| LC control no. | n 80158148 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blank, Les |
| Variant(s) | Blank, Leslie Harrod, Jr. |
| Birth date | 19351127 |
| Death date | 20130407 |
| Place of birth | Tampa, Fla. |
| Place of death | Berkeley, Calif. |
| Field of activity | Documentary films |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture producer |
| Found in | Data from ALA Booklist for his Werner Herzog eats his shoe [MP] 1980 (Les Blank) Burden of dreams, 1984: CIP t.p. (Les Blank) CIP data sheet (b. 11/27/35) IMDb, Mar. 29, 2004 (Les Blank, filmmaker; b. 27 November 1935 in Tampa, Fla.; graduated from Tulane Univ. with a B.A. in English literature and an M.F.A. in theater; father of Harrod Blank) New York times (online), viewed Apr. 16, 2013 (in obituary published Apr. 7: Les Blank; b. Leslie Harrod Blank Jr., Nov. 27, 1935, Tampa, Fla.; d. Sunday [Apr. 7, 2013], Berkeley, Calif., aged 77; his sly, sensuous, and lyrical documentaries about regional music and a host of other idiosyncratic subjects, including Mardi Gras, gaptoothed women, garlic, and the filmmaker Werner Herzog, were widely admired by critics and other filmmakers if not widely known by moviegoers) |
| Associated language | eng |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
