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."
As actor 16
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015
Up Your Legs Forever
1971
Godard Made in USA
2010
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
1 P.M.
1971
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
2020
A Venue For The End Of The World
2014
Wild 90
1968
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003
Morris Engel: The Independent
2008
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
2016
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
2011
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
2016
Ricky on Leacock
2012
On the crew 82
Sweet Toronto
1971
ABC Close-Up!
1960
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
1996
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
1975
Original Cast Album: Company
1970
David
1961
The War Room
1993
Marathon
1965
David
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006
The Energy War
1979
Blackie
1962
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
Daybreak Express
1957
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
2023
Monterey Pop
1968
Primary
1960
Lambert & Co.
1964
Adventures on the New Frontier
1961
Depeche Mode 101
1989
Startup.com
2001
Down from the Mountain
2001
Maidstone
1971
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963
The Cutman
2003
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
1964
Beyond the Law
1968
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
1968
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
2006
The Return of the War Room
2008
Your Share in Tomorrow
1957
Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
1977
Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
2016
1 P.M.
1971
ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
1960
Eat the Document
1972
From the Pole to the Equator
1987
Only the Strong Survive
2002
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
2008
Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop
2002
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
2002
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983
Town Bloody Hall
1979
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
1992
Unlocking the Cage
2016
Wild 90
1968
Jane
1962
Hier Strauss
1965
Shake! Otis at Monterey
1987
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
1973
Kings of Pastry
2009
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
2007
Dancers in School
1972
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
1989
Addiction
2007
Woodstock Diary
1994
Moon Over Broadway
1997
65 Revisited
2007
Wake at Generation
1968
DeLorean
1981
Skyscraper
1959
The Chair
1963
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
1961
Brussels Loops
1958
Alice Cooper
1970
Opening In Moscow
1959
Aga Khan
1961
Hickory Hill
1968
Snapshots from the Tour
2015
Baby
1954
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
1991
Mooney vs. Fowle
1962
Christopher and Me
1960
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010
Elizabeth and Mary
1965
Susan Starr
1962
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
1998
RainForest
1968
American Football
1957