Awards

Les Blank

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13 wins & 6 nominations

American Film Institute, USA

1990 Winner Maya Deren Independent Film and Video Artists Award

BAFTA Awards

1983 Winner Flaherty Documentary Award
- Burden of Dreams

Chicago International Film Festival

1995 Winner Silver Hugo
- Best Documentary
- The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
1984 Nominee Gold Hugo
- Best Documentary
- In Heaven There Is No Beer?
1973 Nominee Gold Hugo
- Best Short Film
- Dry Wood
1970 Winner Gold Hugo
- Best Documentary
- The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968 Nominee Gold Hugo
- Best Short Film
- God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

Krakow Film Festival

2016 Nominee Golden Heynal
- International DocFilmMusic Competition
- A Poem Is a Naked Person

International Documentary Association

2011 Winner Career Achievement Award

Melbourne International Film Festival

1985 Winner Grand Prix
- In Heaven There Is No Beer?

Sundance Film Festival

1992 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
- Documentary
- Innocents Abroad
1985 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
- Documentary
- In Heaven There Is No Beer?
1985 Winner Special Jury Recognition
- Documentary
- In Heaven There Is No Beer?

Woodstock Film Festival

2000 Winner Honorary Maverick Award

Ashland Independent Film Festival

2007 Winner Ashland Independent Film Award
- Artistic Achievement Award

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

2013 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

2016 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
- The Influentials
- Burden of Dreams
2015 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
- The Influentials
- Burden of Dreams
2014 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
- The Influentials
- Burden of Dreams

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