Les Blank (b. 1935, Tampa, Florida, United States) is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians. Blank attended Tulane University in New Orleans, where he received a B.A. in English literature and an M.F.A. in theater. Following his university education he founded his own production company, Flower Films, and all of his films since that time have been independently produced, … Wikipedia
Part of what Blank has become famous for during his 45-year career is creating little environments, especially at screenings of his documentaries about food. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/03/25/...
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