Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died February 16, 2026, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American filmmaker noted for his documentaries that examine the functioning of American institutions. His notable films included Titicut Follies (1967), Hospital (1970), Public Housing (1997), Monrovia, Indiana (2018), and City Hall (2020). Highly respected and hugely influential, he received an honorary Academy Award in 2016. The citation read, “To Frederick Wiseman, whose masterful and distinctive documentaries examine the familiar...