D. A. Pennebaker
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 15, 1925 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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
| 2020 | Tiny Tim: King for a DayHimself | |
| 2016 | Jill Drew and D.A. PennebakerHimself | |
| 2016 | Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of ToleranceSelf | |
| 2015 | Janis: Little Girl BlueHimself | |
| 2014 | A Venue For The End Of The WorldHimself | |
| 2012 | Ricky on LeacockSelf | |
| 2011 | Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the WhalesSelf | |
| 2010 | Godard Made in USASelf | |
| 2008 | Morris Engel: The IndependentSelf | |
| 2005 | No Direction Home: Bob DylanSelf | |
| 2003 | World Tour 1966: The Home MoviesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | The Ballad of Ramblin' JackSelf | |
| 1982 | Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. PorterReader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice) | |
| 1971 | 1 P.M.Self | |
| 1971 | Up Your Legs Forever | |
| 1968 | Wild 90Al |
| 2023 | Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the WorldExecutive Producer | |
| 2006 | Al Franken: God SpokeExecutive Producer | |
| 2003 | The CutmanExecutive Producer | |
| 2001 | Startup.comProducer | |
| 1979 | Town Bloody HallProducer | |
| 1977 | Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964Producer | |
| 1973 | Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'Producer | |
| 1971 | 1 P.M.Producer | |
| 1964 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves YouProducer |
| 2016 | Unlocking the CageDirector | |
| 2016 | Depeche Mode: Video Singles CollectionDirector | |
| 2015 | Snapshots from the TourDirector | |
| 2010 | The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of MusicDirector | |
| 2009 | Kings of PastryDirector | |
| 2008 | The Return of the War RoomDirector | |
| 2007 | AddictionDirector | |
| 2007 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at MontereyDirector | |
| 2007 | 65 RevisitedDirector | |
| 2006 | Cinema16: American Short FilmsDirector | |
| 2006 | Assume the Position with Mr. WuhlDirector | |
| 2002 | Only the Strong SurviveDirector | |
| 2002 | Monterey Pop - The Outtake PerformancesDirector | |
| 2002 | Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey PopDirector | |
| 2001 | Down from the MountainDirector | |
| 1998 | Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie SchonbergDirector | |
| 1997 | Moon Over BroadwayDirector | |
| 1996 | Westernhagen: Keine ZeitDirector | |
| 1994 | Woodstock DiaryDirector | |
| 1993 | The War RoomDirector | |
| 1992 | Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll MusicDirector | |
| 1991 | Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and RollDirector | |
| 1989 | Depeche Mode 101Director | |
| 1989 | Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose BowlDirector | |
| 1987 | Jimi Plays MontereyDirector | |
| 1987 | Shake! Otis at MontereyDirector | |
| 1983 | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsDirector | |
| 1983 | Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'Director | |
| 1981 | DeLoreanDirector | |
| 1979 | Town Bloody HallDirector | |
| 1979 | The Energy WarDirector | |
| 1977 | Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964Director | |
| 1973 | Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'Director | |
| 1972 | Dancers in SchoolDirector | |
| 1971 | 1 P.M.Director | |
| 1971 | Sweet TorontoDirector | |
| 1970 | Original Cast Album: CompanyDirector | |
| 1970 | Alice CooperDirector | |
| 1968 | Monterey PopDirector | |
| 1968 | Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the MakingDirector | |
| 1968 | Hickory HillDirector | |
| 1968 | RainForestDirector | |
| 1968 | Wake at GenerationDirector | |
| 1967 | Dont Look BackDirector | |
| 1965 | Elizabeth and MaryDirector | |
| 1965 | Hier StraussDirector | |
| 1964 | Lambert & Co.Director | |
| 1964 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves YouDirector | |
| 1962 | JaneDirector | |
| 1962 | Mooney vs. FowleDirector | |
| 1962 | Susan StarrDirector | |
| 1962 | BlackieDirector | |
| 1961 | Aga KhanDirector | |
| 1961 | Adventures on the New FrontierDirector | |
| 1961 | On the Pole: Eddie SachsDirector | |
| 1961 | DavidDirector | |
| 1960 | ABC Close-Up!Director | |
| 1959 | Opening In MoscowDirector | |
| 1959 | SkyscraperDirector | |
| 1958 | Brussels LoopsDirector | |
| 1957 | Daybreak ExpressDirector | |
| 1954 | BabyDirector | |
| - | DavidDirector |
| 1971 | 1 P.M.Writer | |
| 1968 | Wild 90Writer | |
| 1967 | Dont Look BackWriter | |
| 1960 | Christopher and MeScreenplay | |
| 1957 | Daybreak ExpressWriter |
| 2008 | A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. KennedyCinematography | |
| 2002 | Monterey Pop - The Outtake PerformancesCinematography | |
| 1975 | David Bowie: Cracked ActorThanks | |
| 1971 | MaidstoneCinematography | |
| 1968 | Beyond the LawCinematography | |
| 1963 | The ChairCinematography | |
| 1961 | On the Pole: Eddie SachsCinematography |