Full hard drive on my Macpro

I have a 1 TB HDD on my macpro (running Lion OSX) and it has mysteriously filled up in the course of about six months. Using the finder, I can only account for about 300 GB of data. What is filling my hard drive and how can I get rid of it? I also use a 1 TB HDD as my time machine backup.
Thank You

Ok, how about your iLife apps?
In iPhoto, deleting pictures are not trashed, but are stored in iPhoto's trash, which then has to be emptied.
This can add up to a lot, especially if you have been downloading movies into iPhoto.
Also, in iMovie, clips you think are deleted may be "rejected," only these clips may not be trashed but have a red stripe. In your iMovie "event browser," there is a favorites pull down list. Choose rejected only, and see if there is a ton of video files there...

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