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Haskell Wexler

Haskell Wexler is an Oscar-winning cinematographer and an outspoken advocate for saner workdays on film shoots. He wrote an open letter after the Midnight Rider incident His 2006 documentary Who Needs Sleep? has interviews with talent and crew logged over an eight year span on the dangers of sleep deprivation.

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By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Haskell Wexler is an Oscar-winning cinematographer and an outspoken advocate for saner workdays on film shoots. He wrote an open letter after the Midnight Rider incident His 2006 documentary Who Needs Sleep? has interviews with talent and crew logged over an eight year span on the dangers of sleep deprivation. His organization 12On12Off calls for the industry to limit work to 12 hours/day.

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    Haskell Wexler

    Oscar-winning cinematographer

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