Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theatrical director. Read full biography of Frederick Wiseman →
Whether you're a newspaper journalist, a lawyer, a doctor. You have to organize your thoughts.
Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.
I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.
You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every... →
I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because... →
My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.
Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theatrical director.