Caleb Deschanel
Birthday: 1944-09-21
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography: 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.
Movies
These Amazing Shadows
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treas...
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Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of ...
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French...
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Visions of Light
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of pho...
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'....
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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
A fascinating chronicle of the birth and rise of the radically different independent studio founded ...
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Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the...
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Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
The behind-the-scenes story of how "Casablanca" became an American film classic....
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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shin...
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
A look at the visual design of the film The Shining (1980)....
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Hal
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Ha...
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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Documentary about the work of film director Michael Curtiz....
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Cinematographer Style
110 of the world's top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do....
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Fog City Mavericks
Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary fil...
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Shadows of Suspense
A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder...
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The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
An average baseball film in the making comes out of seemingly nowhere to become one of the best spor...
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