- Date de naissance
- Date de décès27 décembre 2015 · Santa Monica, Californie, États-Unis (non divulguée)
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- Haskell Wexler est né le 6 février 1922 dans l'Illinois, États-Unis. Il était directeur de la photographie et réalisateur. Il est connu pour Objectif vérité (1969), Dans la chaleur de la nuit (1967) et Qui a peur de Virginia Woolf? (1966). Il était marié à Rita Taggart, Marian Jane Witt et Nancy Jane Ashenhurst. Il est mort le 27 décembre 2015 en Californie, États-Unis.
- ConjointsRita Taggart(1989 - 27 décembre 2015) (son décès)Marian Jane Witt(1954 - 1985) (divorcé, 1 enfant)Nancy Jane Ashenhurst(14 janvier 1943 - 1953) (divorcé, 2 enfants)
- Enfants
- Parents
- ProchesTanya Wexler(Niece or Nephew)Jerrold Wexler(Sibling)Yale Wexler(Sibling)
- He met George Lucas when he was still a teenager because of their mutual interest in cars. He suggested that Lucas go to film school, which is why Lucas thanked him in many ways.
- He is one of only six cinematographers to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the other five being, Hal Mohr, Ray Rennahan, J. Peverell Marley, Leon Shamroy, and Conrad L. Hall.
- "America America" director Elia Kazan (at age 54, b:09/07/1909) did not personally like the cinema-photographer director Haskell Wexler (at age 41, b:02/06/1922) but listened to him and learned a lot while they worked together.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7070 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 28, 1996.
- George Lucas credits him with helping American Graffiti get made. When Lucas was pitching it without success, Haskell Wexler attached himself to the project. Lucas was now able to pitch the movie with Wexler being attached to it.
- We, as filmmakers, are privileged. We can make people cry or laugh. We can make think and feel. It is a great privilege and a great responsibility.
- Movies are a voyeuristic experience. You have to make the audience feel like they are peeking through a keyhole. I think of myself as the audience. Then I use light, framing and motion to create a focal point.
- On initially not being pleased at being given a simple "additional photography" credit on Les moissons du ciel (1978) "I had a pretty strong ego trip there for a couple of weeks actually, wanting to get co-credit with Néstor," but Wexler later admitted that: "My job was to see Néstor's footage, try to maintain what he's done and to do it to the best of my ability, and I was in awe of what I saw in the editing room, but I was also honored that they wanted me to go up there and [finish] it."
- [asked in 1969 as to why he decided to frame his film "Medium Cool" (1969) around the events at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago] I feel that a political convention is an old-fashioned charade that's acted out every four years to divide the spoils. It has no connection with the way our country is run or the process of democracy. I suspected with today's political climate, there'd be violence in Chicago. Unfortunately, I was right.
- [asked in 1969 if he could see himself making a film in exile because of his social and political views] I'm proud to say I get regular visits from the FBI, but I'll never become an exile. I think this is a great country. That's precisely why I feel I have an obligation to keep examining the freedoms that are rightfully ours. We all have that obligation--to see that they don't get away from us.
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