Haskell Wexler Filmography
Haskell Wexler's cinematography credits. (Not including shorts)
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- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsYale WexlerJonathan HazeSteven MarloThis crime drama follows three teenagers who find a fortune in pure heroin lost by a gang of dope peddlers during a gun battle with the police.
- DirectorBen MaddowSidney MeyersJoseph StrickStarsBarbara BaxleyGary MerrillHerschel BernardiThis drama takes the form of a story told using documentary material as an intrinsic part of the narrative. In this journey through the dark side of 1950s urban life, the camera follows Judith - a newly divorced woman looking for a fresh start - through the streets of Los Angeles as she encounters the strange denizens of the city, ranging from trendsetters to religious fanatics. All the tawdry and desperate faces of this world become a mirror for Judith's personal failures and struggles to claim her new life.
- DirectorJorge López PortilloStarsJeff MorrowMerry AndersJim RossA Texas Marshal transports five female prisoners to prison but their stagecoach is attacked en route by the Comanches and the ex-husband of one prisoner attempts to free her.
- DirectorIrving LernerStarsChristopher KnightFrank GorshinVenetia StevensonA young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago.
- DirectorClaudio GuzmánStarsCesar RomeroRoger MobleyAnita PageA young Mexican boy runs away from an orphanage in California to search for his father in Mexico. On the way he takes a greyhound pup from a kennel in which he spent the night, and meets up with a priest who decides to help the boy find his father.
- DirectorCharles GuggenheimStarsDionísio AzevedoCary KarmelAnthony PompeiiSet in Brazil, this drama is based on a short story by Oscar Wilde about a fisherman who meets and falls in love with a mermaid, giving up his soul in the process.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsDon MurrayLarry GatesLogan RamseyBased on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.
- DirectorPaul WendkosHubert CornfieldStarsGeorge HamiltonMercedes McCambridgeJoan BlondellIn his film debut, Burt Reynolds vies with George Hamilton for the love of one heavenly woman. In the American South, evangelist Paul Strand (Hamilton) meets a beautiful, young mute named Jenny, affectionately known as Angel Baby. When Paul prays for her, Jenny's voice miraculously returns ... and the two fall in love, sparking jealousy in Paul's older wife and Jenny's predatory lover (Reynolds). With Paul and Sarah quarreling furiously, Jenny leaves as a traveling evangelist and starts to believe that she possesses divine healing powers. But does she...?
- DirectorWilliam HaleStarsScott MarloweFrank SilveraTurina HayesA young man gets caught up in the criminal escapades of a Spanish freedom-fighting faction, and learns that a girl he once loved is prostituting herself for them.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsStathis GiallelisFrank WolffElena KaramA young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMarina BertiRory CalhounMassimo GiulianiRand, an American spy in Nazi-occupied Italy, seeks shelter in the house of Anna, who is having an affair with German officer Klaus.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsHenry FondaCliff RobertsonEdie AdamsThe two front runners for their party's presidential nomination, one principled and the other ruthless, vie for the former president's endorsement.
- DirectorHaskell WexlerThe struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years. In August of 1963, groups from all over the country journeyed to Washington D.C. for a massive demonstration, and this film is a fascinating document of this event. Celebrated filmmaker Haskell Wexler ("Medium Cool") traveled with the San Francisco delegation, photographing and conversing candidly with the participants. He has succeeded admirably in capturing the significance and drama of this historic trip.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsRobert MorseJonathan WintersAnjanette ComerSatire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonGeorge SegalA bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
- DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsJohn MarleyGena RowlandsLynn CarlinA middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSteve McQueenFaye DunawayPaul BurkeA debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
- DirectorHaskell WexlerStarsRobert ForsterVerna BloomPeter BonerzA TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- DirectorGordon DavidsonStarsGwen ArnerEd FlandersBarton HeymanThe trial of the Catonsville Nine, the nine Catholic activists who in 1968 went to the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, took 378 draft files and burned them to protest the Vietnam War.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.Replaced by Bill Butler during filming. From wikipedia: The original cinematographer of The Conversation was Haskell Wexler. Severe creative and personal differences with Coppola led to Wexler's firing shortly after production began and Coppola replaced him with Bill Butler. Wexler's footage on The Conversation was completely reshot, except for the technically complex surveillance scene in Union Square. This would be the first of two Oscar-nominated films where Wexler would be fired and replaced by Butler, the second being One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), where Wexler had similar problems with Miloš Forman.
- DirectorHaskell WexlerStarsJane FondaTom HaydenThis film documents the journey of actress Jane Fonda and her husband (future California state senator) Tom Hayden through North and South Viet Nam in 1974. They travel from villages to towns talking with ordinary Vietnamese about their lives and the effects of the war on their lives, families, and communities.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (shared with BILL BUTLER)
- DirectorEmile de AntonioMary LampsonHaskell WexlerStarsBill AyersKathy BoudinEmile de AntonioIt's the mid 1970s and the Weather Underground Organization (WUO), a radical (and violent) offshoot of the Students for a Democratic Society, explains to leftist filmmakers the difficulties and experiences of being underground and wanted by the federal government.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsDavid CarradineRonny CoxMelinda DillonThe early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsJane FondaJon VoightBruce DernIn 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
- DirectorSaul LandauJack WillisStarsPaul JacobsPenny BernsteinSaul LandauDocumentary about the atomic testing done in the desert of Nevada, the health risks it posed to closely involved military personnel, and the lack of transparency from US administrations about its effects on the public at large.
- DirectorDanny GoldbergAnthony PotenzaJulian SchlossbergStarsAvis Davis BandJackson BrowneRosemary ButlerA live concert film documenting the September 1979 "No Nukes" concert at Madison Square Garden. Includes performances by Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers and Bruce Springsteen.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsRobert BlakeBarbara HarrisCollin BooneA high-spirited wife and her meekish husband hit the road to take back her kids from her previous marriage who live with her ex-inlaws.
- DirectorJoe LaytonStarsRichard PryorGene CrossJulie HamptonRichard Pryor performs his stand-up comedy act on the Sunset Strip.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsJon VoightAnn-MargretBurt YoungAlex has had a good day at the track, a bad night at the poker game and hell have a worse time if the guys he owes catch up with him. So Alex and go-along pal Jerry split for Las Vegas...
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsBurt ReynoldsJulie AndrewsKim BasingerA womanizing sculptor named David goes to seek help from a psychiatrist, Marianna, to cure him of his obsession with women.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsChris CooperJames Earl JonesMary McDonnellA labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorFrank ZappaStarsPhyllis Smith AltenhausDick BarberMassimo BassoliBiff Debris becomes obsessed with trying to record a hit single.
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsSean PennRobert DuvallMaria Conchita AlonsoAn experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
- DirectorFrancis VeberStarsNick NolteMartin ShortSarah Rowland DoroffA reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.
- DirectorRon SheltonStarsPaul NewmanLolita DavidovichJerry HardinA middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsDanny DeVitoGregory PeckPenelope Ann MillerA corporate raider buys up shares in an undervalued company and falls in love with the founder's son's lawyer/step daughter. Let the battle begin.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsJohn GoodmanKelly McGillisTrini AlvaradoBabe Ruth becomes a baseball legend but is unheroic to those who know him.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJeni CourtneyEileen ColganMick LallyYoung Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsJohn CandyAlan AldaRhea PerlmanThe U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.
- DirectorSaul Landau
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsNick NolteMelanie GriffithJennifer ConnellyIn 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
- DirectorAmy Holden JonesStarsHalle BerryChristopher McDonaldPeter GreeneA rich man's wife goes on a trip to a cabin with her husband. He's preoccupied with business and leaves early. A man she meets offers to kill her husband. He's crazy and she leaves. He later tracks down the couple.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsDavid StrathairnMary Elizabeth MastrantonioVanessa MartinezIn an economically devastated Alaskan town, a fisherman with a troublesome past dates a woman whose young daughter does not approve of him. When he witnesses the murder of his shady brother, he, the woman and the kid run to the wilderness.
- DirectorKevin McKiernanStarsWilliam HartungJim McGovernKevin McKiernanA war of national liberation or a war against terrorism? Film-maker and acclaimed freelance journalist Kevin McKiernan poses this question at the outset of this stirring, provocative film shot in part by legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler. It's all in how you define "good" and "bad." "Good Kurds" are those in Iraq: they're Saddam Hussein's victims, whom we want to help. "Bad Kurds" are those waging an armed insurrection against Turkey, an American ally: they're at the receiving end of U.S. weaponry. McKiernan went to northern Iraq to cover the revolt against Saddam Hussein. Just a few miles away, no one was covering the hidden war in Turkey. McKiernan determined he would report the story independently. 'Good Kurds, Bad Kurds' brings a sharp clarity to a complex history, while providing disturbing insight into immigration practices and U.S. foreign policy.
- DirectorDaniel RaimStarsJim BissellRobert F. BoyleHenry BumsteadProduction design has always been a key part of the Hollywood filmmaking process, but until recently the field received very little critical attention. But thanks to Daniel Raim's lucid and concise Oscar nominated documentary about Robert Boyle, one of Hollywood's best art directors, a general audience now has a chance to savor what these masters of their craft have contributed. Boyle tells stories about working on everything from Hitchcock's "North by Northwest," "The Birds" and "Marnie" to "Fiddler on the Roof." Boyle is quite eloquent and witty in explaining his craft, and others, including fellow art director Henry Bumstead, are also interviewed. Raim has done an imaginative job of editing production storyboards and sketches with photographs and film segments so that we 'get' what the production designer actually does. The detailed segment on constructing Mt. Rushmore in the studio (thus the film's title!) is fascinating, as we learn more about how actual photos of a location can be skillfully blended with a constructed set. A special highlight is Raim's coverage of "The Birds," in which Raim has Boyle revisit the actual location as film footage from Hitchcock's memorable film is intercut with continuity sketches drawn for Boyle by his draftsman, Harold Michelson. We see a black-and-white line drawing of Tippi Hedren with a bird attacking her, which then becomes that actual shot in the film. Raim's film is a welcome gift to everyone anywhere who wants to know more about what has and continues to make Hollywood Hollywood.
- DirectorBilly CrystalStarsBarry PepperThomas JaneAnthony Michael HallRoger Maris and Mickey Mantle race to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsChris CooperThora BirchMaria BelloThe discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
- DirectorCle SloanStarsDaryl GatesFred HamptonJoe HicksSurrounded by death and the brutal lifestyle that feeds it, a Los Angeles gangbanger explores the history of Southern California street gangs from the 1950s through the 1990s in an attempt to fully understand his existence. Bastards of the Party humanizes the staggering casualties of the LA gang wars.
- DirectorHaskell WexlerStarsDavid AgusNetta BankAnnette BeningA documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work.
- DirectorHaskell WexlerStarsEdward AsnerElliott GouldIan Ruskin
- DirectorChristopher MongerStarsKaiulani LeeCaptures Rachel Carson, the mother of the environmental movement and author of Silent Spring, in the final months of her life as she defends her book and battles with cancer.
- DirectorNina RosenblumStarsGeorge W. BushCarolyn HoSteve OhlingerThe first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds, and attempts to clarify the issues that prompted Lt. Watada to choose the course he did in order to protest an immoral and, to him, unconstitutional war.
- DirectorDaniel RaimStarsRobert F. BoyleHenry BumsteadConrad L. Hall"Daniel Raim has followed his Oscar-nominated The Man on Lincoln's Nose, a warm and illuminating short documentary on renowned production designer Robert Boyle with the equally delightful and thoughtful feature-length Something's Gonna Live. Raim again focuses on Boyle but brings in Boyle's friends and fellow art directors, the late Henry Bumstead and the late Albert Nozaki, who worked together at Paramount in the early 30s. Raim follows the three on a visit to that studio, and later Boyle and storyboard artist Harold Michelson return to Bodega Bay, the site of The Birds, one of Boyle's five films with Alfred Hitchcock. (Bumstead made four with Hitchcock and designed Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, released the year of his death, 2006, at the age of 91.) Finally, Boyle discusses making In Cold Blood with the late cinematographer Conrad Hall and The Thomas Crown Affair with cinematographer Haskell Wexler. "Boyle and his colleagues admit to missing the camaraderie of the studio system, believe that films once left more to the imagination and were more personal, but all these artists are grateful for being able to leave a legacy-and an awesome one at that-and they talk about their craft rather than indulging in mere nostalgia. Like Raim's earlier documentary on Boyle, Something's Gonna Live is another reminder that not all of Hollywood's greatest stars are actors."
- DirectorSaul LandauStarsFidel CastroDanny GloverSaul LandauAward-winning director Saul Landau embarks on an in-depth exploration of Miami-Havana politics through the story of the Cuban 5, a group of spies sent by the Castro government to infiltrate right-wing terrorist organizations in Miami. When the spies turned over evidence of US-based terrorism to the FBI, they themselves were arrested, tried, and convicted in Florida courts while the confessed anti-Castro terrorists live freely in Florida.
- DirectorKevin McKiernanBringing King to China is the bittersweet story of Caitrin, a young American teacher in Beijing, whose failed protests against the Iraq war drive her to produce a play in China about Martin Luther King, Jr. Early in the film she mistakenly learns that her father (the filmmaker) has been killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq. Vowing to show the world 'the positive face of America", she sets out to raise $200,000, hires the most prestigious theater troupe in China, and stages a play in Chinese with African American gospel singers. But her efforts to translate Dr. King's vision of global peace to a Chinese audience turn rocky in the face of cultural obstacles and soured relationships. In the end, the protagonist produces a popular play but is forced to re-define her success, as she learns that language proficiency alone does not guarantee that two cultures will understand each other. Caitrin finally repairs a strained friendship with her beloved Beijing assistant, while confronting her father on camera with the charge he is suffering from post-traumatic stress from his coverage of the war in Iraq. Bringing King to China is a daughter-father story that plays out against the bridge she tries to build between the U.S. and China. As it turns out, Caitrin's bridge is full of unexpected "potholes." In the journey to find independence, Caitrin comes to realize that genuine cross-cultural dialogue entails a gritty struggle to find common ground.
- DirectorJoseph G. QuinnStarsGeorge CarlinDeepak ChopraAlbert EinsteinFrom the Arab Spring to the American Autumn, director Joseph Quinn seeks to find out the origins of the Occupy Movement and shine a light on its long-term goals.
- DirectorHaskell WexlerStarsMedea BenjaminGraham ClumpnerAndrew DavisOscar-winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler returns to his hometown of Chicago to document the Occupy Movement's demonstrations against the 2012 NATO Summit.