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Known For

Camera

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-02-06

Deathday

2015-12-27 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Haskell Wexler

Biography

Haskell Wexler (February 6, 1922 – December 27, 2015) is an American cinematographer, producer, and director. Wexler was judged to be one of film history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice, in 1966 and 1976 in five nominations.

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Known For

6.3%

Battle in Seattle

Sep 7, 2007

7.0%

Coming Home

Feb 15, 1978

6.8%

Medium Cool

Aug 27, 1969

6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

7.6%

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Sep 3, 2011

7.0%

Visions of Light

Sep 17, 1992

6.5%

Hal

Mar 28, 2019

5.8%

Tell Them Who You Are

Sep 6, 2004

6.3%

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Jan 11, 2009

TBE

7.3%

The Big Empty

Jul 1, 2005

6.0%

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Jun 1, 2005

7.8%

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Sep 15, 1998

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Acting

—		The Reality Trip as self
—		Them That Work

2021

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking as Self

2019		Them That Work as Self
2019		Hal as Self

2016

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond as Self

2015		Notfilm as Self
2015		Rebel Citizen as Himself
2015		Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session as Self

2014

The Moving Picture Co. 1914 as Cameraman / Carpenter

2013

Medium Cool Revisited as Self

2012

Pablo as Self

2011

The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self

2010		Something's Gonna Live as Self
2010		A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall as Self

2009

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self

2008

Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's as Self

2007		Battle in Seattle as Haskell Wexler
2007		Women Behind the Camera as Self
2007		The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo as Self

2006

Who Needs Sleep? as Self

2005		The Big Empty as Bookstore Customer
2005		Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self
2005		George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self

2004		Tell Them Who You Are as Self
2004		Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River as Self

2002

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self

2001

Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool

1998

The Making of 'American Graffiti' as Self

1995

At Sundance as Self

1992

Visions of Light as Self

1987

Uncle Meat as Self

1978

Coming Home as Officer Awarding Medals (uncredited)

1976

Underground as Himself

1971

Wondering About Things

1969

Medium Cool as Cameraman on Scaffold (uncredited)

1953

The Oscars as Self

Camera

2019

From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter's Journey as Director of Photography

2016		To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine as Director of Photography
2016		To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine as Camera Operator

2015

Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session as Director of Photography

2013		Four Days in Chicago as Director of Photography
2013		Medium Cool Revisited as Director of Photography
2013		Eagles: Live At The Capital Centre March 1977 as Director of Photography

2011

Bringing King to China as Director of Photography

2010		Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up as Director of Photography
2010		Something's Gonna Live as Director of Photography

2009

In the Name of Democracy as Director of Photography

2008

A Sense of Wonder as Director of Photography

2007		From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks as Director of Photography
2007		From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks as Camera Operator

2006		Who Needs Sleep? as Director of Photography
2006		Who Needs Sleep? as Camera Operator

2005

Bastards of the Party as Director of Photography

2004

Silver City as Director of Photography

2001		Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 as Director of Photography
2001		61* as Director of Photography

2000		The Man on Lincoln's Nose as Director of Photography
2000		Bus Rider's Union as Director of Photography
2000		Bread and Roses as Second Assistant Camera
2000		Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains as Director of Photography

1999

Limbo as Director of Photography

1998

I'm Still Here... Damn It! as Director of Photography

1996		The Rich Man's Wife as Director of Photography
1996		Mulholland Falls as Director of Photography
1996		Mexico as Director of Photography

1995		Canadian Bacon as Director of Photography
1995		The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas as Director of Photography

1994

The Secret of Roan Inish as Director of Photography

1992		The Babe as Director of Photography
1992		Papakolea: A Story of Hawaiian Land as Director of Photography

1991

Other People's Money as Director of Photography

1989		Blaze as Director of Photography
1989		Three Fugitives as Director of Photography

1988

Colors as Director of Photography

1987		Matewan as Director of Photography
1987		Uncle Meat as Director of Photography

1983		The Man Who Loved Women as Director of Photography
1983		The Black Stallion Returns as Director of Photography
1983		Target Nicaragua: Inside a Covert War as Director of Photography

1982		Lookin' to Get Out as Director of Photography
1982		Hail Columbia! as Director of Photography
1982		Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip as Director of Photography

1981

Second-Hand Hearts as Director of Photography

1980

No Nukes as Director of Photography

1979

Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang as Director of Photography

1978		The CIA Case Officer: John "Bob" Stockwell as Director of Photography
1978		Days of Heaven as Additional Photography
1978		Coming Home as Director of Photography

1976		Bound for Glory as Director of Photography
1976		Underground as Director of Photography
1976		Land of My Birth as Director of Photography

1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Director of Photography

1974		Introduction to the Enemy as Director of Photography
1974		The Conversation as Director of Photography

1973

American Graffiti as Other

1972

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine as Director of Photography

1971		Brazil: A Report on Torture as Director of Photography
1971		Interviews with My Lai Veterans as Director of Photography
1971		Conversation with Allende as Director of Photography

1969		Medium Cool as Camera Operator
1969		Medium Cool as Director of Photography

1968		Faces as Director of Photography
1968		The Thomas Crown Affair as Director of Photography

1967

In the Heat of the Night as Director of Photography

1966

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Director of Photography

1965		The Loved One as Director of Photography
1965		The Bus as Director of Photography

1964

The Best Man as Director of Photography

1963		America America as Director of Photography
1963		A Face in the Rain as Director of Photography
1963		Grand Central Market as Camera Operator

1961		The Fisherman and His Soul as Director of Photography
1961		Angel Baby as Director of Photography
1961		The Hoodlum Priest as Director of Photography
1961		The Runaway as Director of Photography

1960		Studs Lonigan as Director of Photography
1960		Five Bold Women as Director of Photography
1960		The Savage Eye as Director of Photography
1960		Wild River as Additional Photography