Les Blank

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

