Known For
Directing
Birthday
July 15, 1925
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Donn Alan Pennebaker
- D.A. Pennabaker
- DA Pennebaker
- Don Alan Pennebaker
- D.A. Pennebaker
D. A. 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."
Known For - Movies
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
Godard Made in USA
as Self
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
as Self
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
Wild 90
as Al
1 P.M.
as Self
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Ricky on Leacock
as Self