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.

[4] Frederick Marx is a producer, director, writer, and editor with 35 years in the film business, most of them as an independent filmmaker.

His interest in languages and foreign cultures is reflected in PBS' international human rights program Out of the Silence (1991), the personal essay Dreams from China (1989), and Learning Channel's Saving the Sphinx (1997).

Journey From Zanskar tells the story of 17 children who leave home and family, possibly forever, in order to save their dying Tibetan culture.

Written, produced, and directed by Frederick Marx, narrated by Richard Gere, featuring the Dalai Lama, the film tells the story of their journey.

[13] Teenagers unconsciously push up against the confines of their own bodies, the rules of parents and society, and the capacity of their own minds and willpower to discover the true limits of their potential.

Marx shares the history, depth and the power of his relationship with his wife Tracy Seeley (who had breast cancer when they met), the journey they traveled together to her ultimate death, and his subsequent odyssey through the grief.