Sy Wexler

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Sy Wexler
Born
Simon Wexler

October 6, 1916
DiedMarch 10, 2005 (aged 88)
OccupationFilmmaker

Sy Wexler (1916-2005) was an American filmmaker best known for the hundreds of educational short films he made, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. The most famous was Squeak the Squirrel. He also co-produced a short film titled The Searching Eye (1964), which was directed by Saul Bass, and shown during the 1964 New York World's Fair.


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