Les Blank

Biography

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

Birthday

Nov 27, 1935

Place of birth

Tampa, Florida, USA

Deathday

Apr 7, 2013

Also known as

Leslie Harrod Blank Jr.

Homepage

https://lesblank.com

Credited in

As cast

A Poem Is a Naked Person
As Self
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
As Self
Out in the Woods
No picture available
As Self
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
As Self
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
As
Here Comes Everybody
As
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
As Self

As crew

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