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Caleb Deschanel | |
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 Caleb Deschanel in 2026 | |
| Born | Joseph Caleb Deschanel (1944-09-21)September 21, 1944 (age 81)[1] Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupations | Cinematographer, film director |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | |
| Awards | See below |
Joseph Caleb Deschanel (born September 21, 1944)[1] is an Americancinematographer and director of film and television.[1] He has been nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Cinematography six times.[2] He is also a member of theNational Film Preservation Board of theLibrary of Congress, representing theAmerican Society of Cinematographers.[3]
He has been married to actressMary Jo Deschanel since 1972, with whom he has two daughters, actressesEmily andZooey Deschanel.
Deschanel was born inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, the son of Ann Ward (née Orr) and Paul Jules Deschanel. His father wasFrench, fromOullins,Rhône, and his mother was American.[4] Deschanel was raised in his mother'sQuaker religion.[5]
He enrolled[when?] inSevern School for his high school.[6] He attendedJohns Hopkins University from 1962 to 1966,[7][8] where he metWalter Murch,[9] with whom he staged "happenings," including one in which Murch sat down and ate an apple for an audience.[citation needed] Murch graduated a year ahead of him and encouraged Deschanel to follow him to theUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSchool of Cinematic Arts, where he graduated in 1968. During this time, Deschanel was a member of a band of film students called "The Dirty Dozen;" this group attracted attention from the Hollywood system. Following his graduation, he attended theAmerican Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory and graduated in 1969 as a member of its first class.[10][8]
Deschanel graduated from the AFT Conversatory in 1969. In 1972, he married actressMary Jo Weir.[11] They have two daughters, actressesEmily andZooey. In 1984, he was invited to join theAmerican Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.).[12]
Film
Music video
Television
| Year | Title | Episode(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | Twin Peaks | "Realization Time" |
| "Drive with a Dead Girl" | ||
| "The Black Widow" | ||
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | "41 Shots" |
| "Bang & Blame" | ||
| "Day" | ||
| 2006 | Conviction | "Savasana" |
| "Madness" | ||
| 2007 | Bones | "The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House" |
| Year | Title | Director | Cinematographer(s) | Contribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Angels Hard as They Come | Joe Viola | Stephen M. Katz | Additional photography | |
| THX 1138 | George Lucas | David Myers Albert Kihn | Uncredited | ||
| 1972 | The Godfather | Francis Ford Coppola | Gordon Willis | Director of photography: Newspaper sequence | |
| 1974 | A Woman Under the Influence | John Cassavetes | Mitch Breit Al Ruban | Additional photography | |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford Coppola | Vittorio Storaro | Director of photography:Inserts | |
| 1983 | The Black Stallion Returns | Robert Dalva | Carlo Di Palma | Additional photography | |
| 1997 | Titanic | James Cameron | Russell Carpenter | Director of photography: Halifax contemporary sequences | |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Ruben Fleischer | Dion Beebe | Additional photography | |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | James Gray | Hoyte van Hoytema |
