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Caleb Deschanel
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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)
Attended Johns Hopkins University before USC film school.
Co-founder of Dark Light Pictures, W. Hollywood, CA, circa 1994
Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Cinematographers Branch) [2003-]
Grandfather of Henry Hornsby.
Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1984.
Ex-father-in-law of
Benjamin Gibbard
.
Worked as a camera operator for Wakefield Orloff and Paisley productions.
Was the original director of photography on
Titanic (1997)
, but after creative differences with director
James Cameron
, he was replaced by
Russell Carpenter
.
Was a member of American Zoetrope Studios in San Francisco.
Caleb Deschanel
was nominated for a 2019 Academy Award in the Best Cinematography category for his work on
Never Look Away (2018)
but lost to
Alfonso Cuarón
for
Roma (2018)
.
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