# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-wiseman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:10.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-wiseman"
name: "Frederick Wiseman"
slug: "frederick-wiseman"
description: "Frederick Wiseman was an American filmmaker, documentarian, theater director, editor, and actor. His work primarily explored American institutions. His most notable documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Hospital (1970), Welfare (1975), and In Jackson Heights (2015). His films were noted for their dramatic structure despite appearing to eschew narrative devices and for tackling social and economic issues in the United States."
tagline: "American documentary filmmaker (1930-2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick_Wiseman_2017_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1930-01-01"
deathDate: "2026-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.775192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump