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
- Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection ... (Director)
- Unlocking the Cage ... (Director)
- Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker as Himself
- Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance as Self
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
- A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy ... (Cinematography)
- The Return of the War Room ... (Director)
- Morris Engel: The Independent as Self
2007
- 65 Revisited ... (Camera Operator)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey ... (Director)
- Addiction ... (Director)
2006
- Al Franken: God Spoke ... (Executive Producer)
- Cinema16: American Short Films ... (Director)
- 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
- Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances ... (Cinematography)
- Only the Strong Survive ... (Director)
- Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop ... (Director)
2001
- Down from the Mountain ... (Editor)
- Startup.com ... (Producer)
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 ... (Director)
1987
- Jimi Plays Monterey ... (Director)
- Shake! Otis at Monterey ... (Director)
- From the Pole to the Equator ... (Editor)
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 ... (Director)
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)
- Wild 90 as Al
- Beyond the Law ... (Cinematography)
- Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making ... (Director)
- Wake at Generation ... (Director)
- Hickory Hill ... (Director)
- RainForest ... (Director)
1967
- Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back ... (Director)
1965
- Marathon ... (Camera Operator)
- Elizabeth and Mary ... (Director)
- Hier Strauss ... (Director)
1964
- Lambert & Co. ... (Director)
- You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You ... (Director)
1963
- Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment ... (Director)
- The Chair ... (Cinematography)
1962
- Blackie ... (Director)
- Jane ... (Director)
- Susan Starr ... (Director)
- Mooney vs. Fowle ... (Director)
1961
- David ... (Director)
- Adventures on the New Frontier ... (Camera Operator)
- Aga Khan ... (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)