Caleb Deschanel

1944-09-21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Caleb Deschanel

Biography

Known for

Fog City Mavericks

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

These Amazing Shadows

Visions of Light

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Cinematographer Style

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

Hal

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

Shadows of Suspense