Caleb Deschanel

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1944-09-21 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As Joseph Caleb Deschanel

Caleb Deschanel

Biography

Caleb Deschanel is an American film cinematographer and film/television director. He has been nominated for six Academy Awards, each time in the field of cinematography. The first nomination came in 1983 for the film The Right Stuff. His second was in 1984 for The Natural, the third in 1996 for Fly Away Home, the fourth in 2000 for The Patriot, the fifth for The Passion of the Christ (2004), and the sixth for Never Look Away (2018). He is the father of actresses Emily Deschanel and Zooey Deschanel.

Known For

Camera

Wildwood

as Director of Photography

2019
Ad Astra

as Additional Photography

2019
The Lion King

as Director of Photography

2018
Never Look Away

as Director of Photography

2017
Unforgettable

as Director of Photography

2016
Rules Don't Apply

as Director of Photography

2014
Winter's Tale

as Director of Photography

2013
Gangster Squad

as Additional Photography

2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

as Director of Photography

2012
Killer Joe

as Director of Photography

2012
Jack Reacher

as Director of Photography

2011
Dream House

as Director of Photography

2009
My Sister's Keeper

as Director of Photography

2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Director of Photography

2008
Killshot

as Director of Photography

2006
Ask the Dust

as Director of Photography

2004
The Passion of the Christ

as Director of Photography

2004
National Treasure

as Director of Photography

2003
The Hunted

as Director of Photography

2003
Timeline

as Director of Photography

2000
The Patriot

as Director of Photography

1999
Anna and the King

as Director of Photography

1999
Message in a Bottle

as Director of Photography

1998
Hope Floats

as Director of Photography

1997
Titanic

as Additional Photography

1996
Fly Away Home

as Director of Photography

1994
It Could Happen to You

as Director of Photography

1985
The Slugger's Wife

as Director of Photography

1984
The Natural

as Director of Photography

1983
The Right Stuff

as Director of Photography

1983
The Black Stallion Returns

as Additional Photography

1982
Let's Spend the Night Together

as Director of Photography

1979
Being There

as Director of Photography

1979
More American Graffiti

as Director of Photography

1979
The Black Stallion

as Director of Photography

1974
A Woman Under the Influence

as Additional Photography

1971
THX 1138

as Additional Photography

1969
Rodeo

as Director of Photography

1969
Lanton Mills

as Director of Photography

Director

2006
Conviction

as Director

2005
Bones

as Director

1990
Twin Peaks

as Director

1988
Crusoe

as Director

1982
The Escape Artist

as Director

1976
Trains

as Director

Writer

1976
Trains

as Writer