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D. A. Pennebaker
Directing
15 Jul 1925
† 01 Aug 2019
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."
Also Known As
Donn Alan Pennebaker, D.A. Pennabaker, DA Pennebaker, Don Alan Pennebaker, D.A. Pennebaker
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D. A. Pennebaker's Movies
73%
Janis: Little Girl Blue
09 Sept 2015
77%
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
21 Jul 2005
61%
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
20 Aug 2020
58%
1 P.M.
08 Jun 1971
57%
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
09 Oct 1982
49%
Wild 90
08 Jan 1968
72%
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
16 Aug 2000
60%
A Venue For The End Of The World
14 Sept 2014
90%
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
20 Apr 2016
80%
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
20 Apr 2016
70%
Up Your Legs Forever
12 Aug 1971
0%
Ricky on Leacock
10 Jun 2012
0%
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
01 Jan 2011
0%
Morris Engel: The Independent
08 May 2008
0%
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
01 Jan 2003
0%
Godard Made in USA
11 Dec 2010