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
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
Out in the Woods
2016
Here Comes Everybody
1960
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
2008
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 62
Point of View
1988
Lagniappe
2006
Fitzcarraldo
1982
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
1987
Seven Second Love Affair
1965
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
Innocents Abroad
1991
Chulas Fronteras
1976
Motorcycle Moment
2025
Tattoo Uprising
2019
String Sounds
1969
Dry Wood
1973
Lightnin' Les
1968
Burden of Dreams
1982
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
1984
Dizzy Gillespie
1964
The Arch
1969
Puamana
1991
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1988
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
1995
Chicken Real
1970
Christopher Tree
1967
Gap-Toothed Women
1987
Hole in the Soul
1994
Pleasure Faire
1964
Softball Umpire
1962
Del mero corazón
1979
Thailand Moment
2015
Sprout Wings and Fly
1983
Hot Pepper
1973
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
1969
Poto and Cabengo
1980
A Poem Is a Naked Person
1974
In the Land of the Owl Turds
1987
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
Always for Pleasure
1978
All In This Tea
2007
The Maestro Rides Again!
2005
A Well Spent Life
1971
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
1987
New Sounds in Music
1968
Spend It All
1972
You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A Turnip
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
1991
Treasure of the Lisu
2010
Strike!
1961
The Sun's Gonna Shine
1969
The Ways of Water
1971
And Freedom Came?!
1962
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
1990
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2014
I Went to the Dance
1989
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
1995
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
1994
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
1968
Cigarette Blues
1985
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
1960
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
1988
Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
1971
Marc and Ann
1991