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D. A. Pennebaker

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American filmmaker (1925-2019)

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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.

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The National at BAM during the webcast directed by Pennebaker and HegedusThe National at BAM during the webcast directed by Pennebaker and Hegedus

Filmography 40

Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back1967 · ★ 7.4
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005 · ★ 7.7
Janis: Little Girl Blue2015 · ★ 7.3
Monterey Pop1968 · ★ 7.4
The War Room1993 · ★ 6.8
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars1983 · ★ 7.3
Startup.com2001
Daybreak Express1957
Depeche Mode 1011989
Jimi Plays Monterey1987
Shake! Otis at Monterey1987
Kings of Pastry2009
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment1963
Original Cast Album: Company1970
Unlocking the Cage2016
Town Bloody Hall1979
Tiny Tim: King for a Day2020
Down from the Mountain2001
Skyscraper1959
1 P.M.1971
Al Franken: God Spoke2006
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter1982
Sweet Toronto1971
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl2006
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World2023
Adventures on the New Frontier1961
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack2000
Wild 901968
Only the Strong Survive2002
65 Revisited2007
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music1992
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'1983
Moon Over Broadway1997
The Return of the War Room2008
Woodstock Diary1994
Addiction2007
Lambert & Co.1964
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll1991
Baby1954
Opening In Moscow1959

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Television 2

ABC Close-Up!1960
The Energy War1979

Awards 2

2013Academy Honorary Award
1980Guggenheim Fellowship

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Chuck BerryAlso in Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music (1992)Jerry Lee LewisAlso in Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll (1991)Samuel BeckettAlso in Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' (1983)Norman MailerAlso in Wild 90 (1968)Germaine GreerAlso in Town Bloody Hall (1979)Louis MalleAlso in Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)

About this person

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".

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2019 · aged 94
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24 languages

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