D. A. Pennebaker
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."
Known For
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
1 P.M.
Janis: Little Girl Blue
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Godard Made in USA
A Venue For The End Of The World
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
All Movies (16)
- Tiny Tim: King for a Day2020 · as Himself
- Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker2016 · as Himself
- Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance2016 · as Self
- Janis: Little Girl Blue2015 · as Himself
- A Venue For The End Of The World2014 · as Himself
- Ricky on Leacock2012 · as Self
- Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales2011 · as Self
- Godard Made in USA2010 · as Self
- Morris Engel: The Independent2008 · as Self
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005 · as Self
- World Tour 1966: The Home Movies2003 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack2000 · as Self
- Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter1982 · as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
- Up Your Legs Forever1971
- 1 P.M.1971 · as Self
- Wild 901968 · as Al