D. A. Pennebaker
Born in Evanston, Illinois, USA — Jul 15 1925• Died Aug 01 2019
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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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D. A. Pennebaker's Credits
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ABC Close-Up!
Directing
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self
Dont Look Back
Writing
Al Franken: God Spoke
Production
The War Room
Directing
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
Production
Woodstock Diary
Directing
The Energy War
Directing
Sweet Toronto
Directing
Maidstone
Camera
Primary
Editing
Godard Made in USA
Self
Only the Strong Survive
Directing
Jane
Directing
Original Cast Album: Company
Directing
Cinema16: American Short Films
Directing
Marathon
Camera
Startup.com
Production
The Return of the War Room
Directing
DeLorean
Directing
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Himself
Monterey Pop
Directing
1 P.M.
Self
Down from the Mountain
Editing
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
Directing
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Crew
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
Directing
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
Self (archive footage)
Alice Cooper
Directing
Moon Over Broadway
Directing
Eat the Document
Camera
Jimi Plays Monterey
Editing
Depeche Mode 101
Directing
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Self
A Venue For The End Of The World
Himself
David
Directing
Wild 90
Al
Skyscraper
Directing
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Directing
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
Editing
Adventures on the New Frontier
Camera
Elizabeth and Mary
Directing
American Football
Camera
Shake! Otis at Monterey
Directing
ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
Camera
The Cutman
Production
Beyond the Law
Crew
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Himself
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
Crew
Christopher and Me
Writing
Unlocking the Cage
Directing
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
Self
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
Directing
Kings of Pastry
Directing
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
Camera
Addiction
Directing
The Chair
Crew
Ricky on Leacock
Self
Up Your Legs Forever
Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
Directing
65 Revisited
Camera
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
Directing
Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop
Directing
Town Bloody Hall
Directing
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
Directing
Wake at Generation
Directing
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Directing
Aga Khan
Directing
Lambert & Co.
Directing
Brussels Loops
Directing
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
Camera
Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
Production
RainForest
Directing
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
Directing
Mooney vs. Fowle
Directing
Your Share in Tomorrow
Visual Effects
Morris Engel: The Independent
Self
Blackie
Directing
Daybreak Express
Directing
Dancers in School
Directing
David
Directing
Susan Starr
Directing
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
Directing
Hier Strauss
Directing
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
Directing
Snapshots from the Tour
Directing
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
Directing
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
Himself
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
Self
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
Directing
Opening In Moscow
Directing
Baby
Directing
From the Pole to the Equator
Editing
Hickory Hill
Directing