Les Blank
🎬 Director

Les Blank

🎂 Born 27 November 1935 (age 77)7 April 2013📍 Tampa, Florida, USA
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Acting Credits
45
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Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.

Known For

Directed Films(45)

Burden of Dreams
7.6
Burden of Dreams
1982
Director
Motorcycle Moment
Motorcycle Moment
2025
Director
Chicken Real
7.0
Chicken Real
1970
Director
Chulas Fronteras
6.8
Chulas Fronteras
1976
Director
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
6.9
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1988
Director
Lagniappe
4.2
Lagniappe
2006
Director
Hot Pepper
6.8
Hot Pepper
1973
Director
All In This Tea
7.4
All In This Tea
2007
Director
A Poem Is a Naked Person
7.8
A Poem Is a Naked Person
1974
Director
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
7.5
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980
Director
Always for Pleasure
7.4
Always for Pleasure
1978
Director
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
6.5
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
1984
Director
Gap-Toothed Women
7.1
Gap-Toothed Women
1987
Director
Sprout Wings and Fly
6.1
Sprout Wings and Fly
1983
Director
Softball Umpire
Softball Umpire
1962
Director
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
8.0
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
1969
Director
Puamana
7.0
Puamana
1991
Director
A Well Spent Life
6.7
A Well Spent Life
1971
Director
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
4.8
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2014
Director
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
10.0
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
1987
Director
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
5.5
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
1994
Director
I Went to the Dance
7.7
I Went to the Dance
1989
Director
Innocents Abroad
8.0
Innocents Abroad
1991
Director
Spend It All
7.0
Spend It All
1972
Director
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
Director
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
6.0
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
1987
Director
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
6.1
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
1995
Director
Dry Wood
6.5
Dry Wood
1973
Director
The Sun's Gonna Shine
6.9
The Sun's Gonna Shine
1969
Director
Lightnin' Les
5.0
Lightnin' Les
1968
Director
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
6.8
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
1990
Director
The Ways of Water
The Ways of Water
1971
Director
Cigarette Blues
6.5
Cigarette Blues
1985
Director
The Maestro Rides Again!
4.8
The Maestro Rides Again!
2005
Director
Thailand Moment
2.0
Thailand Moment
2015
Director
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
9.5
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
1988
Director
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
5.6
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
1968
Director
Strike!
Strike!
1961
Director
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
7.9
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968
Director
Dizzy Gillespie
7.0
Dizzy Gillespie
1964
Director
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
5.9
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
1991
Director
Marc and Ann
6.0
Marc and Ann
1991
Director
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
5.3
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
1960
Director
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
6.1
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
1995
Director
And Freedom Came?!
And Freedom Came?!
1962
Director

Full Filmography(6 films)

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