Caleb Deschanel
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — Sep 21 1944
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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.
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Caleb Deschanel's Credits
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Bones
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Twin Peaks
Directing
Titanic
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The Godfather
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The Passion of the Christ
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Directing
Conviction
Directing
The Lion King
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Apocalypse Now
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Jack Reacher
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The Patriot
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National Treasure
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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The Right Stuff
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The Natural
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
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Gangster Squad
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Timeline
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Killer Joe
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The Hunted
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It Could Happen to You
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Ad Astra
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Hope Floats
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Winter's Tale
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My Sister's Keeper
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Anna and the King
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Dream House
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Being There
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Wildwood
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THX 1138
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Killshot
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Fly Away Home
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Rules Don't Apply
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A Woman Under the Influence
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Message in a Bottle
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Ask the Dust
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Unforgettable
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These Amazing Shadows
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The Slugger's Wife
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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Never Look Away
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The Black Stallion
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The Escape Artist
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Hal
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More American Graffiti
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Visions of Light
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Crusoe
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The Black Stallion Returns
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Let's Spend the Night Together
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Fog City Mavericks
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
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Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
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Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Trains
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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
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Rodeo
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Shadows of Suspense
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Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
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The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
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Cinematographer Style
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Lanton Mills
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The Hello Machine
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