Documentary pioneer Frederick Wiseman dies
1h
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, whose influential films dissected American institutions, died aged 96, leaving a lasting influence on observational documentary filmmaking.
Write your reply
Reposted by Joshua L. Rosenbloom
The greatness of Frederick Wiseman’s work “isn’t only in its documentation of extraordinary events but in the fervor with which Wiseman himself experiences them.” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes about the filmmaker, who died yesterday, at the age of 96. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yJttWL
Why Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever
In nearly sixty years of nonfiction filmmaking, Wiseman passionately probed the nodal points of political and social power and connected them in a cinematic universe of his own.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
February 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The greatness of Frederick Wiseman’s work “isn’t only in its documentation of extraordinary events but in the fervor with which Wiseman himself experiences them.” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes about the filmmaker, who died yesterday, at the age of 96. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yJttWL
Reposted by McKenzie Wark
not that I expect James Dolan to grow a soul at this late date, but one great way to commemorate the death of Frederick Wiseman would be to withdraw the legal threats and finally let them release the movie about Madison Square Garden Wiseman shot in 1998
February 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
not that I expect James Dolan to grow a soul at this late date, but one great way to commemorate the death of Frederick Wiseman would be to withdraw the legal threats and finally let them release the movie about Madison Square Garden Wiseman shot in 1998
Reposted by Robert C. Richards
I wrote about Frederick Wiseman, for whom most superlatives don't go far enough, and the most important thing he did that wasn't making movies.
America Just Lost Another of Its Great Institutions. This One Was a Filmmaker.
Frederick Wiseman leaves behind a body of work as massive as all the institutions he chronicled.
slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I wrote about Frederick Wiseman, for whom most superlatives don't go far enough, and the most important thing he did that wasn't making movies.
Bloody hell, tough week for heroes dying, and it’s only Tuesday
Frederick Wiseman, prolific documentary film-maker, dies aged 96
Recognised with an honorary Academy Award in 2016, Wiseman directed and produced almost 50 films with a lifelong commitment to curiosity and naturalism
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Bloody hell, tough week for heroes dying, and it’s only Tuesday
![On the death of Frederick Wiseman: His documentaries have earned their reputation [premium]](https://img.diepresse.com/public/incoming/9q8bqk-files-france-cinema-obit/alternates/ORIGINAL/FILES-FRANCE-CINEMA-OBIT)
I was a big fan of Robert Duvall, but was still stunned to read about how many classic movies he was in. The obituary proves its own thesis, that he sank into his own roles so deeply you didn’t see him
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
Robert Duvall, a Chameleon of an Actor Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 95
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:47 AM
I was a big fan of Robert Duvall, but was still stunned to read about how many classic movies he was in. The obituary proves its own thesis, that he sank into his own roles so deeply you didn’t see him
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa
Le documentariste américain Frederick Wiseman est mort. Il avait 96 ans.
Il avait très tôt formulé une ambition : dresser un portrait critique des États-Unis dont l’ensemble formerait "un seul et très long film qui durerait 80 heures".
Cinq grands entretiens ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/KZi
Il avait très tôt formulé une ambition : dresser un portrait critique des États-Unis dont l’ensemble formerait "un seul et très long film qui durerait 80 heures".
Cinq grands entretiens ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/KZi
February 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Le documentariste américain Frederick Wiseman est mort. Il avait 96 ans.
Il avait très tôt formulé une ambition : dresser un portrait critique des États-Unis dont l’ensemble formerait "un seul et très long film qui durerait 80 heures".
Cinq grands entretiens ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/KZi
Il avait très tôt formulé une ambition : dresser un portrait critique des États-Unis dont l’ensemble formerait "un seul et très long film qui durerait 80 heures".
Cinq grands entretiens ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/KZi
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa
Le documentariste américain Frederick Wiseman est mort
Le documentariste américain Frederick Wiseman est mort
L’auteur d’une fresque sociale immense et sans égale de la société américaine, qui a filmé aussi bien l’hôpital que le grand magasin ou le musée, est mort le 16 février 2026, à l’âge de 96 ans.
www.lemonde.fr
February 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Le documentariste américain Frederick Wiseman est mort
If he’s stopped after making Titicut Follies (1967), he’d still have been a legendary filmmaker. That’s how significant that film is. RIP Frederick Wiseman.
We'll miss you, Frederick Wiseman—one of the great documentary filmmakers of the past century, who lived to be nearly a century old (via @alissawilkinson.bsky.social)
February 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
If he’s stopped after making Titicut Follies (1967), he’d still have been a legendary filmmaker. That’s how significant that film is. RIP Frederick Wiseman.
RIP Robert Duvall. Like Gene Hackman, did he ever have a bad lead or supporting role? From Boo Radley to Tom Hagen to Frank Burns to Col. Kilgore to The Great Santini to Network, etc., etc.
Actor Robert Duvall has died — he brought a compassionate center to edgy hard roles
Duvall appeared in over 90 films over the course of his career, imbuing stock Hollywood types — cowboys, cops, soldiers — with a nuanced sense of vulnerability.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM
RIP Robert Duvall. Like Gene Hackman, did he ever have a bad lead or supporting role? From Boo Radley to Tom Hagen to Frank Burns to Col. Kilgore to The Great Santini to Network, etc., etc.
Reposted by Daniel Kuehn
In film after film, Frederick Wiseman watched with preternatural patience as systems revealed themselves through the tenacious, irreducible vitality of the people inside them.
I kept returning to his films while reporting my book, hoping to absorb some of that patience.
Such a profound loss.
I kept returning to his films while reporting my book, hoping to absorb some of that patience.
Such a profound loss.
Frederick Wiseman Dies at 96: The Documentary Legend Was One of Cinema’s Greatest Masters
Wiseman's 50-plus year career started with a bang, "Titicut Follies," and only got better.
www.indiewire.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In film after film, Frederick Wiseman watched with preternatural patience as systems revealed themselves through the tenacious, irreducible vitality of the people inside them.
I kept returning to his films while reporting my book, hoping to absorb some of that patience.
Such a profound loss.
I kept returning to his films while reporting my book, hoping to absorb some of that patience.
Such a profound loss.
Desolado por la marcha de Wiseman, uno de los mejores directores de nuestro tiempo. Dediqué muchas horas a escribir sobre su cine y tuve la suerte de entrevistarle. Como recuerdo, aquí os dejo el texto introductorio que publiqué en @eamcinema.com
www.elantepenultimomohicano.com/2023/11/el-c...
www.elantepenultimomohicano.com/2023/11/el-c...
La mirada como una de las bellas artes: El cine de Frederick Wiseman
Saber ver una película no es, empecemos por aquí, una cosa sencilla. Así comienza este análisis de la filmografía del documentalista Frederick Wiseman
www.elantepenultimomohicano.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Desolado por la marcha de Wiseman, uno de los mejores directores de nuestro tiempo. Dediqué muchas horas a escribir sobre su cine y tuve la suerte de entrevistarle. Como recuerdo, aquí os dejo el texto introductorio que publiqué en @eamcinema.com
www.elantepenultimomohicano.com/2023/11/el-c...
www.elantepenultimomohicano.com/2023/11/el-c...
Reposted by Robin Celikates, Jan W. Mueller
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman died today at age 96. "At a moment when many of the institutions he documented are being decimated and our attention is divided," Natasha Lewis wrote last year, "Wiseman’s films are out of time and completely timely." dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Close Attention - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Frederick Wiseman.
dissentmagazine.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman died today at age 96. "At a moment when many of the institutions he documented are being decimated and our attention is divided," Natasha Lewis wrote last year, "Wiseman’s films are out of time and completely timely." dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
ack, why is the Grim Reaper coming for all of our talented cinematic nonagenarians??
Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday. He was 96. nyti.ms/4qGpq55
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies
He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM
ack, why is the Grim Reaper coming for all of our talented cinematic nonagenarians??
Reposted by Andrew Jacobs
Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday. He was 96. nyti.ms/4qGpq55
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies
He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday. He was 96. nyti.ms/4qGpq55