Les Blank

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

Known For

Directing

Born

November 27, 1935

Place of Birth

Tampa, Florida, USA

Died

April 7, 2013 age 77

1974

A Poem Is a Naked Person

2014

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

2016

Out in the Woods

2008

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

1960

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

1960

Here Comes Everybody

1985

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

2023

Screening Room

1991

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1962

Softball Umpire

1989

I Went to the Dance

1979

Del mero corazón

1982

Burden of Dreams

1968

New Sounds in Music

1984

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

1991

Innocents Abroad

1987

Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

1980

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

2007

All In This Tea

1989

I Went to the Dance

1995

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

1973

Hot Pepper

1978

Always for Pleasure

1980

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

1971

A Well Spent Life

1969

String Sounds

1987

Gap-Toothed Women

1972

Spend It All

1973

Dry Wood

1985

Cigarette Blues

1968

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

1964

Dizzy Gillespie

1983

Sprout Wings and Fly

1995

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

1976

Chulas Fronteras

1968

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

1969

The Sun's Gonna Shine

1970

Chicken Real

1991

Innocents Abroad

2014

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

1990

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

1982

Burden of Dreams

1982

Burden of Dreams

1968

Lightnin' Les

1994

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

1969

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

2005

The Maestro Rides Again

2006

Lagniappe

1991

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

1995

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

1995

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

1987

Gap-Toothed Women

1974

A Poem Is a Naked Person

1987

In the Land of the Owl Turds

1991

Puamana

1991

Marc and Ann

1984

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

1984

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

1969

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

1969

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

1976

Chulas Fronteras

1960

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

1962

And Freedom Came?!

1961

Strike!

1979

Del mero corazón

1987

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

1987

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

1967

Christopher Tree

1987

Gap-Toothed Women

1980

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

1980

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

1979

Del mero corazón

1974

A Poem Is a Naked Person

1974

A Poem Is a Naked Person

1969

The Arch

2015

Thailand Moment

1988

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

1985

Cigarette Blues

1985

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

1971

Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

2019

Tattoo Uprising

1983

Sprout Wings and Fly

1980

Poto and Cabengo

1965

Seven Second Love Affair

1987

Gap-Toothed Women

2006

Lagniappe

1967

Christopher Tree

1988

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

1964

Pleasure Faire

1974

A Poem Is a Naked Person

1971

The Ways of Water

1982

Fitzcarraldo

1968

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

1968

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

1980

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

1980

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

1994

Hole in the Soul

1971

The Ways of Water

1972

Spend It All

1972

Spend It All

1978

Always for Pleasure

1978

Always for Pleasure

1978

Always for Pleasure

2010

Treasure of the Lisu

2010

Treasure of the Lisu

1971

A Well Spent Life

1971

A Well Spent Life

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