---
name: "Frederick Wiseman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frederick-wiseman"
fi1m_id: "frederick-wiseman"
imdb_id: "nm0936464"
tmdb_id: 138006
wikidata_id: "Q1361201"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "1 January 1930"
died: "16 February 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:38:55.836835+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Frederick Wiseman

## Identity

Frederick Wiseman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frederick-wiseman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frederick-wiseman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0936464
- **TMDB ID:** 138006
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1361201
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Wiseman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936464/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138006

Producer and director. Born 1 January 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 16 February 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 16 February 2026
- **Active:** 1964–1969
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Wiseman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936464/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138006

## Coming up

- *Danger* (2026-12-16), as Peter

## Biography

Frederick Wiseman is an American filmmaker and documentarian. He produced the narrative feature *The Cool World* (1963), directed by Shirley Clarke. He went on to direct, produce, edit and write *High School* (1968), an observational documentary shot at a Philadelphia high school.

Wiseman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1930 and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2026. Educated at Williams College and Yale Law School, he trained as a lawyer before turning to film. His documentaries examine American institutions without narration or music, often through extended observation and thematic editing. Among his best-known works are *Titicut Follies* (1967), *Hospital* (1970) and *Ex Libris: The New York Public Library* (2017). He founded the distribution company Zipporah Films and received an honorary Academy Award in 2016.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Cool World* (1964), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cool-world.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Danger* (2026), as Peter
- *Dog with a Movie Camera* (2026), Thanks
- *A Private Life* (2025), as Dr. Goldstein
- *Jane Austen Wrecked My Life* (2025), as Poète
- *Eephus* (2025), as Branch Moreland (voice)
- *Menus-Plaisirs, les Troisgros* (2023), Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
- *My Sole Desire* (2023), as Le client du printemps
- *A Couple* (2022), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Other People's Children* (2022), as Dr. Wiseman
- *City Hall* (2020), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Thanksgiving* (2019), series, as John
- *Monrovia, Indiana* (2018), Director, Editor, Producer, Sound
- *The Summer House* (2018), as CNC Commission member
- *Ex Libris: The New York Public Library* (2017), Director, Producer, Editor, Sound
- *In Jackson Heights* (2015), Producer, Editor, Sound Director, Director
- *National Gallery* (2014), Writer, Editor, Producer, Director, Sound
- *At Berkeley* (2013), Editor, Director, Sound, Producer
- *Next to Last (Autumn 63)* (2013), as Edward Hopper (voice)
- *Aujourd'hui* (2012), as L'homme
- *Crazy Horse* (2011), Editor, Producer, Director
- *Boxing Gym* (2010), Director, Editor, Sound
- *La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet* (2009), Director, Editor, Sound Director, Writer, Producer
- *Haiku* (2009), Director
- *State Legislature* (2007), Director, Editor, Producer
- *The Garden* (2005), Director, Editor, Producer
- *The Last Letter* (2002), Director, Editor
- *Domestic Violence 2* (2002), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Domestic Violence* (2001), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Belfast, Maine* (1999), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Public Housing* (1997), Director, Editor, Producer
- *La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué* (1996), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Ballet* (1995), Director, Producer, Editor
- *High School II* (1994), Editor, Director
- *Zoo* (1993), Sound, Editor, Producer, Director
- *Aspen* (1991), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Central Park* (1990), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Near Death* (1989), Producer, Editor, Director
- *Missile* (1988), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Multi-Handicapped* (1986), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Adjustment & Work* (1986), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Deaf* (1986), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Blind* (1986), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Racetrack* (1985), Director, Editor, Producer
- *The Store* (1983), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Seraphita's Diary* (1982), Director
- *Model* (1981), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Manoeuvre* (1979), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Sinai Field Mission* (1978), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Canal Zone* (1977), Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
- *Meat* (1976), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Welfare* (1975), Editor, Producer, Director
- *Primate* (1974), Director, Producer, Editor
- *Juvenile Court* (1973), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Essene* (1972), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Basic Training* (1971), Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
- *I Miss Sonia Henie* (1971), Director
- *Hospital* (1970), Director, Editor, Producer
- *High School* (1969), Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
- *Law and Order* (1969), Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
- *Titicut Follies* (1967), Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
- *The Cool World* (1964), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cool-world.md)

## Gallery

- ![Photo of Frederick Wiseman (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/3909627/gallery-2e74d7260b5b.jpg) Photo of Frederick Wiseman (2021) — Antoine Yar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Frederick_Wiseman_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Frederick_Wiseman_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![an evening with Frederick Wiseman, June 13th, 2005. [1]](https://film.one/media/person/3909627/gallery-3b9cd4e9b900.jpg) an evening with Frederick Wiseman, June 13th, 2005. [1] — Charles Haynes from Bangalore, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Frederick_Wiseman_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Frederick Wiseman, Toulouse, 3 November 2017](https://film.one/media/person/3909627/gallery-baf3ebc7e256.jpg) Frederick Wiseman, Toulouse, 3 November 2017 — Charlotte Henard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Frederick_Wiseman_2017.jpg/1280px-Frederick_Wiseman_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Frederick Wiseman](https://film.one/media/person/3909627/gallery-f62f21868b9e.jpg) Frederick Wiseman — Charlotte Henard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Frederick_Wiseman_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Frederick Wiseman](https://film.one/media/person/3909627/gallery-37dcea6cd27c.jpg) Frederick Wiseman — Image via TMDB
- ![Frederick Wiseman](https://film.one/media/person/3909627/gallery-05a5c75e938c.jpg) Frederick Wiseman — Image via TMDB
- ![an evening with Frederick Wiseman, June 13th, 2005. [1]](https://film.one/media/person/3909627/gallery-c974d01a8508.jpg) an evening with Frederick Wiseman, June 13th, 2005. [1] — Charles Haynes from Bangalore, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Frederick_Wiseman.jpg/1280px-Frederick_Wiseman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Academy Honorary Award 2017: Academy Honorary Award (won)
- honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University 2016: honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University (won)
- George Polk Award 2005: George Polk Award (won)
- Dan David Prize 2003: Dan David Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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