Jacques Haitkin

{{Short description|American cinematographer (1950–2023)}}

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| name = Jacques Haitkin

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| birth_name = Jacques Adam Haitkin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|8|29}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|3|21|1950|8|29}}

| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

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| other_names = Jacques Haitken

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| occupation = Cinematographer

| years_active = 1972–2023

| notable_works = A Nightmare on Elm Street

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Jacques Adam Haitkin (August 29, 1950 – March 21, 2023)[https://www.grissomsmortuary.com/obituaries/detail/jacques-a-haitkin Jackques A. Haitkin]{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/haitkin.htm |title=JACQUES HAITKIN |publisher=cinematographers.nl |access-date=2014-03-17}} was an American cinematographer. He was best known as the cinematographer for Wes Craven's slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Haitkin studied at the film school of New York University and American Film Institute, and graduated in 1975. He was well-known mainly as a horror film cinematographer, especially on films by Craven and Jack Sholder.

He also worked as additional or second unit director of photography on The Expendables, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, Furious 7, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Captain America: Civil War, Kong: Skull Island and The Fate of the Furious.

Haitkin died at his assisted living community in Portola Gardens in San Francisco, California, on March 21, 2023, at the age of 72. He died from complications related to ALS and leukemia.{{cite web | url=https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ca/san-francisco/jacques-a-haitkin-16147864 | title=Jacques A. Haitkin Obituary (1950 - 2023) | San Francisco, California }}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jacques-haitkin-dead-nightmare-elm-street-cinematographer-1235369134/|title=Jacques Haitkin, Cinematographer on ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Movies, Dies at 72|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=April 7, 2023|access-date=April 7, 2023}}