D. A. Pennebaker
Born: 1925-07-15 in Evanston, Illinois, USA
Died: 2019-08-01
Known For: 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."
Filmography
2023
- Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Tiny Tim: King for a Day as Himself
2016
- Unlocking the Cage ... (Director)
- Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection ... (Director)
- Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance as Self
- Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker as Himself
2015
- Janis: Little Girl Blue as Himself
- Snapshots from the Tour ... (Director)
2014
- A Venue For The End Of The World as Himself
2012
- Ricky on Leacock as Self
2011
2010
- Godard Made in USA as Self
- The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music ... (Director)
2009
- Kings of Pastry ... (Director)
2008
- The Return of the War Room ... (Director)
- A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy ... (Editor)
- Morris Engel: The Independent as Self
2007
- 65 Revisited ... (Camera Operator)
- Addiction ... (Director)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey ... (Director)
2006
- Cinema16: American Short Films ... (Director)
- Al Franken: God Spoke ... (Executive Producer)
- Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl ... (Director)
2005
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan as Self
2003
- The Cutman ... (Executive Producer)
- World Tour 1966: The Home Movies as Self (archive footage)
2002
- Only the Strong Survive ... (Director)
- Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances ... (Cinematography)
- Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop ... (Director)
2001
- Startup.com ... (Producer)
- Down from the Mountain ... (Editor)
2000
- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack as Self
1998
- Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg ... (Director)
1997
- Moon Over Broadway ... (Director)
1996
- Westernhagen: Keine Zeit ... (Director)
1994
- Woodstock Diary ... (Director)
1993
- The War Room ... (Director)
1992
- Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music ... (Director)
1991
- Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll ... (Director)
1989
- Depeche Mode 101 ... (Director)
- Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl ... (Camera Operator)
1987
- Jimi Plays Monterey ... (Editor)
- From the Pole to the Equator ... (Editor)
- Shake! Otis at Monterey ... (Director)
1983
- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ... (Director)
- Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' ... (Director)
1982
- Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
1981
- DeLorean ... (Director)
1979
- The Energy War ... (Director)
- Town Bloody Hall ... (Director)
1977
- Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964 ... (Producer)
1975
- David Bowie: Cracked Actor ... (Thanks)
1973
- Little Richard: Keep on Rockin' ... (Director of Photography)
1972
- Eat the Document ... (Camera Operator)
- Dancers in School ... (Director)
1971
- Sweet Toronto ... (Director)
- Maidstone ... (Director of Photography)
- Up Your Legs Forever
- 1 P.M. as Self
1970
- Original Cast Album: Company ... (Director)
- Alice Cooper ... (Director)
1968
- Monterey Pop ... (Director)
- Beyond the Law ... (Cinematography)
- Wild 90 as Al
- Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making ... (Director)
- Hickory Hill ... (Director)
- Wake at Generation ... (Director)
- RainForest ... (Director)
1967
- Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back ... (Writer)
1965
- Marathon ... (Camera Operator)
- Hier Strauss ... (Director)
- Elizabeth and Mary ... (Director)
1964
- You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You ... (Director)
- Lambert & Co. ... (Director)
1963
- Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment ... (Director)
- The Chair ... (Cinematography)
1962
- Jane ... (Director)
- Blackie ... (Director)
- Mooney vs. Fowle ... (Director)
- Susan Starr ... (Director)
1961
- Adventures on the New Frontier ... (Camera Operator)
- Aga Khan ... (Director)
- David ... (Director)
- On the Pole: Eddie Sachs ... (Director)
1960
- ABC Close-Up! ... (Director)
- Primary ... (Editor)
- ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No! ... (Director of Photography)
- Christopher and Me ... (Screenplay)
1959
- Skyscraper ... (Director)
- Opening In Moscow ... (Director)
1958
- Brussels Loops ... (Director)
1957
- Daybreak Express ... (Director)
- Your Share in Tomorrow ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- American Football ... (Director of Photography)
1954
- Baby ... (Director)