Les Blank

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-11-27 (78 years old)

Deathday

2013-04-07

Place of Birth

Tampa, Florida, USA

Les Blank

Biography

Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.

Production

1962

Softball Umpire

as Director

1989

I Went to the Dance

as Director of Photography

1979

Del mero corazón

as Director of Photography

1982

Burden of Dreams

as Director

1968

New Sounds in Music

as Camera Operator

1989

1991

Innocents Abroad

as Director

2007

All In This Tea

as Director

1973

Hot Pepper

as Director

1978

1971

1969

String Sounds

as "B" Camera Operator

1987

1972

Spend It All

as Director

1973

Dry Wood

as Director

1985

Cigarette Blues

as Director

1964

Dizzy Gillespie

as Director

1983

1976

Chulas Fronteras

as Director

1969

1970

Chicken Real

as Director

1991

Innocents Abroad

as Cinematography

1982

Burden of Dreams

as Producer

1982

Burden of Dreams

as Director of Photography

2006

Lagniappe

as Director

1968

Lightnin' Les

as Director

1995

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

as Director of Photography

1987

1991

Puamana

as Director

1991

Marc and Ann

as Director

1984

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

as Director of Photography

1976

1962

1961

Strike!

as Director

1979

1967

1987

1980

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

as Director of Photography

1979

Del mero corazón

as Additional Editor

1969

The Arch

as Editor

2015

Thailand Moment

as Director

1985

Cigarette Blues

as Camera Operator

1987

Gap-Toothed Women

as Director of Photography

1980

Poto and Cabengo

as Director of Photography

1967

Christopher Tree

as Director of Photography

2006

Lagniappe

as Director of Photography

1974

A Poem Is a Naked Person

as Director of Photography

1983

Sprout Wings and Fly

as Director of Photography

1965

Seven Second Love Affair

as Director of Photography

2019

Tattoo Uprising

as Director of Photography

1964

Pleasure Faire

as Director of Photography

1971

1982

Fitzcarraldo

as Thanks

1968

1980

1994

Hole in the Soul

as Camera Operator

1971

The Ways of Water

as Cinematography

1972

Spend It All

as Cinematography

1972

Spend It All

as Editor

1978

1978

1978

Always for Pleasure

as Director of Photography

2010

Treasure of the Lisu

as Story Consultant

1971

1971

A Well Spent Life

as Cinematography

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