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Zipporah Batshaw. . . (m. 1955; died 2021) . Children. 2. Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is primarily about exploring American institutions. [1] In 2017, The New York Times called him "one of the most important and original filmmakers working today".
High School is a 1968 American documentary film by Frederick Wiseman that shows a typical day for students and faculty at a Pennsylvanian high school during the late 1960s. It is one of the first direct cinema (or cinéma vérité) documentaries [citation needed] . It was shot over five weeks between March and April 1968 at Northeast High ...
Titicut Follies was the beginning of the documentary career of Frederick Wiseman, a Boston-born lawyer turned filmmaker. He had taken his law classes from Boston University to the institution for educational purposes and had "wanted to do a film there". He began calling the facility superintendent, seeking permission to film a year prior to ...
2. Signature. William David Friedkin (/ ˈfriːdkɪn /; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. [1][2] Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime ...
October 4. (2020-10-04) –. November 15, 2020. (2020-11-15) The Good Lord Bird is a 2020 American historical drama television miniseries, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by James McBride. Focusing on John Brown 's attack on American slavery, the series was created and executive produced by Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard.
Country. United States. Language. English. Hospital is an 84-minute 1970 American documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman, which explores the daily activities of the people at Metropolitan Hospital Center, a large-city hospital in New York City, with emphasis on its emergency ward and outpatient clinics. [1]
Running time. 197 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library is a 2017 American documentary film about the New York Public Library (NYPL), directed by Frederick Wiseman. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival [1] where it won the FIPRESCI Award.
With Honors. (film) With Honors is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Alek Keshishian. It stars Brendan Fraser as a Harvard University student who finds himself at the mercy of the demands of a homeless man (Joe Pesci) when he holds his senior thesis paper hostage. Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hamilton, and Gore Vidal also star ...