D. A. Pennebaker
Known for: Directing
Born: July 15, 1925
Died: August 1, 2019
Place of birth: Evanston, 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."
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Filmography
94 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.4
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
2023
6.1
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
2020
10.0
Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
20169.0
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
20168.0
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
2016
6.8
Unlocking the Cage
2016
7.3
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015
8.0
Snapshots from the Tour
2015
6.0
A Venue For The End Of The World
2014NR
Ricky on Leacock
2012
NR
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
2011
NR
Godard Made in USA
2010
NR
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010
6.8
Kings of Pastry
2009
5.7
The Return of the War Room
2008
NR
Morris Engel: The Independent
2008
10.0
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
2008
9.4
65 Revisited
2007
8.5
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
2007
5.3
Addiction
2007
7.5
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006
6.6
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
2006
6.9
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006
7.8
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
20058.0
The Cutman
2003
NR
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003
7.5
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
2002NR
Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop
2002
7.0
Only the Strong Survive
2002
7.5
Down from the Mountain
2001
6.7
Startup.com
2001
7.4
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
NR
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
1998
7.8
Moon Over Broadway
1997
8.0
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
1996
8.5
Woodstock Diary
1994
6.8
The War Room
1993
8.4
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
1992
8.0
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
1991
8.0
Depeche Mode 101
1989
NR
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
1989
7.5
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
7.4
Shake! Otis at Monterey
1987
6.5
From the Pole to the Equator
1987
7.4
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983
7.5
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983
6.1
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
10.0
DeLorean
1981
5.8
Town Bloody Hall
1979
7.0
The Energy War
1979NR
Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
1977
7.6
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
1975
7.0
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
1973
6.9
Eat the Document
1972
NR
Dancers in School
1972
7.1
Sweet Toronto
1971
8.0
Up Your Legs Forever
1971
6.2
1 P.M.
1971
4.2
Maidstone
1971
7.2
Original Cast Album: Company
1970
NR
Alice Cooper
1970
7.3
Monterey Pop
1968NR
Hickory Hill
1968
NR
Wake at Generation
1968
5.6
Beyond the Law
1968
5.7
Wild 90
1968
6.0
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
1968
NR
RainForest
1968
7.4
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
19676.0
Hier Strauss
1965NR
Elizabeth and Mary
1965
NR
Marathon
1965
NR
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
19645.7
Lambert & Co.
1964
6.9
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963
7.5
The Chair
1963
NR
Blackie
1962
NR
Mooney vs. Fowle
1962
6.5
Jane
1962
NR
Susan Starr
1962NR
Aga Khan
1961
10.0
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
1961
5.5
Adventures on the New Frontier
1961
NR
David
1961
6.5
Primary
1960
6.0
ABC Close-Up!
1960
6.8
ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
1960
5.0
Christopher and Me
1960
7.2
Skyscraper
19595.8
Opening In Moscow
1959
10.0
Brussels Loops
1958
7.2
Daybreak Express
1957NR
American Football
1957NR
Your Share in Tomorrow
19575.7
Baby
1954NR
David
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