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Les Blank

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

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Directing

1960

[ ] Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off (Director)

1961

[ ] Strike! (Director)

1962

[ ] Softball Umpire (Director)
[ ] And Freedom Came?! (Director)

1965

[ ] Dizzy Gillespie (Director)

1968

[ ] The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (Director)
[ ] God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance (Director)
[ ] Lightnin' Les (Director)

1969

[ ] The Sun's Gonna Shine (Director)
[ ] Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down (Director)

1970

[ ] Chicken Real (Director)

1971

[ ] A Well Spent Life (Director)
[ ] The Ways of Water (Director)

1972

[ ] Spend It All (Director)

1973

[ ] Hot Pepper (Director)
[ ] Dry Wood (Director)

1974

[ ] A Poem Is a Naked Person (Director)

1976

[ ] Chulas Fronteras (Director)

1978

[ ] Always for Pleasure (Director)

1979

[ ] Del mero corazón (Director)

1980

[ ] Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Director)

1982

[ W ] Burden of Dreams (Director)

1983

[ ] Sprout Wings and Fly (Director)

1984

[ ] In Heaven There Is No Beer? (Director)

1985

[ ] Cigarette Blues (Director)
[ ] Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) (Director)

1987

[ ] Živeli! Medicine for the Heart (Director)
[ ] Gap-Toothed Women (Director)
[ ] Huey Lewis and the News: Before! (Director)

1988

[ ] Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Director)
[ ] Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball (Director)

1989

[ ] I Went to the Dance (Director)

1990

[ ] Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana (Director)

1991

[ ] Innocents Abroad (Director)
[ ] Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge (Director)
[ ] Puamana (Director)
[ ] Marc and Ann (Director)

1994

[ ] My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge (Director)

1995

[ ] The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (Director)
[ ] Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (Director)

2005

[ ] The Maestro Rides Again! (Director)

2006

[ ] Lagniappe (Director)

2007

[ ] All In This Tea (Director)

2014

[ ] How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy (Director)

2015

[ ] Thailand Moment (Director)

2025

[ ] Motorcycle Moment (Director)

????

[ ] You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A Turnip (Director)

Camera

1964

[ ] Pleasure Faire (Director of Photography)

1965

[ ] Seven Second Love Affair (Director of Photography)

1967

[ ] Christopher Tree (Director of Photography)

1968

[ ] New Sounds in Music (Camera Operator)
[ ] The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (Director of Photography)

1969

[ ] String Sounds ("B" Camera Operator)
[ ] Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down (Director of Photography)

1974

[ ] A Poem Is a Naked Person (Director of Photography)

1978

[ ] Always for Pleasure (Director of Photography)

1979

[ ] Del mero corazón (Director of Photography)

1980

[ ] Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Director of Photography)
[ ] Poto and Cabengo (Director of Photography)

1982

[ W ] Burden of Dreams (Director of Photography)

1983

[ ] Sprout Wings and Fly (Director of Photography)

1984

[ ] In Heaven There Is No Beer? (Director of Photography)

1985

[ ] Cigarette Blues (Camera Operator)

1987

[ ] Gap-Toothed Women (Director of Photography)

1988

[ ] Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball (Director of Photography)

1989

[ ] I Went to the Dance (Director of Photography)

1991

[ ] Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Camera Operator)

1994

[ ] Hole in the Soul (Camera Operator)

1995

[ ] The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (Director of Photography)

2006

[ ] Lagniappe (Director of Photography)

2019

[ ] Tattoo Uprising (Director of Photography)

Crew

1971

[ ] The Ways of Water (Cinematography)
[ ] A Well Spent Life (Cinematography)

1972

[ ] Spend It All (Cinematography)

1982

[ ] Fitzcarraldo (Thanks)

1988

[ ] Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Cinematography)

1991

[ ] Innocents Abroad (Cinematography)
[ ] Puamana (Cinematography)

Production

1968

[ ] The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (Producer)

1969

[ ] Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down (Producer)

1978

[ ] Always for Pleasure (Producer)

1980

[ ] Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Producer)

1982

[ W ] Burden of Dreams (Producer)

1984

[ ] In Heaven There Is No Beer? (Producer)

1987

[ ] In the Land of the Owl Turds (Producer)
[ ] Huey Lewis and the News: Before! (Producer)
[ ] Gap-Toothed Women (Producer)

1988

[ ] Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Producer)

1995

[ ] The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (Producer)

Writing

1974

[ ] A Poem Is a Naked Person (Writer)

1987

[ ] Gap-Toothed Women (Writer)

2010

[ ] Treasure of the Lisu (Story Consultant)

Editing

1967

[ ] Christopher Tree (Editor)

1969

[ ] The Arch (Editor)

1971

[ ] Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion (Editor)
[ ] A Well Spent Life (Editor)

1972

[ ] Spend It All (Editor)

1974

[ ] A Poem Is a Naked Person (Editor)

1976

[ ] Chulas Fronteras (Editor)

1978

[ ] Always for Pleasure (Editor)

1979

[ ] Del mero corazón (Additional Editor)

2010

[ ] Treasure of the Lisu (Editor)

Actor

1960

[ ] Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off (????)
[ ] Here Comes Everybody (????)

1974

[ ] A Poem Is a Naked Person (Self)

1985

[ ] Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) (Self)

2008

[ ] Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! (Self)

2014

[ ] How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy (Self)

2016

[ ] Out in the Woods (Self)