Frederick Marx was named a Chicago Tribune Artist of the Year for 1994, a 1995 Guggenheim Fellow, and a recipient of a Robert F Kennedy Special Achievement Award.
10 Facts About Frederick Marx
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Frederick Marx achieved international fame for a film he co-wrote, Hoop Dreams with Steve James, the director of the film.
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Frederick Marx is a producer, director, writer, and editor with 35 years in the film business, most of them as an independent filmmaker.
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Frederick Marx graduated from the University of Illinois Laboratory High School in Urbana, Illinois in 1973.
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Frederick Marx consulted on Iranian-Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi's feature Turtles Can Fly and was a teacher of renowned Thai feature filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
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In 1993, Frederick Marx received an Emmy nomination for Higher Goals for Best Daytime Children's Special.
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Producer, Director, and Writer for this national PBS Special, Frederick Marx directed Tim Meadows of Saturday Night Live fame.
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Three of Frederick Marx's films premiered at the New York Film Festival.
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Frederick Marx's films show a passion for appreciating multiculturalism and an urgent empathy for the sufferings of the disadvantaged to every subject he tackles.
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Written, produced, and directed by Frederick Marx, narrated by Richard Gere, featuring the Dalai Lama, the film tells the story of their incredible journey.