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Les Blank

Les Blank

Actor, Cinematographer, Director

Born November 27, 1935 in Tampa, Florida, USA

Died April 7, 2013

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

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12 wins and 5 nominations

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Tattoo Uprising - Trailer

Filmography

Actor

17

Type

Year

Broadway Treasures Poster

Broadway Treasures Documentary2019

Tattoo Uprising Poster

Tattoo Uprising Documentary2019Self

Les Blank Documentary2016Self

Out in the Woods Video2016Self

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2014Self - Documentarian

Visualizing 'Delusion of the Fury' Documentary2012Self

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! Poster

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! Documentary2008Les

Doc Talk Poster

Doc Talk TV Series2006Self

Imagine TV Series2003Self

A Film és... I.-XIV Poster

A Film és... I.-XIV TV Series1995Self

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Poster

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Documentary1990Self

Sundance: A Matter of Process Feature Film1986Self

The New Cinema Documentary1984Self

Always for Pleasure Poster

Always for Pleasure Documentary1978Self

A Poem Is a Naked Person Poster

A Poem Is a Naked Person Documentary1974Self

Here Comes Everybody Poster

Here Comes Everybody Short Film1960

Running Around Like a Chicken with Its Head Cut Off Poster

Running Around Like a Chicken with Its Head Cut Off Short Film1960

Cinematographer

46

Type

Year

Motorcycle Moment Poster

Motorcycle Moment Short Film2025

Salvation Mountain - Leonard Knight Poster

Salvation Mountain - Leonard Knight Short Film2025

Tattoo Uprising Poster

Tattoo Uprising Documentary2019

Thailand Moment Poster

Thailand Moment Short Film2015

How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy Poster

How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy Documentary2014

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! Poster

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! Documentary2008

All in This Tea Poster

All in This Tea Documentary2006

Lagniappe Poster

Lagniappe Documentary2006

Smitten Documentary2005

The Maestro Rides Again! Poster

The Maestro Rides Again! Short Film2005

My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge Poster

My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge Documentary1995

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella Poster

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella Documentary1995

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists Poster

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists Documentary1995

Wild Wheels Poster

Wild Wheels Documentary1992

Innocents Abroad Poster

Innocents Abroad Documentary1991

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge Poster

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge Documentary1991

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Poster

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Documentary1990

I Went to the Dance Poster

I Went to the Dance Documentary1989

Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball Poster

Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball Documentary1988

Gap-Toothed Women Poster

Gap-Toothed Women Short Film1987

Huey Lewis and the News: Be-FORE! Poster

Huey Lewis and the News: Be-FORE! Short Film1987

Cigarette Blues Poster

Cigarette Blues Documentary1985

In Heaven There Is No Beer? Poster

In Heaven There Is No Beer? Documentary1984

Roots of Rhythm Poster

Roots of Rhythm TV Series1984

Sprout Wings and Fly Poster

Sprout Wings and Fly Documentary1983

Burden of Dreams Poster

Burden of Dreams Documentary1982

Stoney Knows How Poster

Stoney Knows How Short Film1981

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers Poster

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers Documentary1980

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Poster

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Documentary1980

Poto and Cabengo Poster

Poto and Cabengo Documentary1979

Always for Pleasure Poster

Always for Pleasure Documentary1978

Love It Like a Fool Poster

Love It Like a Fool Short Film1977

Chulas Fronteras Poster

Chulas Fronteras Documentary1976

A Poem Is a Naked Person Poster

A Poem Is a Naked Person Documentary1974

Dry Wood Poster

Dry Wood Documentary1973

Hot Pepper Poster

Hot Pepper Documentary1973

Spend It All Poster

Spend It All Documentary1972

A Well-Spent Life Poster

A Well-Spent Life Short Film1971

Chicken Real Poster

Chicken Real Short Film1970

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins Poster

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins Short Film1970

Lightnin' Les Poster

Lightnin' Les Documentary1969

Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin' Mill Is Burnin' Down Poster

Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin' Mill Is Burnin' Down Documentary1969

A Nation of Immigrants Documentary1967

Christopher Tree Poster

Christopher Tree Short Film1967

Dizzy Gillespie Poster

Dizzy Gillespie Documentary1965

Pleasure Faire Poster

Pleasure Faire Short Film1964

Director

45

Type

Year

Motorcycle Moment Poster

Motorcycle Moment Short Film2025

Thailand Moment Poster

Thailand Moment Short Film2015

How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy Poster

How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy Documentary2014

The Sun's Gonna Shine Poster

The Sun's Gonna Shine Short Film2014

Treasure of the Lisu Poster

Treasure of the Lisu Documentary2010

All in This Tea Poster

All in This Tea Documentary2006

Lagniappe Poster

Lagniappe Documentary2006

The Maestro Rides Again! Poster

The Maestro Rides Again! Short Film2005

My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge Poster

My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge Documentary1995

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella Poster

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella Documentary1995

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists Poster

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists Documentary1995

Innocents Abroad Poster

Innocents Abroad Documentary1991

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge Poster

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge Documentary1991

Marc and Ann Poster

Marc and Ann Documentary1991

Puamana Short Film1991

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Poster

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Documentary1990

I Went to the Dance Poster

I Went to the Dance Documentary1989

Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball Poster

Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball Documentary1988

Gap-Toothed Women Poster

Gap-Toothed Women Short Film1987

Huey Lewis and the News: Be-FORE! Poster

Huey Lewis and the News: Be-FORE! Short Film1987

Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart Poster

Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart Feature Film1987

Cigarette Blues Poster

Cigarette Blues Documentary1985

In Heaven There Is No Beer? Poster

In Heaven There Is No Beer? Documentary1984

Sprout Wings and Fly Poster

Sprout Wings and Fly Documentary1983

Burden of Dreams Poster

Burden of Dreams Documentary1982

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers Poster

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers Documentary1980

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Poster

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Documentary1980

Del mero corazón Poster

Del mero corazón Short Film1979

Always for Pleasure Poster

Always for Pleasure Documentary1978

Chulas Fronteras Poster

Chulas Fronteras Documentary1976

A Poem Is a Naked Person Poster

A Poem Is a Naked Person Documentary1974

Dry Wood Poster

Dry Wood Documentary1973

Hot Pepper Poster

Hot Pepper Documentary1973

Spend It All Poster

Spend It All Documentary1972

A Well-Spent Life Poster

A Well-Spent Life Short Film1971

Chicken Real Poster

Chicken Real Short Film1970

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins Poster

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins Short Film1970

Lightnin' Les Poster

Lightnin' Les Documentary1969

Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin' Mill Is Burnin' Down Poster

Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin' Mill Is Burnin' Down Documentary1969

Review TV Series1969

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Poster

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Short Film1968

Dizzy Gillespie Poster

Dizzy Gillespie Documentary1965

And Freedom Came?! Poster

And Freedom Came?! Short Film1962

Strike! Short Film1961

Running Around Like a Chicken with Its Head Cut Off Poster

Running Around Like a Chicken with Its Head Cut Off Short Film1960

Producer

19

Type

Year

Thailand Moment Poster

Thailand Moment Short Film2015

How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy Poster

How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy Documentary2014

White Gloves Poster

White Gloves Short Film2011

All in This Tea Poster

All in This Tea Documentary2006

The Maestro Rides Again! Poster

The Maestro Rides Again! Short Film2005

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella Poster

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella Documentary1995

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists Poster

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists Documentary1995

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Poster

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Documentary1990

Gap-Toothed Women Poster

Gap-Toothed Women Short Film1987

Huey Lewis and the News: Be-FORE! Poster

Huey Lewis and the News: Be-FORE! Short Film1987

In Heaven There Is No Beer? Poster

In Heaven There Is No Beer? Documentary1984

Burden of Dreams Poster

Burden of Dreams Documentary1982

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers Poster

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers Documentary1980

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Poster

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Documentary1980

Del mero corazón Poster

Del mero corazón Short Film1979

Always for Pleasure Poster

Always for Pleasure Documentary1978

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins Poster

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins Short Film1970

Lightnin' Les Poster

Lightnin' Les Documentary1969

Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin' Mill Is Burnin' Down Poster

Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin' Mill Is Burnin' Down Documentary1969

Camera and Electrical Department

12

Type

Year

Art Car: The Movie Poster

Art Car: The Movie Documentary2012

Automorphosis Poster

Automorphosis Documentary2009

My Best Fiend Poster

My Best Fiend Documentary1999

Little Dieter Needs to Fly Poster

Little Dieter Needs to Fly Documentary1997

Hole in the Soul Poster

Hole in the Soul Documentary1994

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Poster

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Documentary1991

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion Poster

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion Feature Film1971

Soul to Soul Poster

Soul to Soul Documentary1971

Easy Rider Poster

Easy Rider Feature Film1969

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Poster

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Short Film1968

The Arch Poster

The Arch Feature Film1968

A Nation of Immigrants Documentary1967

Editor

12

Type

Year

Lagniappe Poster

Lagniappe Documentary2006

Always for Pleasure Poster

Always for Pleasure Documentary1978

Chulas Fronteras Poster

Chulas Fronteras Documentary1976

A Poem Is a Naked Person Poster

A Poem Is a Naked Person Documentary1974

Dry Wood Poster

Dry Wood Documentary1973

Hot Pepper Poster

Hot Pepper Documentary1973

Spend It All Poster

Spend It All Documentary1972

A Well-Spent Life Poster

A Well-Spent Life Short Film1971

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion Poster

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion Feature Film1971

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Poster

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Short Film1968

The Arch Poster

The Arch Feature Film1968

Christopher Tree Poster

Christopher Tree Short Film1967

Thanks

6

Type

Year

Warriors of Joy Poster

Warriors of Joy Video2014

Bayou Maharajah Poster

Bayou Maharajah Documentary2013

Dreams and Burdens Poster

Dreams and Burdens Short Film2005

Fitzcarraldo Poster

Fitzcarraldo Feature Film1982

All You Need Is Love Poster

All You Need Is Love TV Series1977

Stroszek Poster

Stroszek Feature Film1977

Writer

5

Type

Year

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Poster

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana Documentary1990

Gap-Toothed Women Poster

Gap-Toothed Women Short Film1987

Del mero corazón Poster

Del mero corazón Short Film1979

A Poem Is a Naked Person Poster

A Poem Is a Naked Person Documentary1974

And Freedom Came?! Poster

And Freedom Came?! Short Film1962

Other Crew

2

Type

Year

Within Reach Poster

Within Reach Documentary2012

Dreams and Burdens Poster

Dreams and Burdens Short Film2005

Editorial Department

1

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella Poster

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella Documentary1995

Sound Department

1

The Maestro Rides Again! Poster

The Maestro Rides Again! Short Film2005

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