Les Blank
(1935 - 2013)

Known For Directing

Les Blank's poster

Biography

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

Personal details

Gender

Male

Born

1935-11-27

Died

2013-04-07 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Tampa, Florida, USA

Official site

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Les Blank's poster

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Known For

Credits

Actor

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Out in the Woods's poster

Out in the Woods

How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy's poster

How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!'s poster

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)'s poster

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

A Poem Is a Naked Person's poster

A Poem Is a Naked Person

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off's poster

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

Here Comes Everybody's poster

Here Comes Everybody

"B" Camera Operator

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String Sounds's poster

Camera Operator

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Hole in the Soul's poster

Hole in the Soul

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse's poster

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

New Sounds in Music's poster

New Sounds in Music

Director

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Motorcycle Moment's poster

Motorcycle Moment

Thailand Moment's poster

Thailand Moment

How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy's poster

How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy

All In This Tea's poster

All In This Tea

Lagniappe's poster

The Maestro Rides Again!'s poster

The Maestro Rides Again!

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists's poster

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella's poster

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge's poster

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

Innocents Abroad's poster

Innocents Abroad

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge's poster

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

Puamana's poster

Marc and Ann's poster

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana's poster

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

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe's poster

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

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

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

Živeli! Medicine for the Heart's poster

Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!'s poster

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

Gap-Toothed Women's poster

Gap-Toothed Women

Cigarette Blues's poster

Cigarette Blues

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)'s poster

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

In Heaven There Is No Beer?'s poster

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

Sprout Wings and Fly's poster

Sprout Wings and Fly

Burden of Dreams's poster

Burden of Dreams

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers's poster

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Always for Pleasure's poster

Always for Pleasure

Chulas Fronteras's poster

Chulas Fronteras

A Poem Is a Naked Person's poster

A Poem Is a Naked Person

Hot Pepper's poster

Dry Wood's poster

Spend It All's poster

A Well Spent Life's poster

A Well Spent Life

The Ways of Water's poster

The Ways of Water

Chicken Real's poster

The Sun's Gonna Shine's poster

The Sun's Gonna Shine

Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down's poster

Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins's poster

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance's poster

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

Lightnin' Les's poster

Dizzy Gillespie's poster

Dizzy Gillespie

Softball Umpire's poster

Softball Umpire

And Freedom Came?!'s poster

And Freedom Came?!

Strike!'s poster

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off's poster

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A Turnip's poster

You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A Turnip

Director of Photography

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Tattoo Uprising's poster

Tattoo Uprising

I Went to the Dance's poster

I Went to the Dance

Poto and Cabengo's poster

Poto and Cabengo

Del mero corazón's poster

Del mero corazón

Seven Second Love Affair's poster

Seven Second Love Affair

Pleasure Faire's poster

Editor

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Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion's poster

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

The Arch's poster

Christopher Tree's poster

Christopher Tree

Producer

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In the Land of the Owl Turds's poster

In the Land of the Owl Turds

Story Consultant

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Treasure of the Lisu's poster

Treasure of the Lisu

Thanks

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Fitzcarraldo's poster