Caleb Deschanel is an American film cinematographer and filmtelevision 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