Directing
Born November 27, 1935 — died April 7, 2013 · Tampa, Florida, USA
Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.
Fitzcarraldo
1982 · Thanks
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 · Camera Operator
Burden of Dreams
1982 · Director
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1988 · Director
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980 · Director
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968 · Director
Always for Pleasure
1978 · Director
Gap-Toothed Women
1987 · Director
The Arch
1969 · Editor
A Well Spent Life
1971 · Director
Sprout Wings and Fly
1983 · Director
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
Motorcycle Moment
2025 · Director
Thailand Moment
2015 · Director
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2014 · Director
All In This Tea
2007 · Director
Lagniappe
2006 · Director
The Maestro Rides Again!
2005 · Director
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
1995 · Director
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
1994 · Director
Innocents Abroad
1991 · Director
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
Puamana
Marc and Ann
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
1990 · Director
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
Point of View
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
Cigarette Blues
1985 · Director
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
1984 · Director
Tattoo Uprising
2019 · Director of Photography
Hole in the Soul
1994 · Camera Operator
I Went to the Dance
1989 · Director of Photography
Poto and Cabengo
1980 · Director of Photography
Del mero corazón
1979 · Director of Photography
String Sounds
1969 · "B" Camera Operator
New Sounds in Music
1968 · Camera Operator
Seven Second Love Affair
1965 · Director of Photography
Pleasure Faire
1964 · Director of Photography
Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
1971 · Editor
Christopher Tree
1967 · Editor
In the Land of the Owl Turds
1987 · Producer
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
Out in the Woods
2016 · Self
2014 · Self
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
2008 · Self
1985 · Self
A Poem Is a Naked Person
1974 · Self
Screening Room
1972 · Himself
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
1960
Here Comes Everybody
