D. A. Pennebaker
Known for DirectingBorn 1925-07-15 — died 2019-08-01Evanston, Illinois, USA
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."
Known for
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005 · as Self
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015 · as Himself
Godard Made in USA
2010 · as Self
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000 · as Self
Up Your Legs Forever
1971
Wild 90
1968 · as Al
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982 · as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
1 P.M.
1971 · as Self
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003 · as Self (archive footage)
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
2020 · as Himself
A Venue For The End Of The World
2014 · as Himself
Morris Engel: The Independent
2008 · as Self
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
2011 · as Self
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
2016 · as Self
Ricky on Leacock
2012 · as Self
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
2016 · as Himself