Person
D. A. Pennebaker
Directing · 1925–2019 · Evanston, Illinois, USA
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."
Known for
Sweet Toronto
Director
Jimi Plays Monterey
Editor
ABC Close-Up!
Director
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
Director
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Writer
Daybreak Express
Director
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Thanks
The War Room
Director
David
Director
Filmography
- 2023Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the WorldExecutive Producer
- 2020Tiny Tim: King for a DayHimself
- 2016Depeche Mode: Video Singles CollectionDirector
- 2016Jill Drew and D.A. PennebakerHimself
- 2016Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of ToleranceSelf
- 2016Unlocking the CageDirector
- 2015Janis: Little Girl BlueHimself
- 2015Snapshots from the TourDirector
- 2014A Venue For The End Of The WorldHimself
- 2012Ricky on LeacockSelf
- 2011Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the WhalesSelf
- 2010Godard Made in USASelf
- 2010The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of MusicDirector
- 2009Kings of PastryDirector
- 2008The Return of the War RoomDirector
- 2008Morris Engel: The IndependentSelf
- 2008A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. KennedyEditor
- 200765 RevisitedCamera Operator
- 2007The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at MontereyDirector
- 2007AddictionDirector
- 2006Cinema16: American Short FilmsDirector
- 2006Assume the Position with Mr. WuhlDirector
- 2006Al Franken: God SpokeExecutive Producer
- 2005No Direction Home: Bob DylanSelf
- 2003The CutmanExecutive Producer
- 2003World Tour 1966: The Home MoviesSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Monterey Pop - The Outtake PerformancesCinematography
- 2002Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey PopDirector
- 2002Only the Strong SurviveDirector
- 2001Down from the MountainEditor
- 2001Startup.comProducer
- 2000The Ballad of Ramblin' JackSelf
- 1998Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie SchonbergDirector
- 1997Moon Over BroadwayDirector
- 1996Westernhagen: Keine ZeitDirector
- 1994Woodstock DiaryDirector
- 1993The War RoomDirector
- 1992Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll MusicDirector
- 1991Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and RollDirector
- 1989Depeche Mode 101Director
- 1989Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose BowlCamera Operator
- 1987Jimi Plays MontereyEditor
- 1987Shake! Otis at MontereyDirector
- 1987From the Pole to the EquatorEditor
- 1983Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsDirector
- 1983Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'Director
- 1982Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. PorterReader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
- 1981DeLoreanDirector
- 1979Town Bloody HallDirector
- 1979The Energy WarDirector
- 1977Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964Producer
- 1975David Bowie: Cracked ActorThanks
- 1973Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'Director of Photography
- 1972Eat the DocumentCamera Operator
- 1972Dancers in SchoolDirector
- 1971Sweet TorontoDirector
- 1971Up Your Legs Forever
- 19711 P.M.Self
- 1971MaidstoneDirector of Photography
- 1970Original Cast Album: CompanyDirector
- 1970Alice CooperDirector
- 1968Monterey PopDirector
- 1968Hickory HillDirector
- 1968Wake at GenerationDirector
- 1968Beyond the LawCinematography
- 1968Wild 90Al
- 1968Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the MakingDirector
- 1968RainForestDirector
- 1967Bob Dylan – Don't Look BackWriter
- 1965Hier StraussDirector
- 1965Elizabeth and MaryDirector
- 1965MarathonCamera Operator
- 1964You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves YouDirector
- 1964Lambert & Co.Director
- 1963Crisis: Behind a Presidential CommitmentDirector
- 1963The ChairCinematography
- 1962BlackieDirector
- 1962Mooney vs. FowleDirector
- 1962JaneDirector
- 1962Susan StarrDirector
- 1961Aga KhanDirector
- 1961On the Pole: Eddie SachsDirector
- 1961Adventures on the New FrontierCamera Operator
- 1961DavidDirector
- 1960PrimaryEditor
- 1960ABC Close-Up!Director
- 1960ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!Director of Photography
- 1960Christopher and MeScreenplay
- 1959SkyscraperDirector
- 1959Opening In MoscowDirector
- 1958Brussels LoopsDirector
- 1957Daybreak ExpressDirector
- 1957American FootballDirector of Photography
- 1957Your Share in TomorrowSpecial Effects Supervisor
- 1954BabyDirector
- —DavidDirector
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