Haskell Wexler Biography (1922?-)

Born February 6, 1922 (some sources cite June 2 or 1926), in Chicago, IL; sonof Simon Wexler; married Nancy Ashenhurst (divorced); married Marian Witt (divorced); married Rita Taggart (an actress), 1989; children: (first marriage)Katharine, Jeffrey; (second marriage) Mark. Addresses: Agent: SkourasAgency, 631 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2C, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer, director, producer, writer
Birth Details: February 6, 1922?; Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Cinematographer
(And director) The Living City (short film), 1955
Stakeout on Dope Street, Warner Bros., 1958
Five Bold Women, Citation, 1959
(With Jack Couffer and Helen Levitt) The Savage Eye, Trans-Lux, 1960
Studs Lonigan, United Artists, 1960
(With others) Wild River, 1960
(With Jack Marta) Angel Baby, Allied Artists, 1961
The Hoodlum Priest, United Artists, 1961
Jangadero (Brazilian feature film), 1961
T for Tumbleweed (short film), 1962
America, America (also known as The Anatolian Smile), Warner Bros., 1963
A Face in the Rain, Embassy, 1963
Lonnie, Futuramic, 1963
The Best Man (also known as Gore Vidal's The Best Man), United Artists, 1964
(And producer, with John Calley) The Loved One, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
(And producer and director) The Bus (documentary), Harrison Pictures, 1965
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Warner Bros., 1966
In the Heat of the Night, United Artists, 1967
The Thomas Crown Affair (also known as The Crown Caper andThomas Crown and Company), United Artists, 1968
(And producer, with Jerrold Wexler, and director) Medium Cool, Paramount, 1969
Interviews with My Lai Veterans (documentary short film), Laser, 1970
(With others) Gimme Shelter, Cinema V, 1970
(And coproducer and codirector) Brazil: A Report on Torture (documentary), New Yorker, 1971
(And coproducer and codirector) Interview with President Allende (documentary), 1971
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Melville, 1972
American Graffiti, Universal, 1973
(With Jane Fonda and others; and director) Introduction to the Enemy (documentary), IPC, 1974
(With William Fraker and Bill Butler) One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, United Artists, 1975
Bound for Glory, United Artists, 1976
(And coproducer and codirector) Underground (documentary), New Yorker, 1976
Coming Home (also known as Hemkomsten), United Artists, 1978
CIA: Case Officer (documentary short film), Institute for Policy Studies, 1978
Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang, 1978
(With others) Days of Heaven, 1978
(With others) The Rose, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
No Nukes (also known as The Muse Concert: No Nukes), WarnerBros., 1980
Second-hand Hearts (also known as Hamsters of Happiness), Paramount, 1981
Lookin' to Get Out, Paramount, 1982

Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, Columbia, 1982
The Man Who Loved Women, Columbia, 1983
(And producer and director) Bus II (documentary), 1983
(With others) The Black Stallion Returns, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
Matewan, Cinecom, 1987
Uncle Meat, 1987
Colors, Orion, 1988
Three Fugitives, Buena Vista/Warner Bros., 1989
Blaze, Buena Vista, 1989
Through the Wire, 1990
Other People's Money, Warner Bros., 1991
The Babe, Universal, 1992
The Secret of Roan Inish, First Look Pictures Releasing, 1994
Canadian Bacon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas, 1995
(With others) Steal Big, Steal Little, 1995
Mullholland Falls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
The Rich Man's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996
Limbo, Screen Gems, 1999
(And producer and director) Bus Rider's Union (documentary), 1999
Mexico, 2000
Good Kurds, Bad Kurds (documentary), 2000
The Man on Lincoln's Nose, Adama Films, 2000
Other
Director, Latino, Cinecom, 1985
Film Appearances
Cameraman on scaffold, Medium Cool, Paramount, 1969
Underground (documentary), New Yorker, 1976
Himself, Uncle Meat, 1987
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (documentary; also known as Visions of Light), American Film Institute, 1993
At Sundance, 1995
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (documentary), Film Foetus, 1998
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (documentary), Campinella Productions/Citrullo International/Misama Film, 2002
Alice's husband, Out of These Rooms, Ex-Boyfriend Productions, 2002
Television Cinematographer
Movies
(With others) The Kid from Nowhere, NBC, 1982
61* (also known as 61), HBO, 2001
Specials
Target Nicaragua: Inside a Secret War, PBS, 1983
(With others) Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
Television Appearances
Specials
The Reality Trip, 1997
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool, AMC, 1998
Hollywood, D.C. (also known as Hollywood, D.C.: A Tale of Two Cities), Bravo, 2000
Look Out Haskell, It's Real: The Making of Medium Cool, 2001
George Lucas: Creating an Empire, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
Episodic
American Cinema, PBS, 1995
WRITINGS
Film Scripts
The Bus (documentary), Harrison Pictures, 1965
Medium Cool, Paramount, 1969
(With others) Introduction to the Enemy (documentary), IPC, 1974
(With others) Underground (documentary), New Yorker, 1976
Latino, Cinecom, 1985
Other
Contributor to periodicals, including American Cinematographer, American Film, Cineaste, Film Quarterly, Sight and Sound, and Take One.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

American Cinematographer, February, 1993, pp. 44-52
Entertainment Weekly, May 5, 1995
Progressive, April, 1998, p. 24

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