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Les Blank

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American documentary filmmaker

United StatesDirectorsLived 1935 to 2013 · aged 77
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Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.

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Blank in Delacroix, Louisiana, in 1981Blank in Delacroix, Louisiana, in 1981

Filmography 40

Burden of Dreams1982 · ★ 7.6
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe1988 · ★ 7.0
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers1980
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins1968
Gap-Toothed Women1987
Always for Pleasure1978
A Well Spent Life1971
Hot Pepper1973
Sprout Wings and Fly1983
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance1968
Chulas Fronteras1976
Dry Wood1973
In Heaven There Is No Beer?1984
A Poem Is a Naked Person1974
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana1990
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella1995
Spend It All1972
The Sun's Gonna Shine1969
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists1995
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge1994
I Went to the Dance1989
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge1991
Lagniappe2006
Dizzy Gillespie1964
All In This Tea2007
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!1987
Del mero corazón1979
The Maestro Rides Again!2005
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy2014
Cigarette Blues1985
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off1960
Innocents Abroad1991
Marc and Ann1991
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball1988
Chicken Real1970
Puamana1991
Lightnin' Les1968
Strike!1961
Thailand Moment2015
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart1987

112 credits on file

Television 2

Point of View1988
Screening Room1972

Awards 2

1990Maya Deren Award
Guggenheim Fellowship

Connected to Les 6

Leon RussellAlso in A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974)Jason RobardsAlso in Burden of Dreams (1982)Lightnin' HopkinsAlso in The Sun's Gonna Shine (1969)Van Dyke ParksAlso in Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball (1988)Alice WatersAlso in Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1988)Chris SimonAlso in The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1995)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1935 to 2013 · aged 77
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