Birthday

1935-11-27

Died

2013-04-07

Birthplace

Tampa, Florida, USA

Gender

Male

Known For

Directing

Les Blank

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

Acting Credits

A Poem Is a Naked Person

Self

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

Self

Out in the Woods

Self

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

Self

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

Here Comes Everybody

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

Self

Screening Room

Himself

Film Credits

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Camera Operator

Softball Umpire

Director

I Went to the Dance

Director of Photography

Del mero corazón

Director of Photography

Burden of Dreams

Director

New Sounds in Music

Camera Operator

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

Director

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Director

I Went to the Dance

Director

Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

Director

Innocents Abroad

Director

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

Director

All In This Tea

Director

Hot Pepper

Director

Always for Pleasure

Director

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Director

A Well Spent Life

Director

String Sounds

"B" Camera Operator

Gap-Toothed Women

Director

Spend It All

Director

Dry Wood

Director

Cigarette Blues

Director

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

Director

Dizzy Gillespie

Director

Sprout Wings and Fly

Director

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

Director

Chulas Fronteras

Director

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

Director

The Sun's Gonna Shine

Director

Chicken Real

Director

Innocents Abroad

Cinematography

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

Burden of Dreams

Producer

Burden of Dreams

Director of Photography

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

Director

Lagniappe

Director

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

Director

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

Director

The Maestro Rides Again

Director

Lightnin' Les

Director

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

Director of Photography

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

Producer

Gap-Toothed Women

Writer