Frederick Marx | Academy Award nominated filmmaker | Hoop Dreams

An Academy and Emmy nominated filmmaker, Frederick Marx, most known for HOOP DREAMS, has worked 35 years in the film and television business. His latest film JOURNEY FROM ZANSKAR features the Dalai Lama with narration by Richard Gere. www.JourneyfromZanskar.com. Other recent works - the feature film THE UNSPOKEN, starring Harry Lennix and Sergei Shnirev, the documentary mini-series BOYS TO MEN?, and the upcoming sequel BOYS BECOME MEN – all express deep concerns about teen boys realizing mature masculinity. Marx brings a passion for multiculturalism and an urgent empathy for the sufferings of the disadvantaged to every subject he tackles. A true maverick in the commercialized world of “independent cinema,” he continues to provide a voice of artistic and social integrity. www.warriorfilms.org.