What is Frederick Wiseman?
{{Infobox person | name = Frederick Wiseman | image = Frederick Wiseman (cropped).jpg | caption = Wiseman discussing his work at the Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, on June 13th, 2005 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1930|01|01}} | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[movie director|Director]], [[Film producer|producer]] | alma mater = [[Williams College]]<br />[[Yale University]] |spouse=Zipporah Batshaw (m. 1955; 2 children) }} '''Frederick Wiseman''' (born January 1, 1930) is an American [[movie director|filmmaker]], [[documentarian]], and theatrical director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zipporah.com/wiseman|title=Frederick Wiseman, Chronicler of the Western World| author= Philippe Pilard |publisher= La Sept/Arte |date= August 26, 2012}}</ref> In 2016, he was a recipient of an [[Academy Honorary Award]] from the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0936464}} *[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/documentarybib.html#wiseman Frederick Wiseman Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)] *[http://www.zipporah.com/ Zipporah Films] Official distributor of Wiseman's work *[http://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/frederick-wiseman-on-reality-and-film-165514.kjsp?RH=CDL_ANG000000 Frederick Wiseman on Reality and film] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903104251/http://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/frederick-wiseman-on-reality-and-film-165514.kjsp?RH=CDL_ANG000000 |date=2014-09-03 }} – Statement at [http://cle.ens-lyon.fr La clé des langues] *[http://www.yidff.jp/docbox/12/box12-1-e.html A Discussion with Frederick Wiseman and Robert Kramer] – Documentary Box *[http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/feature/interview-frederick-wiseman/299/ Interview with Frederick Wiseman for Slant Magazine by Budd Wilkins] *[http://www.notcoming.com/features/wiseman-interview/ Interview with Wiseman] at [[Not Coming to a Theater Near You]] *[https://www.youtube.