Variety: Influential cinematographer and social documentarian Haskell Wexler, who won Oscars for his work in both arenas, has died. He was 93.
Wexler’s death on Sunday was confirmed with a post on the HaskellWexler.com blog. His son Jeff shared via Facebook that Wexler died “peacefully in his sleep.”
The Wrap
Haskell Wexler’s professional and artistic accomplishments were lauded everywhere in Hollywood in the wake of the news that the legendary cinematographer and filmmaker had died at age 93, including TheWrap’s Robert Abele’s fitting perspective:
“Haskell Wexler won the last black-and-white Cinematography Oscar for a movie that boldly announced the future of the medium,” wrote Abele. “He won his second for a film that felt like a long lost color documentary. Such was his genius.”
