
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."

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