D. A. Pennebaker

Known for: Directing
Born: July 15, 1925, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Died: August 1, 2019
Movies: 81

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."

Best-Known Movies

7.4

Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back

1967

7.3

Janis: Little Girl Blue

2015

7.8

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

2005

7.4

Monterey Pop

1968

6.8

The War Room

1993

7.3

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

1983

7.2

Daybreak Express

1957

8.0

Depeche Mode: 101

1989

6.7

Startup.com

2001

7.4

Shake! Otis at Monterey

1987

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

2016	Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection	Director
2016	Unlocking the Cage	Director
2015	Snapshots from the Tour	Director
2010	The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music	Director
2009	Kings of Pastry	Director
2008	The Return of the War Room	Director
2007	65 Revisited	Director
2007	The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey	Director
2007	Addiction	Director
2006	Cinema16: American Short Films	Director
2006	Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl	Director
2002	Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances	Director
2002	Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop	Director
2002	Only the Strong Survive	Director
2001	Down from the Mountain	Director
2001	Startup.com	Producer
1998	Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg	Director
1997	Moon Over Broadway	Director
1996	Westernhagen: Keine Zeit	Director
1994	Woodstock Diary	Director
1993	The War Room	Director
1992	Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music	Director
1991	Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll	Director
1989	Depeche Mode: 101	Director
1989	Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl	Director
1987	Jimi Plays Monterey	Director
1987	Shake! Otis at Monterey	Director
1983	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	Director
1983	Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'	Director
1981	DeLorean	Director
1979	Town Bloody Hall	Director, Producer
1977	Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964	Director, Producer
1973	Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'	Director, Producer
1972	Dancers in School	Director
1971	Sweet Toronto	Director
1971	1 P.M.	Director, Writer, Producer
1970	Original Cast Album: Company	Director
1970	Alice Cooper	Director
1968	Monterey Pop	Director
1968	Hickory Hill	Director
1968	Wake at Generation	Director
1968	Wild 90	Writer
1968	Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making	Director
1968	RainForest	Director
1967	Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back	Director, Writer
1965	Hier Strauss	Director
1965	Elizabeth and Mary	Director
1964	You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You	Director, Producer
1964	Lambert & Co.	Director
1963	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment	Director
1963	The Chair	Director
1962	Blackie	Director
1962	Mooney vs. Fowle	Director
1962	Jane	Director
1962	Susan Starr	Director
1961	Aga Khan	Director
1961	On the Pole: Eddie Sachs	Director
1961	Adventures on the New Frontier	Director
1961	David	Director
1960	Christopher and Me	Screenplay
1959	Skyscraper	Director
1959	Opening In Moscow	Director
1958	Brussels Loops	Director
1957	Daybreak Express	Director, Writer
1954	Baby	Director

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