Cast
D. A. Pennebaker
Directing
Cast
D. A. Pennebaker
Known for
Directing
Born
1925-07-15
From
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Died
2019-08-01
Also known as Donn Alan Pennebaker, D.A. Pennabaker, DA Pennebaker
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."
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
MOVIE2010
Godard Made in USA
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1971
Up Your Legs Forever
★6.1
MOVIE2020
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
as Himself
★7.4
MOVIE2000
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE1982
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
MOVIE2003
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
★6.2
MOVIE1971
1 P.M.
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE1968
Wild 90
as Al
MOVIE2008
Morris Engel: The Independent
as Self
MOVIE2012
Ricky on Leacock
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2016
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
as Self
MOVIE2011
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2016
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
as Himself