Caleb Deschanel

Known for: Camera
Born: September 21, 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Movies: 20

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.4

These Amazing Shadows

2011

7.0

Visions of Light

1992

6.2

The Escape Artist

1982

5.7

Crusoe

1989

6.6

Hal

2019

6.9

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

2007

6.8

Cinematographer Style

2006

7.4

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

2007

6.2

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

2007

7.6

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

2004

Filmography

2019	Hal	Self
2016	Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond	Self
2016	The Natural: The Best There Ever Was	Self
2012	Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic	Self
2012	Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of	Self
2011	These Amazing Shadows	Self
2007	Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks	Self
2007	Fog City Mavericks	Self
2007	View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'	Self
2007	The Visions of Stanley Kubrick	Self
2007	Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001	Self
2006	Shadows of Suspense	Self
2006	Cinematographer Style	Self
2005	Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema	Self
2004	A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope	Self
2004	Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'	Self
1992	Visions of Light	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

1989	Crusoe	Director
1982	The Escape Artist	Director
1976	Trains	Director, Writer

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