Cinematographer Haskell Wexler Dies

Iconic cinematographer Haskell Wexler died Sunday, his son confirmed on his father’s website. He was 93. The Oscar-winning Wexler “died peacefully in his sleep,” his son said. The cinematographer won an Oscar for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and an Academy Award for the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory. Wexler also was nominated for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Matewan, and Blaze. He also received an Oscar in 1970 for the documentary short “Interviews With My Lai Veterans.”