Les Blank

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1935-11-27

Deathday 2013-04-07 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Tampa, Florida, USA

Also Known As Leslie Harrod Blank Jr.

Les Blank

Biography

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

Known For

Director

2015
Thailand Moment

as Director

2007
All In This Tea

as Director

2006
Lagniappe

as Director

2005
1991
Innocents Abroad

as Director

1991
Puamana

as Director

1991
Marc and Ann

as Director

1989
1987
Gap-Toothed Women

as Director

1985
Cigarette Blues

as Director

1983
1982
Burden of Dreams

as Director

1979
Del mero corazón

as Director

1978
1976
Chulas Fronteras

as Director

1974
1973
Hot Pepper

as Director

1973
Dry Wood

as Director

1972
Spend It All

as Director

1971
A Well Spent Life

as Director

1971
The Ways of Water

as Director

1970
Chicken Real

as Director

1969
1968
Lightnin' Les

as Director

1964
Dizzy Gillespie

as Director

1962
Softball Umpire

as Director

1962
And Freedom Came?!

as Director

1961
Strike!

as Director

Camera

2019
Tattoo Uprising

as Director of Photography

2006
Lagniappe

as Director of Photography

1995
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

as Director of Photography

1994
Hole in the Soul

as Camera Operator

1989
I Went to the Dance

as Director of Photography

1987
Gap-Toothed Women

as Director of Photography

1985
Cigarette Blues

as Camera Operator

1984
In Heaven There Is No Beer?

as Director of Photography

1983
Sprout Wings and Fly

as Director of Photography

1982
Burden of Dreams

as Director of Photography

1980
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

as Director of Photography

1980
Poto and Cabengo

as Director of Photography

1979
Del mero corazón

as Director of Photography

1978
Always for Pleasure

as Director of Photography

1974
A Poem Is a Naked Person

as Director of Photography

1969
String Sounds

as "B" Camera Operator

1968
New Sounds in Music

as Camera Operator

1968
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

as Director of Photography

1967
Christopher Tree

as Director of Photography

1965
Seven Second Love Affair

as Director of Photography

1964
Pleasure Faire

as Director of Photography

Editor

2010
1979
Del mero corazón

as Additional Editor

1978
1976
1972
Spend It All

as Editor

1969
The Arch

as Editor

1967

Crew

1991
Innocents Abroad

as Cinematography

1982
Fitzcarraldo

as Thanks

1980
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

as Cinematography

1972
Spend It All

as Cinematography

1971
The Ways of Water

as Cinematography

Writer

2010
Treasure of the Lisu

as Story Consultant

1987