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Caleb Deschanel

Born Sep 21, 1944 · 81 years67 titles 63 movies · 4 TV
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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.

Also known as

Joseph Caleb Deschanel

Born

Sep 21, 1944

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

17

Acting credits

42

Directing

1

Writing

8

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1969 2 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1972 1 title(s)

1974 2 title(s)

1976 1 title(s)

1979 4 title(s)

1982 2 title(s)

1983 2 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

1999 2 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2003 2 title(s)

2004 4 title(s)

2005 3 title(s)

2006 4 title(s)

2007 5 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 5 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2016 4 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)