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Haskell Wexler
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Director, Cinematographer Born: February 6, 1922 in Chicago, IL Biography:A Chicago-born amateur filmmaker, "Haskell Wexler" broke into feature films in 1959 as a cinematographer on the documentary "The Savage Eye" (1960). Wexler photographed the dramas "The Hoodlum Priest" (1961), "Angel Baby" (1961), "The Best Man" (1964), and later distinguished himself as cinematographer on the "Mike Nichols" drama "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1965). He worked on such high profile feature films as "In The Heat of the Night" (1967) and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968), but also produced and directed the documentaries "The Bus" and "Medium Cool" (1969), the latter a very successful and controversial look at the violence and strife surrounding the anti-war movement and the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. During the 1980s, he also produced and directed the feature film "Latino" (1985), which was highly critical of American policy in Central America. Wexler has won... Full Biography
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