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Les Blank

Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born November 27, 1935Died April 7, 2013 (77 years)
Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.

Known For

  • Burden of Dreams
  • Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
  • Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
  • The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
  • Always for Pleasure
  • In Heaven There Is No Beer?
  • A Poem Is a Naked Person
  • A Well-Spent Life
  • Gap-Toothed Women
  • Spend It All
  • God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
  • All in This Tea
  • Hot Pepper
  • Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
  • Dry Wood
  • Sprout Wings and Fly
  • The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
  • Chulas Fronteras
  • Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
  • I Went to the Dance
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Innocents Abroad
  • Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
  • My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

Les Blank Filmography

2019
Tattoo Uprising · as Self
2014
2014
The Oscars · as Self - Documentarian (in Memoriam)
2008
2006
Doc Talk (TV Series) · as Self
2003
imagine... (TV Series) · as Self
1990
1978
1974

2019
Tattoo Uprising · as Director Of Photography
2015
Thailand Moment · as Cinematographer
2014
2008
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! · as Cinematographer
2006
All in This Tea · as Cinematographer
2005
The Maestro Rides Again! · as Cinematographer
1995
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists · as Director Of Photography
1995
1995
1992
Wild Wheels · as Cinematographer
1991
Innocents Abroad · as Cinematographer
1991
1990
1990
1989
I Went to the Dance · as Director Of Photography
1987
Huey Lewis and the News: Be-FORE! · as Cinematographer
1987
Gap-Toothed Women · as Director Of Photography
1984
In Heaven There Is No Beer? · as Director Of Photography
1983
Sprout Wings and Fly · as Director Of Photography
1982
Burden of Dreams · as Director Of Photography
1981
Stoney Knows How · as Cinematographer
1980
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe · as Cinematographer
1980
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers · as Director Of Photography
1979
Poto and Cabengo · as Director Of Photography
1979
Del mero corazón · as Director Of Photography
1979
Del mero corazón · as Additional Editor
1978
Always for Pleasure · as Director Of Photography
1976
Chulas Fronteras · as Cinematographer
1974
A Poem Is a Naked Person · as Director Of Photography
1973
Hot Pepper · as Cinematographer
1973
Dry Wood · as Cinematographer
1972
Spend It All · as Cinematographer
1972
Pleasure Faire · as Director Of Photography
1971
A Well-Spent Life · as Cinematographer
1970
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins · as Director Of Photography
1965
Dizzy Gillespie · as Cinematographer
1965
Seven Second Love Affair · as Director Of Photography
1965
Seven Second Love Affair · as Cinematographer

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