Woodstock Awards Haskell Wexler for His Lifetime of Work

By Lauren Barbato
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/haskell_wexler_lifetime_achievement_award_woodstock_film_festival_20080724/
After garnering a slew of awards and nominations from the Oscars to the Emmys, renowned cinematographer Haskell Wexler, A.S.C will be adding one more honor to his already impressive list when he receives the Woodstock Film Festival’s first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award this fall.

“We are thrilled to present him with the award,” says Woodstock Film Festival co-founder and executive director Meira Blaustein. “Wexler’s outstanding talent as a cinematographer, his unique voice as a director and his unwavering passion as a social activist have been an inspiration and a guiding light.”