Caleb Deschanel

CameraBorn: September 21, 1944in 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.

Caleb Deschanel

Hal

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

These Amazing Shadows

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

Fog City Mavericks

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

Shadows of Suspense

Cinematographer Style

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

Visions of Light