Les Blank

AKA: Leslie Harrod Blank Jr.
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1935-11-27

Tampa, Florida, USA

Biography

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

Crew Roles

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Camera Operator
Softball Umpire
Director
I Went to the Dance
Director of Photography
Del mero corazón
Director of Photography
Burden of Dreams
Director
New Sounds in Music
Camera Operator
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Director
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
Director
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
Director
I Went to the Dance
Director
Innocents Abroad
Director
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
Director
All In This Tea
Director
Hot Pepper
Director
Always for Pleasure
Director
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Director
A Well Spent Life
Director
String Sounds
"B" Camera Operator
Gap-Toothed Women
Director
Spend It All
Director
Dry Wood
Director
Cigarette Blues
Director
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
Director
Dizzy Gillespie
Director
Sprout Wings and Fly
Director
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
Director
Chulas Fronteras
Director
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
Director
The Sun's Gonna Shine
Director
Chicken Real
Director
Innocents Abroad
Cinematography
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
Director
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
Director
Burden of Dreams
Producer
Burden of Dreams
Director of Photography
Lightnin' Les
Director
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
Director
Lagniappe
Director
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
Director
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
Director
The Maestro Rides Again
Director
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
Director of Photography
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
Producer
Gap-Toothed Women
Writer
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Director
In the Land of the Owl Turds
Producer
Puamana
Director
Marc and Ann
Director
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
Director of Photography
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
Producer
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
Producer
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
Director of Photography
Chulas Fronteras
Editor
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
Director
Strike!
Director
And Freedom Came?!
Director
Del mero corazón
Director
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
Director
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
Producer
Christopher Tree
Editor
Gap-Toothed Women
Producer
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Director of Photography
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Producer
Del mero corazón
Additional Editor
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Writer
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Editor
The Arch
Editor
Thailand Moment
Director
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
Director
Cigarette Blues
Camera Operator
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Director
Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
Editor
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
Director of Photography
Pleasure Faire
Director of Photography
Seven Second Love Affair
Director of Photography
Christopher Tree
Director of Photography
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Director of Photography
Poto and Cabengo
Director of Photography
Sprout Wings and Fly
Director of Photography
Gap-Toothed Women
Director of Photography
Lagniappe
Director of Photography
Tattoo Uprising
Director of Photography
The Ways of Water
Director
Fitzcarraldo
Thanks
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
Producer
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
Director of Photography
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Producer
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Cinematography
Hole in the Soul
Camera Operator
The Ways of Water
Cinematography
Spend It All
Cinematography
Spend It All
Editor
Always for Pleasure
Producer
Always for Pleasure
Editor
Always for Pleasure
Director of Photography
Treasure of the Lisu
Story Consultant
Treasure of the Lisu
Editor
A Well Spent Life
Editor
A Well Spent Life
Cinematography
Puamana
Cinematography
Motorcycle Moment
Director
You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A Turnip
Director
Director
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