Directing
D. A. Pennebaker
Also Known As: Donn Alan Pennebaker, D.A. Pennabaker, DA Pennebaker
Birth Date
July 15, 1925
Death Date
August 1, 2019
(passed away at 94)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Biography
Donn Alan Pennebaker (/ˈpɛniːbeɪkər/; July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019) was an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of direct cinema. Performing arts and politics were his primary subjects. In 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award. Pennebaker was called by The Independent as "arguably the pre-eminent chronicler of Sixties counterculture."
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self
2005
Godard Made in USA
Self
2010
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Himself
2015
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Self
2000
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Himself
2020
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
1982
Up Your Legs Forever
1971
Morris Engel: The Independent
Self
2008
1 P.M.
Self
1971
Wild 90
Al
1968
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
Self (archive footage)
2003
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
Self
2011
A Venue For The End Of The World
Himself
2014
Ricky on Leacock
Self
2012
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
Self
2016
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
Himself
2016