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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. Cigarette Blues

    1985 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    31

  2. In Heaven There Is No Beer?

    1984 · ★ 6.5 (8 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    32

  3. The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

    1995 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    33

  4. Puamana

    1991

    Documentary

    34

  5. Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

    1987

    Documentary

    35

  6. Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

    1960 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)

    36

  7. Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

    1995 · ★ 6.1 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    37

  8. How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy

    2014 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    38

  9. Del mero corazón

    1979 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    39

  10. Lightnin' Les

    1968 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    40

  11. Chicken Real

    1970 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    41

  12. God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

    1968 · ★ 5.7 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. The Ways of Water

    1971

    43

  14. Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

    1985

    Documentary, Music, History

    44

  15. Softball Umpire

    1962

    45

  16. Motorcycle Moment

    2025

    Documentary

    46

  17. You Can't Squeeze Blood Out Of A Turnip

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    Documentary

    47

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