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| - | *[[Les Blank]], 77, American documentary filmmaker (''[[Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe]]'', ''[[Burden of Dreams]]''), bladder cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Andy Johns]], 61, British record producer ([[Led Zeppelin]], [[The Rolling Stones]]). | ||
| - | *[[Bigas Luna]], 67, Spanish film director (''[[Anguish (film)|Anguish]]'', ''[[Yo soy la Juani]]''), cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Roger Ebert]], 70, American film critic (''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', ''[[At the Movies (U.S. TV series)|Siskel & Ebert]]''), thyroid cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Jesús Franco]], 82, Spanish film director and screenwriter (''[[Count Dracula (1970 film)|Count Dracula]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Joe Weider]], 93, Canadian-born American [[bodybuilder]] and publisher. | ||
| - | *[[Emílio Santiago]], 66, Brazilian singer, complications from a stroke ("[[Bananeira]]"). | ||
| - | *[[Damiano Damiani]], 90, Italian film director (''[[The Empty Canvas]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Hugo Chávez]], 58, Venezuelan politician and military officer, President (since 1999), cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Jérôme Savary]], 70, Argentine-born French theater director and actor, cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Kevin Ayers]], 68, English psychedelic rock songwriter and musician ([[Soft Machine]], [[Wilde Flowers]]). | ||
| - | *[[Otfried Preußler]], 89, German children's book author (''[[Krabat]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Donald Byrd]], 80, American jazz trumpeter. | ||
| - | *[[Reg Presley]], 71, British singer and musician ([[The Troggs]]), lung cancer. | ||
| - | *[[Cecil Womack]], 65, American musician and singer. | ||
| - | *[[Michel Guiomar]], 92, French writer. | ||
| - | * [[Roger Raveel]], 91, Belgian painter, pneumonia. | ||
| - | *[[Jacques Sadoul]], 78, French writer and book editor. | ||
| - | *[[Michael Winner]], 77, British film director (''[[Death Wish (film)|Death Wish]]'') and food critic. | ||
| - | *[[Nagisa Oshima]], 80, Japanese director and screenwriter (''[[Empire of Passion]]''). | ||
| - | *[[Ada Louise Huxtable]], 91, American architecture critic. | ||
| - | ==See also== | + | '''Les Blank''' (November 27, 1935 – April 7, 2013) was an [[United States|American]] [[documentary film|documentary]] filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians. |
| - | * [[Deaths in 2012]] | + | |
| - | * [[Deaths in 2011]] | + | ==Filmography== |
| - | * [[Deaths in 2010]] | + | *1960 - ''Running Around Like A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off'' |
| - | * [[Deaths in 2009]] | + | *1960–1985 - ''Six Short Films of Les Blank'' |
| - | * [[Deaths in 2008]] | + | *1961, 1962 - ''Strike! & And Freedom Came!?'' |
| + | *1965 - ''[[Dizzy Gillespie]]'' | ||
| + | *1967 - ''Christopher Tree'' | ||
| + | *1968 - ''God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance'' | ||
| + | *1969 - ''The Arch'' | ||
| + | *1969 - ''The Sun's Gonna Shine'' | ||
| + | *1969 or 1970 - ''The Blues Accordin' to [[Lightnin' Hopkins]]'' | ||
| + | *1970 - ''Chicken Real'' | ||
| + | *1971 - ''Spend It All'' | ||
| + | *1971 - ''A Well Spent Life'' | ||
| + | *1973 - ''Dry Wood'' | ||
| + | *1973 - ''Hot Pepper'' | ||
| + | *1974 - ''A Poem Is A Naked Person'' | ||
| + | *1976 - ''[[Chulas Fronteras]]'' | ||
| + | *1978 - ''[[Always for Pleasure]]'' | ||
| + | *1979 - ''Del Mero Corazon'' | ||
| + | *1979 or 1980 - ''[[Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe]]'' | ||
| + | *1980 - ''[[Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers]]'' | ||
| + | *1982 - ''[[Burden of Dreams]]'' | ||
| + | *1983 - ''Sprout Wings and Fly'' | ||
| + | *1984 - ''In Heaven There Is No Beer?'' | ||
| + | *1985 - ''Cigarette Blues'' | ||
| + | *1985 - ''Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella'' | ||
| + | *1986 - ''[[Huey Lewis And The News]]: Be-Fore!'' | ||
| + | *1987 - ''Gap-Toothed Women'' | ||
| + | *1987 - ''Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart'' | ||
| + | *1988 - ''A Blank Buffet'' | ||
| + | *1988 - ''Ry Cooder And The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces'' | ||
| + | *1989 - ''The Best of Blank'' | ||
| + | *1989 - ''J'ai Été Au Bal / I Went to the Dance'' | ||
| + | *1990 - ''Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of [[Cajun]] and [[Creole]] Cooking'' | ||
| + | *1991 - ''Innocents Abroad'' | ||
| + | *1991 - ''Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge'' | ||
| + | *1991 - ''Marc & Ann'' | ||
| + | *1991 - ''Puamana'' | ||
| + | *1994 - ''The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists'' | ||
| + | *1994 - ''My Old Fiddle: A Visit with [[Tommy Jarrell]] in the Blue Ridge'' | ||
| + | *1994 - ''Roots of Rhythm'' | ||
| + | *2007 - ''[[All In This Tea]]'' (co-directed with [[Gina Leibrecht]]) | ||
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Les Blank (November 27, 1935 – April 7, 2013) was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.
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Filmography
- 1960 - Running Around Like A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
- 1960–1985 - Six Short Films of Les Blank
- 1961, 1962 - Strike! & And Freedom Came!?
- 1965 - Dizzy Gillespie
- 1967 - Christopher Tree
- 1968 - God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
- 1969 - The Arch
- 1969 - The Sun's Gonna Shine
- 1969 or 1970 - The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
- 1970 - Chicken Real
- 1971 - Spend It All
- 1971 - A Well Spent Life
- 1973 - Dry Wood
- 1973 - Hot Pepper
- 1974 - A Poem Is A Naked Person
- 1976 - Chulas Fronteras
- 1978 - Always for Pleasure
- 1979 - Del Mero Corazon
- 1979 or 1980 - Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
- 1980 - Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers
- 1982 - Burden of Dreams
- 1983 - Sprout Wings and Fly
- 1984 - In Heaven There Is No Beer?
- 1985 - Cigarette Blues
- 1985 - Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
- 1986 - Huey Lewis And The News: Be-Fore!
- 1987 - Gap-Toothed Women
- 1987 - Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart
- 1988 - A Blank Buffet
- 1988 - Ry Cooder And The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces
- 1989 - The Best of Blank
- 1989 - J'ai Été Au Bal / I Went to the Dance
- 1990 - Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking
- 1991 - Innocents Abroad
- 1991 - Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
- 1991 - Marc & Ann
- 1991 - Puamana
- 1994 - The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
- 1994 - My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
- 1994 - Roots of Rhythm
- 2007 - All In This Tea (co-directed with Gina Leibrecht)
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