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Les Blank

Les Blank

DirectingBorn 1935-11-27Died 2013-04-07 (77)Tampa, Florida, USA

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

Known For

A Poem Is a Naked Person

A Poem Is a Naked Person

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

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

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

Here Comes Everybody

Here Comes Everybody

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

Screening Room

Screening Room

Filmography

63 credits

Motorcycle Moment

Motorcycle Moment

Tattoo Uprising

Tattoo Uprising

Thailand Moment

Thailand Moment

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

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

Treasure of the Lisu

Treasure of the Lisu

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

All In This Tea

All In This Tea

Lagniappe

Lagniappe

The Maestro Rides Again!

The Maestro Rides Again!

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

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

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

Hole in the Soul

Hole in the Soul

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Innocents Abroad

Innocents Abroad

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

Puamana

Puamana

Marc and Ann

Marc and Ann

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana

I Went to the Dance

I Went to the Dance

POV

POV

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

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

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

Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

In the Land of the Owl Turds

In the Land of the Owl Turds

Gap-Toothed Women

Gap-Toothed Women

Cigarette Blues

Cigarette Blues

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

Sprout Wings and Fly

Sprout Wings and Fly

Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Poto and Cabengo

Poto and Cabengo

Always for Pleasure

Always for Pleasure

Chulas Fronteras

Chulas Fronteras

A Poem Is a Naked Person

A Poem Is a Naked Person

Hot Pepper

Hot Pepper

Dry Wood

Dry Wood

Screening Room

Screening Room

Spend It All

Spend It All

A Well Spent Life

A Well Spent Life

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

The Ways of Water

The Ways of Water

Chicken Real

Chicken Real

The Arch

The Arch

The Sun's Gonna Shine

The Sun's Gonna Shine

String Sounds

String Sounds

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

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

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

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

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

New Sounds in Music

New Sounds in Music

Lightnin' Les

Lightnin' Les

Christopher Tree

Christopher Tree

Seven Second Love Affair

Seven Second Love Affair

Pleasure Faire

Pleasure Faire

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Softball Umpire

Softball Umpire

And Freedom Came?!

And Freedom Came?!

Strike!

Strike!

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

Here Comes Everybody

Here Comes Everybody

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