Les Blank
BIOGRAPHY
Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
27 November 1935
Death Day
7 April 2013
Place of Birth
Tampa, Florida, USA
Also Known As
Leslie Harrod Blank Jr.
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
A Poem Is a Naked Person
1974-05-09Actor, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2014-08-31Actor, Director
Out in the Woods
2016-03-29Actor
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
2008-02-18Actor
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
1960-01-01Director
Here Comes Everybody
1960-01-01
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985-01-01Actor, Director
Screening Room
1972-11-01Actor
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991-11-27Camera Operator
Softball Umpire
1962-01-01Director
I Went to the Dance
1989-10-13Director of Photography, Director
Del mero corazón
1979-01-01Director of Photography, Director, Additional Editor
Burden of Dreams
1982-10-01Director, Producer, Director of Photography
New Sounds in Music
1968-01-01Camera Operator
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
1984-05-23Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980-10-12Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
1987-09-12Director
Innocents Abroad
1991-01-01Director, Cinematography
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
1995-10-12Director, Director of Photography, Producer
All In This Tea
2007-04-14Director
Hot Pepper
1973-11-22Director
Always for Pleasure
1978-05-02Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1988-04-30Director, Cinematography, Producer
A Well Spent Life
1971-03-11Director, Editor, Cinematography
String Sounds
1969-01-01"B" Camera Operator
Gap-Toothed Women
1987-02-17Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Spend It All
1972-03-13Director, Cinematography, Editor
Dry Wood
1973-10-01Director
Cigarette Blues
1985-10-01Director, Camera Operator
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968-12-20Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Dizzy Gillespie
1965-01-01Director
Sprout Wings and Fly
1983-10-01Director, Director of Photography
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
1995-10-01Director
Chulas Fronteras
1976-12-30Director, Editor
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
1968-10-01Director
The Sun's Gonna Shine
1969-01-02Director
Chicken Real
1970-01-01Director
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
1990-09-08Director
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
1969-01-01Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Lagniappe
2006-01-01Director, Director of Photography
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
1991-01-01Director
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
1994-01-01Director
The Maestro Rides Again
2005-01-01Director
Lightnin' Les
1968-01-01Director
In the Land of the Owl Turds
1987-09-08Producer
Puamana
1991-01-01Director, Cinematography
Marc and Ann
1991-01-01Director
And Freedom Came?!
1962-01-01Director
Strike!
1961-01-01Director
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
1987-09-12Producer, Director
Christopher Tree
1967-01-01Editor, Director of Photography
The Arch
1969-12-18Editor
Thailand Moment
2015-11-18Director
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
1988-01-01Director, Director of Photography
Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
1971-01-01Editor
Poto and Cabengo
1980-03-25Director of Photography
Seven Second Love Affair
1965-01-01Director of Photography
Tattoo Uprising
2019-07-12Director of Photography
Pleasure Faire
1964-12-31Director of Photography
The Ways of Water
1971-01-01Director, Cinematography
Fitzcarraldo
1982-03-02Thanks
Hole in the Soul
1994-01-01Camera Operator
Treasure of the Lisu
2010-10-01Story Consultant, Editor
Motorcycle Moment
2025-02-21Director
You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A Turnip
Director
POV
1988-07-05Director
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