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Les Blank

Director · 54 credits · 9 in highly-rated films

Best known for Burden of Dreams (1982)

Frequent collaborators: Maureen Gosling, Skip Gerson

Directed movies (47 total, ranked by score)

  1. Burden of Dreams

    1982 · ★ 7.6 (154 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    1988 · ★ 6.9 (69 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    2

  3. Gap-Toothed Women

    1987 · ★ 7.1 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    1980 · ★ 7.5 (24 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

    1968 · ★ 7.8 (21 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    5

  6. Spend It All

    1972 · ★ 6.6 (7 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    6

  7. Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball

    1988 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    7

  8. Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

    1987

    Music, Documentary

    8

  9. Dry Wood

    1973 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Always for Pleasure

    1978 · ★ 7.4 (19 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. A Poem Is a Naked Person

    1974 · ★ 7.8 (9 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    11

  12. The Sun's Gonna Shine

    1969 · ★ 6.6 (7 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    12

  13. I Went to the Dance

    1989 · ★ 7.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    13

  14. Strike!

    1961

    Horror

    14

  15. Chulas Fronteras

    1976 · ★ 6.6 (9 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    15

  16. A Well Spent Life

    1971 · ★ 6.5 (13 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    16

  17. Thailand Moment

    2015

    Documentary

    17

  18. Dizzy Gillespie

    1964 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)

    18

  19. Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

    1991 · ★ 6.2 (5 votes)

    19

  20. And Freedom Came?!

    1962

    Drama

    20

  21. Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down

    1969 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    21

  22. My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

    1994 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    22

  23. Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana

    1990 · ★ 6.7 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Marc and Ann

    1991 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    24

  25. All In This Tea

    2007 · ★ 7.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Innocents Abroad

    1991

    Documentary

    26

  27. Lagniappe

    2006 · ★ 4.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    27

  28. The Maestro Rides Again!

    2005 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Sprout Wings and Fly

    1983 · ★ 5.8 (11 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    29

  30. Hot Pepper

    1973 · ★ 6.8 (9 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.