Warrior Films

Warrior Films creates compelling movies, transformational documentaries and short films about spiritual warriors, rites of passage and journeys of the soul

Frederick Marx is an internationally acclaimed, Oscar and Emmy nominated director/writer with 40 years in the film business. He 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. His film HOOP DREAMS played in hundreds of theatres nationwide after winning the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festiv

al and was the first documentary ever chosen to close the New York Film Festival. It was on over 100 “Ten Best” lists nationwide and was named Best Film of the Year by critics Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Gene Shalit, and Ken Turran and by the Chicago Film Critics Association. Ebert also named it Best Film of the Decade. It is one of the highest grossing non-musical documentaries in United States history. It has won numerous prestigious awards, including an Academy Nomination (Best Editing), Producer’s Guild, Editor’s Guild (ACE), Peabody Awards, the Prix Italia (Europe’s top documentary prize) and The National Society of Film Critics Award. The New York, Boston, LA, and San Francisco Film Critics all chose it as Best Documentary, 1994. Utne Reader named it one of 150 of humanity’s “essential works,” and the Library of Congress recently added it to its prestigious National Film Registry. HOOP DREAMS (1994) is the film that first interested Marx in the welfare of teenage boys. BOYS TO MEN (2004) distributed by Media Education Foundation takes that as its central theme. It is about warriors, warrior, rites of passage, passage into manhood and more. BOYS BECOME MEN, now in production, is the sequel, pinpointing initiation and mentorship as the solutions to the problems teen boys face. In 1993, Marx received an Emmy nomination for HIGHER GOALS (1992) for Best Daytime Children’s Special. Producer, Director, and Writer for this national PBS Special, Marx directed Tim Meadows of “Saturday Night Live” fame. Accompanied by a curriculum guide, the program was later distributed for free to over 4,200 inner city schools nationwide. THE UNSPOKEN (1999), Marx’s first feature film, features stellar performances from Russian star Sergei Shnirev of the famed Moscow Art Theatre, and Harry Lennix, most known for GET ON THE BUS, BOB ROBERTS, TITUS, ER, and MATRIX. A hobbyist songwriter, in 1991 Marx recorded a number of his songs collectively known as ROLLING STEEL. Two of those 11 songs are used over THE UNSPOKEN tail credits and one is used in BOYS TO MEN?. THE UNSPOKEN and ROLLING STEEL are available through this website. Having worked for a time as an English and creative writing teacher, Marx began his movie career as a film critic, and has worked both as a film distributor and exhibitor. He has also traveled extensively. He’s lived in Germany, China, and Hungary. He’s traveled repeatedly through Western and Eastern Europe, North Africa and Himalayan India. With a B.A. in Political Science and an MFA in filmmaking, Marx has coupled his formal education with a natural gift for languages, speaking German and some Mandarin-Chinese. His interest in languages and foreign cultures is reflected in PBS’ international human rights program OUT OF THE SILENCE (1991), the widely acclaimed personal essay DREAMS FROM CHINA (1989), and Learning Channel’s SAVING THE SPHINX (1997). He consulted on Iranian-Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi’s feature TURTLES CAN FLY (2004) and was a teacher of renowned Thai feature filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Three of Marx’s films premiered at the New York Film Festival. His films are distributed throughout the web, on Amazon, and elsewhere. Having dedicated his life to the making and promotion of independent films, Marx, a true maverick in the increasingly commercialized world of “independent cinema,” continues to provide a voice of artistic and social integrity. He repeatedly returns to work with disadvantaged and misunderstood communities: people of color, abused children, the working poor, welfare recipients, prisoners, the elderly, and “at risk” youth. He brings a passion for appreciating multiculturalism and an urgent empathy for the sufferings of the disadvantaged to every subject he tackles. As his mission statement indicates (“Bearing witness, creating change”), his is a voice strong and clear, and profoundly human.

Happy Thanksgiving, It’s the End of the World: Warrior Films Founder Calls for Action Amid Global Collapse - LA Weekly

11/29/2024

Not exactly Frederick's choice of title, but it gets the point across! Nice work Frederick!

Happy Thanksgiving, It’s the End of the World: Warrior Films Founder Calls for Action Amid Global Collapse - LA Weekly The Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season is a time for family and friends to gather, enjoying each other’s company over a bountiful feast. It’s a time

09/28/2024

Chicago! 🏀 Join us at Garfield Park today for the Hoop Dreams 30th Anniversary court unveiling!

It’s going to be an incredible celebration of this legendary film and the city that made it all possible. 🙌 The party kicks off today, September 28th and don’t forget to tune in to the The Agee & Gates Podcast and catch Hoop Dreams back in theaters AMC Theatres from September 27th - October 3rd! 🎥

Huge thanks to everyone who made this happen SLAM, Project Backboard, Fentwood Hoops, Chicago Parks and more!

Let's make this an unforgettable celebration of Chicago basketball and community! 💪

We each have a N**i in us. We need to understand the psychological roots of authoritarianism | Gabor Maté

09/06/2024

Finally. Now coming to the mainstream, ideas that Nietzsche and Jung and many others first explored over a hundred years ago... we all have darkness within and unresolved childhood trauma can give that trauma license for free expression.

We each have a N**i in us. We need to understand the psychological roots of authoritarianism | Gabor Maté Neuroimaging studies have shown that the amygdala, the tiny almond-shaped brain structure that mediates fear, is larger in people with more rightwing views

07/27/2024

Listed by Business Fortune under ‘30 Most Innovative Companies of the Year 2024’, Films : Inspiring needed social change by telling compelling stories highlighting transformational solutions, Frederick Marx, the Founder of Warrior Films.

https://bizfortune.com/magazine/profile/30-most-innovative-companies-2024-warrior-films-creating-change

04/16/2024

Thank you Auburn!

Oscar winner to do Q&A after documentary 'Hoop Dreams'

04/13/2024

See you this evening at the Odd Fellows Hall, doors 5pm, Hoop Dreams movie at 6pm. It’s raining, perfect time for a movie!

Oscar winner to do Q&A after documentary 'Hoop Dreams' Oscar winner to do Q&A after documentary 'Hoop Dreams'

04/08/2024

In the Sacramento/Auburn/Grass Valley area? Come join us this Saturday for a rare BIG SCREEN showing of Hoop Dreams. It's the 30th anniversary of the film's release and I'll be there! (Ignore the goof by the article - I am NOT an Oscar winner, just a nominee.)

Oscar winner to do Q&A after documentary 'Hoop Dreams' Oscar winner to do Q&A after documentary 'Hoop Dreams'

04/07/2024

Saturday, April 13th at 6pm in Auburn, Ca. Join us for a screening of Hoop Dreams! Frederick will be there!

Oscar winner to do Q&A after documentary 'Hoop Dreams' Oscar winner to do Q&A after documentary 'Hoop Dreams'

Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Frederick Marx Seeks to Change Popular Perception on Artists’ Credits on Documentary Films

03/14/2024

Thanks to Hollywood Unlocked for the recent story on Hoop Dreams and accreditation for documentary films!✨

The story reveals some of the complicated history of how filmmakers get credited for films. In the interview, I talk about how the credits of director, producer and “film by” all communicate different things to the audience, and have changed over time. Despite careful design of those credits for Hoop Dreams, the popular understanding of who made the film is often incorrect.🎞️

Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Frederick Marx Seeks to Change Popular Perception on Artists’ Credits on Documentary Films Write CommentBy and large, films are collaborative works of art. Most films have a separate director, writer, producer, and editor; several individuals may also share these duties. Single-person productions are very rare in professional filmmaking, which means multiple people are behind the success....

Job Opportunity-Marketing and Communications Manager | Warrior Films

01/24/2024

We're hiring again!

Job Opportunity-Marketing and Communications Manager | Warrior Films We are seeking a half-time experienced Marketing and Communications Manager to help drive the next generation of change-making filmmaking at Warrior Films.

01/16/2024

For those of you in the Nevada City/Grass Valley/Auburn area, come join us for this rare BIG SCREEN showing of JOURNEY FROM ZANSKAR on Jan 25th @ 7pm. It's a fundraiser for the monks from Gaden Shartse Monastery who will be there. I'll be there too, for a long and juicy Q&A. Buy tix ASAP as it will likely sell out!

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Info & showtimes for Journey from Zanskar - The Onyx Theatre

01/11/2024

Join us on January 25th at 7pm in Nevada City (401 Broad Street) for a screening of Journey From Zanskar. Frederick Marx will be presenting the film. Can't wait to share this film with you on the big screen!
https://www.theonyxtheatre.com/movies/181313-journey-from-zanskar/

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