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