It's hard to imagine a more fruitful and coherent artistic career than that of a documentary filmmaker Frederick WisemanThe director of fifty films spanning six decades, he was recognized as the most astute observer of American society, a tireless chronicler of the world, and especially of its institutions. Wiseman, who died Monday at the age of 96, was considered one of the most important non-fiction filmmakers of recent decades and had won an honorary Oscar and the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. In 2016, he was awarded an honorary doctorate. honorary cause by Pompeu Fabra University.