Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Haskell Wexler Collection of Scripts for Television and Motion Pictures,
- Dates:
- 1967-1996
- Creators:
- Wexler, Haskell
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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Haskell Wexler Collection of Scripts for Television and Motion Pictures, 1967-1996. (Collection 72). Performing Arts Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of television and motion picture scripts and treatments received by Haskell Wexler's production company. Includes numerous scripts by various authors. The bulk of the collection dates from the late 1980s on.
- Biographical / historical:
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Wexler was born in Chicago, IL, June 2, 1922; attended Univ. of CA, Berkeley; made educational and industrial films before he started a career in cinematography (late 1950s); the recipient of two Academy Awards, his credits include, "Medium Cool" (1969), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), "In the Heat of the Night" (1967), "American Graffiti" (1973), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975); has made a number of documentary films in various capacities including, "The Bus" (1965), "Interviews with My Lai Veterans" (1970), and "At the Max" (1991); was also interviewed for the film documentary "Visions of Light : the art of cinematography" (1992).
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically by film title.
- Physical location:
- Held at SRLF. Please contact the Performing Arts Special Collections for paging information.
- Physical description:
- 24 boxes (10.0 linear ft.)
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other program; frontmatter gathered from other sources. Date of source: 1999.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Scripts may not be photocopied without permission of copyright holder
Copyright has not been assigned to the Performing Arts Special Collections, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Arts Special Collections Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Arts Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
-
Haskell Wexler Collection of Scripts for Television and Motion Pictures, 1967-1996. (Collection 72). Performing Arts Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988