---
name: "Jerry Wexler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jerry-wexler"
fi1m_id: "jerry-wexler"
imdb_id: "nm0923310"
tmdb_id: 1931171
wikidata_id: "Q537722"
roles: []
born: "10 January 1917"
died: "15 August 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:24:13.693606+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jerry Wexler

## Identity

Jerry Wexler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jerry-wexler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jerry-wexler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0923310
- **TMDB ID:** 1931171
- **Wikidata ID:** Q537722
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Wexler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1931171

Actor. Born 10 January 1917 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 15 August 2008.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 January 1917, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 15 August 2008
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Wexler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1931171

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*WHAM!*](https://film.one/film/wham.md) (75)

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## Biography

Jerry Wexler was an American record producer and music executive. Born in the Bronx, New York City, on 10 January 1917, he died in Sarasota, Florida, on 15 August 2008.

He served as an executive at Atlantic Records and produced recordings for artists including Aretha Franklin. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 in the non-performer category.

Wexler appears via archive material as Self in the 2023 documentary film *WHAM!*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *WHAM!* (2023), Fi1m 75, as Self (archive photos) — [page](https://film.one/film/wham.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *That Rhythm, Those Blues* (1988), as Record producer
- *Pretty Baby* (1978), Music Supervisor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1979: Best Original Song Score (nominated), for *Pretty Baby*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Grammy Trustees Award 1996: Grammy Trustees Award (won)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1987: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jerry-wexler