Caleb Deschanel
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.
Photos
Films (63)

Wildwood : La prophétie de la forêt
2026 · Director of Photography

Vers les étoiles
2019 · Additional Photography

Le Roi Lion
2019 · Director of Photography

Hal, l’insoumis du Nouvel Hollywood
2019 · Self

L'Œuvre sans auteur
2018 · Director of Photography

Rivales
2017 · Director of Photography

L'Exception à la règle
2016 · Director of Photography

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
2016 · Director of Photography

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016 · Self

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
2016 · Self

Un Amour d'hiver
2014 · Director of Photography

Gangster Squad
2013 · Additional Photography

Jack Reacher: Bajo la Mira
2012 · Director of Photography

Abraham Lincoln : Chasseur de vampires
2012 · Director of Photography

Killer Joe
2012 · Director of Photography

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 · Self

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 · Self

La maison de rêve
2011 · Director of Photography

These Amazing Shadows
2011 · Self

Ma vie pour la tienne
2009 · Director of Photography

Tiro mortal
2008 · Director of Photography

Les chroniques de Spiderwick
2008 · Director of Photography

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007 · Self

Fog City Mavericks
2007 · Self

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Self

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Self

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self

Shadows of Suspense
2006 · Self

Cinematographer Style
2006 · Self

Demande à la poussière
2006 · Director of Photography

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 · Self

Benjamin Gates et le Trésor des Templiers
2004 · Director of Photography

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004 · Self
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004 · Self

La Passion du Christ
2004 · Director of Photography

Prisonniers du temps
2003 · Director of Photography

Traqué
2003 · Director of Photography

The Patriot : Le Chemin de la liberté
2000 · Director of Photography

Anna and the King
1999 · Director of Photography

Message in a Bottle
1999 · Director of Photography

Hope Floats
1998 · Director of Photography

Titanic
1997 · Additional Photography

Fly Away Home
1996 · Director of Photography

It Could Happen to You
1994 · Director of Photography

Visions of Light
1992 · Self

Crusoe
1989 · Director

The Slugger's Wife
1985 · Director of Photography

The Natural
1984 · Director of Photography

The Right Stuff
1983 · Director of Photography

The Black Stallion Returns
1983 · Additional Photography

Let's Spend the Night Together
1982 · Director of Photography

The Escape Artist
1982 · Director

Being There
1979 · Director of Photography

The Black Stallion
1979 · Director of Photography

More American Graffiti
1979 · Director of Photography

Apocalypse Now
1979 · Additional Director of Photography
Trains
1976 · Director, Writer

A Woman Under the Influence
1974 · Additional Photography

The Hello Machine
1974 · Cinematography

Le Parrain
1972 · Additional Camera

THX 1138
1971 · Thanks

Lanton Mills
1969 · Director of Photography

Rodeo
1969 · Director of Photography





