Les Blank

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

Crew

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)

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

(Director)

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

(Director)

Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

(Director)

I Went to the Dance

(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 Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana

(Director)

Burden of Dreams

(Producer)

Burden of Dreams

(Director of Photography)

Lightnin' Les

(Director)

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)

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

(Director of Photography)

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

(Producer)

Gap-Toothed Women

(Writer)

A Poem Is a Naked Person

(Director)

In the Land of the Owl Turds

(Producer)

Puamana

(Director)

Marc and Ann

(Director)

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

(Director of Photography)

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

(Producer)

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

(Producer)

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

(Director of Photography)

Chulas Fronteras

(Editor)

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

(Director)

Strike!

(Director)

And Freedom Came?!

(Director)

Del mero corazón

(Director)

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

(Director)

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

(Producer)

Christopher Tree

(Editor)

Gap-Toothed Women

(Producer)

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

(Director of Photography)

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

(Producer)

Del mero corazón

(Additional Editor)

A Poem Is a Naked Person

(Writer)

A Poem Is a Naked Person

(Editor)

The Arch

(Editor)

Thailand Moment

(Director)

Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball

(Director)

Cigarette Blues

(Camera Operator)

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

(Director)

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

(Editor)

Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball

(Director of Photography)

Pleasure Faire

(Director of Photography)

Seven Second Love Affair

(Director of Photography)

Christopher Tree

(Director of Photography)

A Poem Is a Naked Person

(Director of Photography)

Poto and Cabengo

(Director of Photography)

Sprout Wings and Fly

(Director of Photography)

Gap-Toothed Women

(Director of Photography)

Lagniappe

(Director of Photography)

Tattoo Uprising

(Director of Photography)

The Ways of Water

(Director)

Fitzcarraldo

(Thanks)

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

(Producer)

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

(Director of Photography)

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

(Producer)

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

(Cinematography)

Hole in the Soul

(Camera Operator)

The Ways of Water

(Cinematography)

Spend It All

(Cinematography)

Spend It All

(Editor)

Always for Pleasure

(Producer)

Always for Pleasure

(Editor)

Always for Pleasure

(Director of Photography)

Treasure of the Lisu

(Story Consultant)

Treasure of the Lisu

(Editor)