Frederick Wiseman

Birthday: 1 January 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born in 1930, Wiseman is a Cambridge, Massachusetts resident and member of the Massachusetts Bar Association who turned to filmmaking in 1967, after years as an instructor and/or researcher at Boston ...Show More

[on editing] My job as editor is to make the film as best I can from the rushes. What I think about Show more [on editing] My job as editor is to make the film as best I can from the rushes. What I think about the subject matter is what you see in the final film. At least 50% of editing has nothing to do with technique. I ask myself what it is I am seeing and hearing in the rushes. I have to at least delude myself into thinking that I understand what is going on in each of the sequences in order to (1) decide which sequences to use, (2) how to edit them into a usable form and (3) create a narrative, dramatic structure in which each segment has its proper place. This process often takes a year. A month or two before I finish I usually start thinking about what I want to do next. This is my way of avoiding a postpartum depression. Hide

Frederick Wiseman's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (4) as Director (2)

À mon seul désir [Audio: French]

Les enfants des autres [Audio: French]

Other Peoples Children (Les enfants des autres)

The 89th Annual Academy Awards