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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 15, 1925(94)
Day of Death
August 1, 2019
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Donn Alan PennebakerD.A. PennabakerDA PennebakerDon Alan PennebakerD.A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
Directing
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
Filmography
- 2020MovieTiny Tim: King for a Dayas Himself
- 2015MovieJanis: Little Girl Blueas Himself
- 2014MovieA Venue For The End Of The Worldas Himself
- 2011MovieMario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whalesas Self
- 2010MovieGodard Made in USAas Self
- 2008MovieMorris Engel: The Independentas Self
- 2005MovieNo Direction Home: Bob Dylanas Self
- 2003MovieWorld Tour 1966: The Home Moviesas Self (archive footage)
- 2000MovieThe Ballad of Ramblin' Jackas Self
- 1982MovieBefore the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porteras Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
- 1971MovieUp Your Legs Forever
- 1971Movie1 P.M.as Self
- 1968MovieWild 90as Al