Haskell Wexler

Haskell Wexler
Wexler in 1999
Born	(1922-02-06)February 6, 1922 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 27, 2015(2015-12-27) (aged 93) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, film producer and director
Years active	1947–2015
Known for	Cinéma vérité
Notable work	America America (1963); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); In the Heat of the Night (1967); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); Medium Cool (1969); Bound for Glory (1976); Days of Heaven (1978)
Spouses	Nancy Ashenhurst ​ ​ (m. 1943; div. 1953)​ Marian Witt ​ ​ (m. 1954; div. 1985)​ Rita Taggart ​ ​ (m. 1989)​ [1]
Children	Katharine Jeffrey Mark
Relatives	Yale Wexler (brother) Jerrold Wexler (brother) Tanya Wexler (niece)

Haskell Wexler ASC (February 6, 1922 – December 27, 2015) was an American cinematographer, film 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.^[2] He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice, in 1966 and 1976, out of five nominations. In his obituary in The New York Times, Wexler is described as being "renowned as one of the most inventive cinematographers in Hollywood."^[3]