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Caleb Deschanel

Caleb Deschanel

Born September 21, 1944 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Camera 41

1980s

  1. 1985

    The Slugger's Wife

    Director of Photography

  2. 1984
  3. 1983
  4. 1982

    Let's Spend the Night Together

    Director of Photography

1960s

  1. 1969

    Lanton Mills

    Director of Photography

  2. Rodeo

    Director of Photography

Directed 6

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1982

    The Escape Artist

    Director

Other crew 1

1970s

  1. 1974

    The Hello Machine

    Cinematography

Appearances16

2010s

  1. 2019

    Hal

    Self

  2. 2016

    Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

    Self

  3. The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

    Self

  4. 2012

    Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

    Self

  5. Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

    Self

  6. 2011

    These Amazing Shadows

    Self

2000s

  1. 2007

    Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

    Self

  2. Fog City Mavericks

    Self

  3. View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

    Self

  4. The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    Self

  5. Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    Self

  6. 2006

    Shadows of Suspense

    Self

  7. Cinematographer Style

    Self

  8. 2005

    Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

    Self

  9. 2004

1990s

  1. 1992

    Visions of Light

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

1970s

  1. 1971