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."
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Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Godard Made in USA
2010
1 P.M.
1971
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
Up Your Legs Forever
1971
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
2020
Wild 90
1968
Morris Engel: The Independent
2008
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
2016
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
2016
A Venue For The End Of The World
2014
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
2011
Ricky on Leacock
2012
On the crew 82
Sweet Toronto
1971
ABC Close-Up!
1960
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
Monterey Pop
1968
The Cutman
2003
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
2023
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983
Marathon
1965
David
1961
David
The War Room
1993
Blackie
1962
The Energy War
1979
Maidstone
1971
Eat the Document
1972
Primary
1960
Daybreak Express
1957
Down from the Mountain
2001
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
1975
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
1964
Startup.com
2001
From the Pole to the Equator
1987
Original Cast Album: Company
1970
Woodstock Diary
1994
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
Jane
1962
Your Share in Tomorrow
1957
Depeche Mode 101
1989
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006
Lambert & Co.
1964
65 Revisited
2007
1 P.M.
1971
Beyond the Law
1968
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
1996
Wake at Generation
1968
Moon Over Broadway
1997
ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
1960
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
2002
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
2006
Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
1977
Only the Strong Survive
2002
Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
2016
Wild 90
1968
Adventures on the New Frontier
1961
Aga Khan
1961
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
2007
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963
Town Bloody Hall
1979
Skyscraper
1959
Hickory Hill
1968
Alice Cooper
1970
Shake! Otis at Monterey
1987
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
2008
The Chair
1963
The Return of the War Room
2008
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
1989
Unlocking the Cage
2016
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
1961
DeLorean
1981
Mooney vs. Fowle
1962
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
1973
Brussels Loops
1958
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
1992
Hier Strauss
1965
Elizabeth and Mary
1965
Addiction
2007
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
1991
Dancers in School
1972
Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop
2002
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
1968
Snapshots from the Tour
2015
Susan Starr
1962
Christopher and Me
1960
American Football
1957
Kings of Pastry
2009
RainForest
1968
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010
Baby
1954
Opening In Moscow
1959
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
1998