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Caleb Deschanel

Caleb Deschanel

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.

On screen

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

Behind the camera

  • Crusoe
  • The Escape Artist

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