About

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Birthday:
1955-10-31
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Frederick Marx

Overview

Frederick Marx is an internationally acclaimed, Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, director, writer, and editor with over 45 years in the film industry. He gained international recognition for co-writing and editing the documentary Hoop Dreams (1994), which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was the first documentary ever chosen to close the New York Film Festival. The film was named Best Film of the Year by critic Roger Ebert and was later added to the U.S. Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.

Marx was named a Chicago Tribune Artist of the Year in 1994, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995, and was honored with a Robert F. Kennedy Special Achievement Award.

He is the founder of Warrior Films, a nonprofit production company based in Oakland, California, dedicated to creating films that address social issues and promote healing and transformation.

Known for

Directing

2021 Veterans Journey Home Directing Director N/A
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2010 Journey from Zanskar Directing Director N/A
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1999 The Unspoken Directing Director N/A
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1992 Higher Goals Directing Director N/A
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1989 Dreams from China Directing Director N/A
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Veterans Journey Home: On Black Mountain Directing Director N/A
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Writing

2021 Veterans Journey Home Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Journey from Zanskar Writing Screenplay N/A
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1999 The Unspoken Writing Writer N/A
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1994 Hoop Dreams Writing Writer 65
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1992 Higher Goals Writing Writer N/A
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Production

2017 Surviving Home Production Producer N/A
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1999 The Unspoken Production Producer N/A
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1994 Hoop Dreams Production Producer 65
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1992 Higher Goals Production Producer N/A
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Editing

1999 The Unspoken Editing Editor N/A
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1997 Tangled Editing Editor N/A
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1994 Hoop Dreams Editing Editor 65
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