
Caleb Deschanel
- Camera
- September 21, 1944 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Wildwood · Cinematography
- Ad Astra · Additional Photography
- The Lion King · Cinematography
- Hal · Self
- Never Look Away · Cinematography
- Unforgettable · Cinematography
- Rules Don't Apply · Cinematography
- The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years · Cinematography
- Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond · Self
- The Natural: The Best There Ever Was · Self
- Winter's Tale · Cinematography
- Gangster Squad · Additional Photography
- Jack Reacher · Cinematography
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter · Cinematography
- Killer Joe · Cinematography
- Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic · Self
- Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of · Self
- Dream House · Cinematography
- These Amazing Shadows · Self
- My Sister's Keeper · Cinematography
- Killshot · Cinematography
- The Spiderwick Chronicles · Cinematography
- Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks · Self
- Fog City Mavericks · Self
- View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' · Self
- The Visions of Stanley Kubrick · Self
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 · Self
- Shadows of Suspense · Self
- Cinematographer Style · Self
- Conviction · Director
- Ask the Dust · Cinematography
- Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema · Self
- Bones · Director
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury · Director
- National Treasure · Cinematography
- A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope · Self
- Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' · Self
- The Passion of the Christ · Cinematography
- Timeline · Cinematography
- The Hunted · Cinematography
- The Patriot · Cinematography
- Anna and the King · Cinematography
- Message in a Bottle · Cinematography
- Hope Floats · Cinematography
- Titanic · Additional Photography
- Fly Away Home · Cinematography
- It Could Happen to You · Cinematography
- Visions of Light · Self
- Twin Peaks · Director
- Crusoe · Director
- The Slugger's Wife · Cinematography
- The Natural · Cinematography
- The Right Stuff · Cinematography
- The Black Stallion Returns · Additional Photography
- Let's Spend the Night Together · Cinematography
- The Escape Artist · Director
- Being There · Cinematography
- The Black Stallion · Cinematography
- More American Graffiti · Cinematography
- Apocalypse Now · Additional Director of Photography
- Trains · Director, Writer
- A Woman Under the Influence · Additional Photography
- The Hello Machine · Cinematography
- The Godfather · Additional Camera
- THX 1138 · Thanks
- Lanton Mills · Cinematography
- Rodeo · Cinematography











