Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frederick Wiseman, the legendary documentarian who made groundbreaking portraits of social institutions for over half a century, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world of cinema has lost another giant. Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker and one of the greatest ...

Frederick Wiseman’s work has earned him critical acclaim and multiple Emmy awards. Contributor Critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman has died at 96. His family and distribution ...

This month offers a tribute to the prolific filmmaker who died last week at 96 and has a plausible claim to being the greatest documentarian who ever lived. By Ben Kenigsberg For more than 50 years, ...

A month-long survey at Film at Lincoln Center is screening dozens of the 95-year-old’s films, running the gamut of modern life. “ My goal is to make films of as many different aspects of life as I can ...

Frederick Wiseman‘s filmography will now be available for the first time ever in digital formats. IndieWire can announce that after a five-year process, all of Wiseman’s 45 films are now available in ...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 23, 2009 — This 15th weekly column begins with why I love Frederick Wiseman and concludes with why I love documentary cinema. Since seeing “La Danse” a few weeks ...

The world of cinema has lost another giant. Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker and one of the greatest non-fiction directors, has died aged 96. His death was announced in a joint ...

Frederick Wiseman’s documentary films offer an unparalleled, panoramic vision of society. His 45th feature, “City Hall,” is on PBS this month — and he’s eager to get back to work.

If you Google one of Frederick Wiseman’s earliest films, “Hospital” (1970), the search engine’s results identify it as a “Documentary/Comedy.” Shot at a ...