Personal Info

Known For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

September 21, 1944 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Joseph Caleb Deschanel

IMDb Profile

Caleb Deschanel

Biography

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.