D. A. Pennebaker
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D. A. Pennebaker

Born 15 July 1925 · Evanston, Illinois, USA · Died 1 August 2019

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

Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Monterey Pop
The War Room
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Daybreak Express
Primary
Depeche Mode: 101
Startup.com
Shake! Otis at Monterey
Jimi Plays Monterey
Kings of Pastry
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Unlocking the Cage
Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
Snapshots from the Tour
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
Kings of Pastry
The Return of the War Room
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
Addiction
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
65 Revisited
Cinema16: American Short Films
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
Only the Strong Survive
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
Down from the Mountain
Startup.com
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
Moon Over Broadway
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
Woodstock Diary
The War Room
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
Depeche Mode: 101
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
Jimi Plays Monterey
Shake! Otis at Monterey
From the Pole to the Equator
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
DeLorean
Town Bloody Hall
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
Dancers in School
Up Your Legs Forever
Maidstone
1 P.M.
Sweet Toronto
Original Cast Album: Company
Alice Cooper
Wild 90
Monterey Pop
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
RainForest
Wake at Generation
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
The Chair
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Jane
Mooney vs. Fowle
Susan Starr
Blackie
Adventures on the New Frontier
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
David
Primary
Christopher and Me
ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
Skyscraper
Brussels Loops
Daybreak Express
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