Caleb Deschanel
Gender: Male
Birthday: 1944-09-21
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As: Joseph Caleb Deschanel
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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Known For
2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007Fog City Mavericks
2004A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2006Shadows of Suspense
2011These Amazing Shadows
2012Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
1992Visions of Light
2007Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2019Hal
2012Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2016Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2005Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2016The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
2006