Les Blank
Directing
Biography
Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.
As actor 8
Screening Room
1972
A Poem Is a Naked Person
1974
Here Comes Everybody
1960
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
2008
Out in the Woods
2016
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2014
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
1960
On the crew 63
POV
1988
Fitzcarraldo
1982
Lagniappe
2006
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
Burden of Dreams
1982
Chulas Fronteras
1976
Innocents Abroad
1991
Motorcycle Moment
2025
Dry Wood
1973
Hot Pepper
1973
Tattoo Uprising
2019
Dizzy Gillespie
1964
The Arch
1969
Seven Second Love Affair
1965
Puamana
1991
Hole in the Soul
1994
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1988
Christopher Tree
1967
Pleasure Faire
1964
Spend It All
1972
Poto and Cabengo
1980
Gap-Toothed Women
1987
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
1987
Lightnin' Les
1968
A Well Spent Life
1971
Thailand Moment
2015
A Poem Is a Naked Person
1974
String Sounds
1969
Playboy: Farmers' Daughters
1986
Chicken Real
1970
Strike!
1961
Softball Umpire
1962
Del mero corazón
1979
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
1995
Always for Pleasure
1978
All In This Tea
2007
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
1969
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
1984
Sprout Wings and Fly
1983
New Sounds in Music
1968
In the Land of the Owl Turds
1987
The Maestro Rides Again!
2005
The Sun's Gonna Shine
1969
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
1968
Treasure of the Lisu
2010
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
1991
You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A Turnip
And Freedom Came?!
1962
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
1995
The Ways of Water
1971
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
1987
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2014
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
1988
I Went to the Dance
1989
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
1960
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
1990
Marc and Ann
1991
Cigarette Blues
1985
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
1994
Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
1971