Frederick Marx

For those of a similar name, see Frederick Marks (disambiguation).
Frederick Marx
Filmmakers Harold Ramis and Marx in June 2009
Born (1955-10-31) October 31, 1955 (age 69)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • Film editor
  • Film producer
  • Author

Frederick Marx is a film producer/director/writer. He was named a Chicago Tribune Artist of the Year for 1994,[1] a 1995 Guggenheim Fellow,[2] and a recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Special Achievement Award.[3] Frederick Marx achieved international fame for co-writing the film Hoop Dreams with Steve James, the director of the film. It is one of the highest grossing non-musical documentaries in United States history.[4]

  1. ^ Chicago Tribune Artist of the Year 1994
  2. ^ John Simon Guggenheim list of fellows Archived 2013-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Frederick Marx at Donna Reed Foundation for Performing Arts". Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  4. ^ Hoop Dreams at The Internet Movie Database