announced by his family and his ...

OBITUARY-Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 96 ...

His films explored American institutions, from a psychiatric hospital to a public housing project, and brought him international acclaim.

Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman, who chronicled life at Northeast Philadelphia High School in a 1968 film that caused a years-long controversy in the city, has died. He was 96. Zipporah Films ...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump won a regional Emmy for co-producing 'How to Sue the Klu Klux Klan,' a documentary.