Les Blank (November 27, 1935 – April 7, 2013) was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians. Leslie...

Burden of Dreams is a 1982 documentary film directed by Les Blank. The film is a making-of documentary about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's...

Good as Ten Mothers is a 1980 documentary film about garlic directed by Les Blank. Its official premiere was at the 1980 Berlin Film Festival. It was filmed...

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe is a short documentary film directed by Les Blank in 1980, that depicts director Werner Herzog living up to his alleged vow...

American documentary film directed by Les Blank, filmed in 1972–1974 but not publicly released until 2015, after Blank's death. The film is a documentary about...

there. In 1972 after viewing Les Blank’s film, The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins, Russell and Cordell hired Blank to film a documentary of the...

or subject of documentaries and mockumentaries. He has appeared in two Les Blank documentaries, including Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), in which...

nominees. Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams (1982), filmed during the production of Fitzcarraldo, documents its many hardships. Blank's work contains...

Berkeley, California. He is the son of Gail, a ceramic artist, and filmmaker Les Blank. His works include the 1992 film Wild Wheels, which documents the artcar...

Cajuns (/ˈkeɪdʒənz/; French: les Cadjins [le kadʒɛ̃] or les Cadiens [le kadjɛ̃]), also known as Louisiana Acadians (French: les Acadiens), are a Louisiana...

of Les Blank, Touki Bouki by Djibril Diop Mambéty and the works of Robert Altman as being major influences in style and storytelling. On Les Blank they've...

Retrieved 16 May 2016. * Jones, Kevin L. (11 July 2016). "Werner Herzog on Les Blank: "I Do Not Feel that He Has Passed Away"". KQED. The entire interview...

film as a teenager when his father gave him a movie camera. Wilson cites Les Blank, George Kuchar, and Bruce Brown as influences. Shortly after graduating...

fill-in-the-blank questions. The original series ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC1, hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, then by Les...

tribute to Ry Cooder. Also in 1988, Cooder produced and featured in the Les Blank-directed concert documentary film Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces:...

incorporated into a short documentary, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, by Les Blank. Herzog suggested that he hoped the act would serve to encourage anyone...

is played on both sides of the Mexico–Texas border. It was directed by Les Blank. A CD soundtrack of the music played in the film is also available, under...

She is best known for her 20-year collaboration with the late director Les Blank. Gosling was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her physician father...

Africa Julius Blank (1925–2011), semiconductor pioneer Karl Blank (1728–1793), Russian architect Kenny Blank (born 1977), American actor Les Blank (1935–2013)...

Monterey Pop,. During Mardi Gras in late February of 1968, Feinstein, Les Blank, Baird Bryant and others were in New Orleans as part of the original “underground...

posthumously). He was the subject of a short 1971 documentary film by Les Blank, called A Well Spent Life. Following his discovery by McCormick and Strachwitz...

Always for Pleasure is a 1978 documentary film by Les Blank about social traditions in New Orleans, Louisiana. The film has footage of musical events...

Hopkins (1968), directed by Les Blank and Skip Gerson (Flower Films & Video) The Sun's Gonna Shine (1969), directed by Les Blank with Skip Gerson (Flower...

(Albert and David Maysles) Frederick Wiseman John Cassavetes Barbara Kopple Les Blank Peter Watkins Matthew Heineman Daybreak Express (1953) Sea Countrymen...

In Heaven There Is No Beer? is a 1984 American documentary film by Les Blank about the life, culture and food surrounding devotees of polkas. It won a...

Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, La Soufrière, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. The film is notable for footage of a conversation...

engineer Les Blank (1935–2013), American documentary filmmaker Les Brown (bandleader) (1912–2001), American jazz musician and bandleader Les Brown (speaker)...

Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge (1994). Directed by Les Blank. El Cerrito, California: Flower Films. ISBN 0-933621-61-2. New England...

2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014. Malcolm, Derek (12 January 2000). "Les Blank: Burden of Dreams". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original...

All in This Tea is a 2007 documentary film co-directed by Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht, about Chinese tea. It follows the American tea connoisseur David...