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Les Blank

Les Blank

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

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Known For

  • Softball Umpire
  • Burden of Dreams
  • Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
  • In Heaven There Is No Beer?
  • Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
  • I Went to the Dance
  • Innocents Abroad
  • The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
  • All In This Tea
  • Hot Pepper
  • Always for Pleasure
  • Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
  • A Well Spent Life
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lightnin' Les
  • Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
  • Lagniappe
  • Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
  • My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
  • The Maestro Rides Again
  • A Poem Is a Naked Person
  • Puamana
  • Marc and Ann
  • Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
  • Strike!
  • And Freedom Came?!
  • Del mero corazón
  • Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
  • Thailand Moment
  • Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
  • Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
  • The Ways of Water