- Born
- Birth nameJoseph Caleb Deschanel
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- 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 (1983). His second was in 1984 for The Natural (1984), the third in 1996 for Fly Away Home (1996), the fourth in 2000 for The Patriot (2000), 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Pedro Borges
- SpouseMary Jo Deschanel(July 8, 1972 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- Father of actresses Emily Deschanel and Zooey Deschanel.
- Born to a French father and an American mother, who raised him in her Quaker religion.
- Father-in-law of David Hornsby.
- Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television (1968)
- Co-founder of Dark Light Pictures, W. Hollywood, CA, circa 1994
- Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.
- Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.
- The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
- In 'Tree of Life,' the cinematography records a small story, a celebration of the courage of everyday life. But it does it so up close and so effortlessly that it has the effect of elevating the intimacy of the story to a grand scale.
- The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting.
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