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Caleb Deschanel

Sep 21, 1944 (80 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Known For

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Hal
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These Amazing Shadows
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Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
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Fog City Mavericks
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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
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Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
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Visions of Light
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
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