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Les Blank
Born: 1935-11-27 in Tampa, Florida, USA
Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.
Rated Filmography (40)
Sorted by Score10.0
Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
1987
9.5
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
1988
8.0
Innocents Abroad
1991
8.0
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
1969
7.9
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968
7.8
A Poem Is a Naked Person
1974
7.7
I Went to the Dance
1989
7.6
Burden of Dreams
1982
7.5
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980
7.4
All In This Tea
2007
7.4
Always for Pleasure
1978
7.1
Gap-Toothed Women
1987
7.0
Spend It All
1972
7.0
Dizzy Gillespie
1964
7.0
Chicken Real
1970
7.0
Puamana
1991
7.0
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1988
6.9
The Sun's Gonna Shine
1969
6.8
Hot Pepper
1973
6.8
Chulas Fronteras
1976
6.8
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
1990
6.7
A Well Spent Life
1971
6.5
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
1984
6.5
Dry Wood
1973
6.5
Cigarette Blues
1985
6.1
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
1995
6.1
Sprout Wings and Fly
1983
6.1
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
1995
6.0
Marc and Ann
1991
6.0
Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
1987
5.9
Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
1991
5.7
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
1968
5.5
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
1994
5.0
Lightnin' Les
1968
4.8
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2014
4.8
The Maestro Rides Again!
2005
4.8
Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
1960
4.2
Lagniappe
2006
3.0
Strike!
1961
2.0
Thailand Moment
2015