# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/d-a-pennebaker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:35:15.196Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/d-a-pennebaker"
name: "D. A. Pennebaker"
slug: "d-a-pennebaker"
description: "Donn Alan Pennebaker 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. The Independent called Pennebaker \"arguably the pre-eminent chronicler of Sixties counterculture\"."
tagline: "American filmmaker (1925-2019)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1925-07-15"
deathDate: "2019-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump