Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
BirthdayNovember 26, 1935 (89 years old)
Place of BirthTampa, Florida, USA
Les Blank
Biography
Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.
Known For
A Poem Is a Naked Person
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
Out in the Woods
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
Here Comes Everybody
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Screening Room
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
I Went to the Dance
Burden of Dreams
New Sounds in Music
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
Innocents Abroad
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
All In This Tea
I Went to the Dance
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
Hot Pepper
Always for Pleasure
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
A Well Spent Life
String Sounds
Gap-Toothed Women
Spend It All
Dry Wood
Cigarette Blues
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
Dizzy Gillespie
Sprout Wings and Fly
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
Chulas Fronteras
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
The Sun's Gonna Shine
Chicken Real
Innocents Abroad
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
Lightnin' Les
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
The Maestro Rides Again
Lagniappe
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
Gap-Toothed Women
A Poem Is a Naked Person
In the Land of the Owl Turds
Puamana
Marc and Ann
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
Chulas Fronteras
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
And Freedom Came?!
Strike!
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
Christopher Tree
Gap-Toothed Women
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
A Poem Is a Naked Person
A Poem Is a Naked Person
The Arch
Thailand Moment
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
Cigarette Blues
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
Tattoo Uprising
Sprout Wings and Fly
Poto and Cabengo
Seven Second Love Affair
Gap-Toothed Women
Lagniappe
Christopher Tree
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
Pleasure Faire
A Poem Is a Naked Person
The Ways of Water
Fitzcarraldo
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Hole in the Soul
The Ways of Water
Spend It All
Spend It All
Always for Pleasure
Always for Pleasure
Always for Pleasure
Treasure of the Lisu
Treasure of the Lisu
A Well Spent Life
A Well Spent Life