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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1944-09-21 00:00:00
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
Filmography (40)

These Amazing Shadows
Role: Self2011

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Role: Self2005

Hal
Role: Self2019

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Role: Self2016

Fog City Mavericks
Role: Self2007
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Role: Self2004

Cinematographer Style
Role: Self2006

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Role: Self2004

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Role: Self2007

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Role: Self2007

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Role: Self2012

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Role: Self2007

Visions of Light
Role: Self1992

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Role: Self2012

Shadows of Suspense
Role: Self2006

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Role: Self2016

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Role: Self2007

More American Graffiti
director of photography1979

The Godfather
additional camera1972

Freddy Hotel
director2014

The Right Stuff
director of photography1983

The Slugger's Wife
director of photography1985

Fly Away Home
director of photography1996

Killshot
director of photography2008

The Escape Artist
director1982

Jodidos polleros
director2007

Anna and the King
director of photography1999

The Hello Machine
cinematography1974

Los más ojetes y cabrones de la sierra
director2004

My Ex 2: Haunted Lover
director2010

Crusoe
director1989

Wildwood
director of photography2026

A Woman Under the Influence
additional photography1974

Rodeo
director of photography1969
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Trains
director1976
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Trains
writer1976

Lanton Mills
director of photography1969

Killer Joe
director of photography2012

Titanic
additional photography1997

Ask the Dust
director of photography2006