D. A. Pennebaker
- Directing
- July 15, 1925 · Evanston, Illinois, USA
- August 1, 2019
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
Filmography
- Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World · Executive producer
- Tiny Tim: King for a Day · Self
- Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection · Director
- Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker · Self
- Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance · Self
- Unlocking the Cage · Director
- Janis: Little Girl Blue · Self
- Snapshots from the Tour · Director
- A Venue For The End Of The World · Self
- Ricky on Leacock · Self
- Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales · Self
- Godard Made in USA · Self
- The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music · Director
- Kings of Pastry · Director
- The Return of the War Room · Director
- Morris Engel: The Independent · Self
- A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy · Editing, Cinematography
- 65 Revisited · Camera Operator, Director
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey · Director
- Addiction · Director
- Cinema16: American Short Films · Director
- Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl · Director
- Al Franken: God Spoke · Executive producer
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan · Self
- The Cutman · Executive producer
- World Tour 1966: The Home Movies · Self
- Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances · Cinematography, Director
- Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop · Director
- Only the Strong Survive · Director, Camera Operator
- Down from the Mountain · Editing, Director
- Startup.com · Producer
- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack · Self
- Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg · Director
- Storyville · Director
- Moon Over Broadway · Director
- Westernhagen: Keine Zeit · Director
- Woodstock Diary · Director
- The War Room · Director, Editing
- Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music · Director, Camera Operator
- Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll · Director
- Depeche Mode: 101 · Director, Editing
- Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl · Camera Operator, Editing
- Jimi Plays Monterey · Editing, Director
- Shake! Otis at Monterey · Director, Camera Operator
- From the Pole to the Equator · Editing
- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars · Director, Camera Operator
- Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' · Director, Cinematography
- Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter · Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (Voice)
- DeLorean · Director
- Town Bloody Hall · Director, Cinematography
- The Energy War · Director
- Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964 · Producer, Director
- David Bowie: Cracked Actor · Thanks
- Little Richard: Keep on Rockin' · Cinematography, Director
- Eat the Document · Camera Operator
- Dancers in School · Director
- Sweet Toronto · Director
- Up Your Legs Forever
- 1 P.M. · Self, Director
- Maidstone · Cinematography
- Original Cast Album: Company · Director, Cinematography
- Alice Cooper · Director
- Monterey Pop · Director, Camera Operator
- Hickory Hill · Director
- Wake at Generation · Director
- Beyond the Law · Cinematography
- Wild 90 · Al, Cinematography
- Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making · Director
- RainForest · Director
- Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back · Writer, Director
- Hier Strauss · Director
- Elizabeth and Mary · Director
- Marathon · Camera Operator
- You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You · Director, Editing
- Lambert & Co. · Director
- Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment · Director
- The Chair · Cinematography, Director
- Blackie · Director
- Mooney vs. Fowle · Director
- Jane · Director