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Caleb Deschanel

Caleb Deschanel

Born: 1944-09-21 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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