Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind the controversial 1967 film "Titicut Follies" and 2017's "Ex Libris," has died. He was 96. The director "passed away peacefully at his home ...

Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman Dies, Leaving Legacy of American Institutions NEW YORK (AP) — Frederick Wiseman, the celebrated director of “Titicut Follies” and dozens of other ...

In 1966 Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane gave filmmaker Frederick Wiseman unprecedented access. Wiseman documented staff at the Massachusetts hospital herding patients, often ...

This year the Museum of Modern Art’s Film Department launched a year long retrospective of a prominent octogenarian documentarian. On opening night of the series, with the filmmaker present, the ...

The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking will present Frederick Wiseman’s 1967 documentary “Titicut Follies” with the 2012 Legacy Award. Wiseman will accept the award on behalf of the film on ...

-Fifty years ago the film, "Titicut Follies," was released in black and white, a stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane at ...

The movie "Titicut Follies" was a disruptive force. So too is the ballet it has inspired. When lawyer-turned-documentarian Frederick Wiseman filmed the abusive conditions in a Massachusetts state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind the controversial 1967 film "Titicut Follies" and 2017's "Ex Libris," ...