Born 1944 (age 81) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Appears in 66 titles

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.

Filmography

These Amazing Shadows
7.4
These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
Visions of Light
7.0
Visions of Light
1992
as Self
The Escape Artist
6.2
The Escape Artist
1982
Director
Crusoe
5.9
Crusoe
1989
Director
Hal
6.6
Hal
2019
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer Style
6.8
Cinematographer Style
2006
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Fog City Mavericks
8.5
Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self
7.5
Trains
1976
Director
Shadows of Suspense
Shadows of Suspense
2006
as Self
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was