Oscar-winning filmmaker Wiseman dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is dead at age 96. Wiseman, whose in-depth, revelatory movies made him one of the world’s most admired directors, died Monday. During a decades-long career, Wiseman turned out more than 35 documentaries, some several hours long. Starting with “High School” and the scandalous “Titicut Follies,” he patented a seamless, affecting style, using a tiny crew so unobtrusive that his subjects often seemed unaware they were on camera. The results on film led to acclaim, amusement, head-shaking, finger-pointing and in the case of “Titicut Follies,” prolonged legal action.