Haskell Wexler

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cinematographer documentary filmmaker film director human screenwriter

Haskell Wexler was an acclaimed American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and influential work on both narrative features and political documentaries.

Aliases (1)

Cinematographer Haskell Wexler ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cinematographer → documentary filmmaker → film director → human → screenwriter →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Cinematography → Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) →
awardReceivedForWork	Academy Award for Best Cinematography\|Bound for Glory → Academy Award for Best Cinematography\|Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? →
child	Jeff Wexler →
cinematography	Bound for Glory → Coming Home → In the Heat of the Night → Matewan → One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest → Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1922-02-06 →
dateOfDeath	2015-12-27 →
directed	Bus Riders Union → Latino → Medium Cool → Who Needs Sleep? →
familyName	Wexler →
fullName	Haskell Wexler →
givenName	Haskell →
knownFor	innovative visual style → politically engaged filmmaking →
militaryService	United States Merchant Marine →
movement	political cinema →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Matewan → Academy Award for Best Cinematography for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest →
notableWork	Bound for Glory → Coming Home → In the Heat of the Night → Matewan → Medium Cool → One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest → Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? →
occupation	cinematographer → documentary filmmaker → film director → film producer → screenwriter →
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Santa Monica, California, United States →
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Rita Taggart →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
America America → Coming Home → In the Heat of the Night → The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film) →	cinematographyBy
American Graffiti → One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest →	cinematography
Haskell Wexler →	fullName
Daryl Hannah →	relative
Hal Ashby ("Cinematographer Haskell Wexler") →	workedWith