| Haskell Wexler  Born: 6-Feb-1922
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 27-Dec-2015
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Cinematographer
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Medium Cool Military service: US Merchant Marines Acclaimed cinematographer whose works included Blade Runner, The Conversation, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Won Oscars for Bound for Glory and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and directed the cult hit Medium Cool.
His son, Jeff Wexler, won an Oscar for the sound mix on Almost Famous. Father: Simon Wexler
Mother: Lottie Wexler
Brother: Jerrold Wexler (b. 27-Jun-1924, d. 10-Nov-1992)
Sister: Joyce Isaacs
Brother: Yale Wexler (actor, b. 1930, d. 1996)
Wife: Nancy Ashenhurst (m. 1943, div. 1953, two children)
Son: Jeff Wexler (sound mixer)
Daughter: Kathy Wexler
Wife: Marian Witt (m. 1954, div. 1987, one child)
Son: Mark S. Wexler (film producer)
Wife: Rita Taggart (actress, b. 1947, m. 1989 until his death)
University: University of California at Berkeley
Dean for America
Democracy for America
Kucinich for President
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1996 (motion pictures)
Oscar for Best Cinematography for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Oscar for Best Cinematography for Bound for Glory (1976)
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Color Blindness
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Latino (Oct-1985)
Medium Cool (27-Aug-1969)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Pablo (30-Jan-2012) · Himself
Battle in Seattle (8-Sep-2007) · Himself
Manufacturing Dissent (11-Feb-2007)
Tell Them Who You Are (11-Sep-2004) · Himself
Visions of Light (14-May-1992) · Himself
Uncle Meat (1987) · Himself
Official Website:
http://www.haskellwexler.com/
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