Les Blank
Nov 27, 1935 - Tampa, Florida, USA
Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.
Credits
Cast
Media | ||||
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| Movie | 1974 | A Poem Is a Naked Person | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Out in the Woods | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! | Self | |
| Movie | 1960 | Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off | ||
| Movie | 1960 | Here Comes Everybody | ||
| Movie | 1985 | Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) | Self | |
| TV Show | 1972 | Screening Room | Himself | 1 |
Crew
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Camera Operator | Camera |
| Movie | 1962 | Softball Umpire | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | I Went to the Dance | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1979 | Del mero corazón | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1982 | Burden of Dreams | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | New Sounds in Music | Camera Operator | Camera |
| Movie | 1984 | In Heaven There Is No Beer? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Innocents Abroad | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Živeli! Medicine for the Heart | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | All In This Tea | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | I Went to the Dance | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Hot Pepper | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1978 | Always for Pleasure | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | A Well Spent Life | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | String Sounds | "B" Camera Operator | Camera |
| Movie | 1987 | Gap-Toothed Women | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Spend It All | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Dry Wood | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | Cigarette Blues | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Dizzy Gillespie | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | Sprout Wings and Fly | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Chulas Fronteras | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | The Sun's Gonna Shine | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | Chicken Real | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Innocents Abroad | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 2014 | How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Burden of Dreams | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1982 | Burden of Dreams | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1968 | Lightnin' Les | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1994 | My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | The Maestro Rides Again | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Lagniappe | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1995 | The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1987 | Gap-Toothed Women | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1974 | A Poem Is a Naked Person | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | In the Land of the Owl Turds | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1991 | Puamana | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Marc and Ann | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1984 | In Heaven There Is No Beer? | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1984 | In Heaven There Is No Beer? | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1969 | Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1969 | Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1976 | Chulas Fronteras | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1960 | Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1962 | And Freedom Came?! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1961 | Strike! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Del mero corazón | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Huey Lewis and the News: Before! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Huey Lewis and the News: Before! | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1967 | Christopher Tree | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1987 | Gap-Toothed Women | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1980 | Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1980 | Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1979 | Del mero corazón | Additional Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1974 | A Poem Is a Naked Person | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1974 | A Poem Is a Naked Person | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1969 | The Arch | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2015 | Thailand Moment | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | Cigarette Blues | Camera Operator | Camera |
| Movie | 1985 | Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2019 | Tattoo Uprising | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1983 | Sprout Wings and Fly | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1980 | Poto and Cabengo | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1965 | Seven Second Love Affair | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1987 | Gap-Toothed Women | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 2006 | Lagniappe | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1967 | Christopher Tree | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1988 | Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1964 | Pleasure Faire | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1974 | A Poem Is a Naked Person | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1971 | The Ways of Water | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Thanks | Crew |
| Movie | 1968 | The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1968 | The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1980 | Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1980 | Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1994 | Hole in the Soul | Camera Operator | Camera |
| Movie | 1971 | The Ways of Water | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1972 | Spend It All | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1972 | Spend It All | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1978 | Always for Pleasure | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1978 | Always for Pleasure | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1978 | Always for Pleasure | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 2010 | Treasure of the Lisu | Story Consultant | Writing |
| Movie | 2010 | Treasure of the Lisu | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1971 | A Well Spent Life | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1971 | A Well Spent Life | Cinematography | Crew |
| TV Show | 1988 | POV | Director | Directing |
