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Les Blank

DIRECTOR · FROM TAMPA, USA

Les Blank

1935–201350 credits since 19601 coming up

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In the pictureBurden of Dreams

ABOUT LES

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

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born27 November 1935

Died7 April 2013

BirthplaceTampa, USA

Known forDirecting

On Cineora15 of 49 titles

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Known for

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Burden of Dreams poster

Movie

Burden of Dreams

1982IMDb7.9

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe poster

Movie

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

1980IMDb7.2

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers poster

Movie

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

1980IMDb7.3

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins poster

Movie

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

1968IMDb7.7

Always for Pleasure poster

Movie

Always for Pleasure

1978IMDb7.4

A Well Spent Life poster

Movie

A Well Spent Life

1971IMDb7.4

Gap-Toothed Women poster

Movie

Gap-Toothed Women

1987IMDb7.1

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

Movie

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

1968IMDb6.4

In Heaven There Is No Beer? poster

Movie

In Heaven There Is No Beer?

1984IMDb7.0

Hot Pepper poster

Movie

1973IMDb6.8

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

Movie

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

1990IMDb7.3

Dry Wood poster

Movie

1973IMDb6.7

Coming up

What Les is working on next.

You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A TurnipDirectorDate to be announced

Career

IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 15
Average IMDb: 7.2
Highest rated: POVIMDb 8.1
Working since: 1960

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

50 credits

The 2020s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Motorcycle Moment

2025

Director

The 2010s

2 titles

Not on Cineora

Thailand Moment

2015

Director

Not on Cineora

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

2014

Director

The 2000s

3 titles

Not on Cineora

All In This Tea

2007

Director

Not on Cineora

Lagniappe

2006

Director

Not on Cineora

The Maestro Rides Again!

2005

Director

The 1990s

8 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average

Not on Cineora

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

1995

Director · Producer

Not on Cineora

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

1995

Director

Not on Cineora

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

1994

Director

Not on Cineora

Innocents Abroad

1991

Director

Not on Cineora

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

1991

Director

Not on Cineora

Puamana

1991

Director

Not on Cineora

Marc and Ann

1991

Director

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

Movie

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

1990IMDb7.3

Director

The 1980s

14 titles · IMDb 7.4 on average

Not on Cineora

I Went to the Dance

1989

Director

POV poster

Series

1988–IMDb8.1

Director · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

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

1988

Director

Not on Cineora

Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

1987

Director

Not on Cineora

Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

1987

Director · Producer

Not on Cineora

In the Land of the Owl Turds

1987

Producer

Gap-Toothed Women poster

Movie

Gap-Toothed Women

1987IMDb7.1

Director · Writer · Producer

Not on Cineora

Cigarette Blues

1985

Director

The 1970s

10 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

Del mero corazón

Not on Cineora

Del mero corazón

1979

Director

Always for Pleasure poster

Movie

Always for Pleasure

1978IMDb7.4

Director · Producer

Chulas Fronteras poster

Movie

Chulas Fronteras

1976IMDb7.4

Director

Not on Cineora

A Poem Is a Naked Person

1974

Director · Writer

Hot Pepper poster

Movie

1973IMDb6.8

Director

Dry Wood poster

Movie

1973IMDb6.7

Director

Not on Cineora

Spend It All

1972

Director

A Well Spent Life poster

Movie

A Well Spent Life

1971IMDb7.4

Director

The 1960s

10 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

Not on Cineora

The Sun's Gonna Shine

1969

Director

Not on Cineora

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

1969

Director · Producer

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins poster

Movie

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

1968IMDb7.7

Director · Producer

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

Movie

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

1968IMDb6.4

Director

Not on Cineora

Lightnin' Les

1968

Director

Not on Cineora

Dizzy Gillespie

1964

Director

Not on Cineora

Softball Umpire

1962

Director

Not on Cineora

And Freedom Came?!

1962

Director

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Les’s titles.

Werner HerzogFitzcarraldo, Burden of Dreams and 2 more

Maureen GoslingDirector · In Heaven There Is No Beer?, Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana and 1 more

Michael GoodwinBurden of Dreams, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe and 1 more

Skip GersonDirector · The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins, A Well Spent Life and 1 more

Claudia CardinaleFitzcarraldo and Burden of Dreams

Klaus KinskiFitzcarraldo and Burden of Dreams

Miguel Ángel FuentesFitzcarraldo and Burden of Dreams

Alice WatersWerner Herzog Eats His Shoe and Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Mance LipscombThe Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins and A Well Spent Life

David Pérez EspinosaFitzcarraldo and Burden of Dreams