Haskell Wexler
Haskell Wexler was born on Feb 06, 1922 in USA. Haskell Wexler's big-screen debut came with Picnic directed by Joshua Logan in 1955. Haskell Wexler is known for Four Days in Chicago directed by Haskell Wexler, Medea Benjamin stars as Self and Graham Clumpner as Self. Haskell Wexler has got 17 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Haskell Wexler achieved is Location Managers Guild International Awards (LMGI). The upcoming new movie Haskell Wexler plays is Four Days in Chicago which will be released on Sep 21, 2013.
Two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler was adjudged one of the ten most influential cinematographers in movie history, according to an International Cinematographers Guild survey of its membership. He won his Oscars in both black & white and color, for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (1966) and Bound for Glory (1976) (1976). He also shot part of Days of Heaven (1978) (1978), for which credited director of photography Nestor Almendros -- won a Best Cinematography Oscar that Wexler initially felt should have been jointly shared by both. Later he admitted he was just finishing the work of Almendros and when Bert Schneider offer him more credit in the Criterion Dvd release of the film, he turned down the offer. In 1993, Wexler was awarded a Lifetime Achivement award by the cinematographer's guild, the American Society of Cinematographers. He received five Oscar nominations for his cinematography, in total, plus one Emmy Award in a career that has spanned six decades.In addition to his masterful cinematography, Wexler directed the seminal late Sixties film Medium Cool (1969) and has directed and/or shot many documentaries that display his progressive political views. He was the subject of a 2004 documentary shot by his son Mark Wexler, Tell Them Who You Are (2004).
Birthday
Feb 06, 1922Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Awards
17 wins & 12 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 2013
director, cinematographer
7.8 - 2012
cinematographer
2.4 - 2011
camera and electrical department
7.1 - 20098.4
- 2004
cinematographer
6.0 - 2001
cinematographer
7.7 - 2000
camera and electrical department
7.0 - 1999
cinematographer
7.0 - 1996
cinematographer
6.3 - 1996
cinematographer
7.9 - 1995
cinematographer
5.9 - 1995
camera and electrical department
4.7 - 1994
cinematographer
7.4 - 1992
cinematographer
5.9 - 1991
cinematographer
6.2 - 1989
cinematographer
6.0 - 1989
cinematographer
6.2 - 1988
cinematographer
6.7 - 1987
cinematographer
7.9 - 1985
director
5.8 - 1985
camera and electrical department
5.7 - 1983
cinematographer
5.2 - 1983
camera and electrical department
5.9 - 1982
cinematographer
5.1 - 1982
cinematographer
7.1 - 1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
cinematographer
7.6 - 1982
camera and electrical department
8.1 - 1979
camera and electrical department
6.9 - 1978
director, cinematographer
6.7 - 1978
cinematographer
7.3 - 1978
camera and electrical department
7.8 - 1976
cinematographer
7.3 - 1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
cinematographer
8.7 - 1974
cinematographer
7.8 - 1972
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
cinematographer
6.9 - 1971
Interviews with My Lai Veterans
cinematographer
7.5 - 1969
camera and electrical department, director, cinematographer
7.2 - 1968
cinematographer
6.9 - 1968
cinematographer
7.4 - 1967
cinematographer
7.9 - 1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
cinematographer
8.0 - 1965
cinematographer
7.0 - 1963
cinematographer
4.9 - 1963
cinematographer
7.7 - 1961
cinematographer
6.9 - 1961
cinematographer
6.2 - 1961
cinematographer
6.5 - 1960
cinematographer
6.6 - 1960
camera and electrical department
7.5 - 1959
cinematographer
7.0 - 1958
cinematographer
6.3 - 1955
camera and electrical department
7.0