Haskell Wexler
Birthday: 1926-02-06
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Haskell Wexler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Tell Them Who You Are
The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the came...
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Uncle Meat
This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to fil...
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Pablo
Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a ...
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Something's Gonna Live
The Los Angeles Times Critics' Pick Something’s Gonna Live is an intimate portrait of life, death, f...
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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos...
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French...
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Visions of Light
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of pho...
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN,...
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Wondering About Things
Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regardin...
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Battle in Seattle
Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Confer...
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Medium Cool
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence a...
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Coming Home
In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who su...
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The Big Empty
The Big Empty is a 2005 short film starring Selma Blair about a woman with an unusual condition that...
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Who Needs Sleep?
A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, foc...
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie care...
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Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session
In the video John Hanlon, producer/recording engineer says: "Neil just captures the moment, he gives...
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Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
A documentary feature that reveals the creative process of Chicago moviemakers. Using the city's fa...
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Rebel Citizen
What began as a video master class evolved into a film about the political documentaries of Oscar-wi...
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Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool
“Look out Haskell, it’s real!” details the production of Haskell Wexler‘s 1969 feature Medium Cool. ...
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Underground
A documentary about the Weathermen, founded as a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic S...
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The Moving Picture Co. 1914
In the early 1900s, Ellen, an aspiring actress, tries to find her lucky break in a studio where ever...
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Women Behind the Camera
Reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood to Bollywood, from war zones to c...
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Hal
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Ha...
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Medium Cool Revisited
Haskell Wexler revisits the themes of his previous work "Medium Cool" on the occasion of the Occupy ...
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At Sundance
A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, R...
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Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's
Documentary featuring interviews with director Norman Jewison and others providing an in-depth look ...
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Notfilm
NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster...
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Them That Work
Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between compan...
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The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Documentary that features many interviews and other footage of the cast and crew for the film Americ...
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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressio...
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Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the...
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