Caleb Deschanel
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Biography
Caleb Deschanel is an American film cinematographer and film/television director. He has been nominated for six Academy Awards, each time in the field of cinematography. The first nomination came in 1983 for the film The Right Stuff. His second was in 1984 for The Natural, the third in 1996 for Fly Away Home, the fourth in 2000 for The Patriot, the fifth for The Passion of the Christ (2004), and the sixth for Never Look Away (2018).
He is the father of actresses Emily Deschanel and Zooey Deschanel.
As actor 17
These Amazing Shadows
2011
Fog City Mavericks
2007
Visions of Light
1992
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Hal
2019
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
Shadows of Suspense
2006
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
2016
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012
Cinematographer Style
2006
On the crew 50
Bones
2005
The Godfather
1972
Twin Peaks
1990
Titanic
1997
Apocalypse Now
1979
Jack Reacher
2012
The Passion of the Christ
2004
The Lion King
2019
The Patriot
2000
National Treasure
2004
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
The Hunted
2003
Conviction
2006
Timeline
2003
Gangster Squad
2013
Ad Astra
2019
The Natural
1984
Wildwood
2026
Winter's Tale
2014
Hope Floats
1998
Anna and the King
1999
My Sister's Keeper
2009
It Could Happen to You
1994
Killer Joe
2012
Dream House
2011
The Right Stuff
1983
Fly Away Home
1996
Message in a Bottle
1999
Unforgettable
2017
Never Look Away
2018
Killshot
2008
The Black Stallion
1979
THX 1138
1971
Being There
1979
Rules Don't Apply
2016
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
More American Graffiti
1979
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
Ask the Dust
2006
Crusoe
1989
The Black Stallion Returns
1983
The Slugger's Wife
1985
Let's Spend the Night Together
1982
The Escape Artist
1982
Rodeo
1969
Lanton Mills
1969
The Hello Machine
1974
Trains
1976