Frederick WISEMAN
Born in Boston, Frederick Wiseman studied law at Yale University and began working on documentaries in the early 1960s. Deemed one of the most important documentary filmmakers today, he is the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the Venice Film Festival in 2014 and the Academy Honorary Award in 2016. His major works include Titicut Follies (1967), High School (1968), Welfare (1975), Blind (1987), La Danse (2009), Crazy Horse (2011), National Gallery (2014), In Jackson Heights (2015), and Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017).