Titicut Follies (1967)

Born in 1930, Frederick Wiseman earned a law degree from Yale University, worked as a practising lawyer in Paris, and then returned to teach law at American universities. In the 33 years since he gave up the law firm and started filming the first documentary, Titicul Follies, in 1967, he has produced more than 30 documentaries, which are regarded as the main figures of the "direct film" movement in the United States in the 1960s. The overall style of Wiseman's works is based on various institutions in the United States, along the way of "dissecting institutions and people with a lens and showing a comprehensive view of the United States in the second half of the 20th century." Wiseman has lived in Boston since he was born.