Les Blank

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

Crew

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