D. A. Pennebaker
July 15, 1925 (100 years old) in Evanston, Illinois, USA
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
Credits
- 2020 · Tiny Tim: King for a Day as Himself
- 2016 · Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance as Self
- 2016 · Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker as Himself
- 2015 · Janis: Little Girl Blue as Himself
- 2014 · A Venue For The End Of The World as Himself
- 2012 · Ricky on Leacock as Self
- 2011 · Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales as Self
- 2010 · Godard Made in USA as Self
- 2008 · Morris Engel: The Independent as Self
- 2005 · No Direction Home: Bob Dylan as Self
- 2003 · World Tour 1966: The Home Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack as Self
- 1982 · Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
- 1971 · Up Your Legs Forever as
- 1971 · 1 P.M. as Self
- 1968 · Wild 90 as Al