Personal Info
Birthday
July 15, 1925
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Known For
Directing
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."
Directed Movies (55)
10.0
Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
Movie2016
No Backdrop
6.8
Unlocking the Cage
Movie2016
No Backdrop
8.0
Snapshots from the Tour
Movie2015
0.0
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
Movie2010
6.8
Kings of Pastry
Movie2009
5.7
The Return of the War Room
Movie2008
9.4
65 Revisited
Movie2007
9.0
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
Movie2007
5.3
Addiction
Movie2007
No Backdrop
7.5
Cinema16: American Short Films
Movie2006
6.6
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
Movie2006
7.5
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
Movie2002
7.0
Only the Strong Survive
Movie2002
7.5
Down from the Mountain
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
Movie1998
No Backdrop
7.8
Moon Over Broadway
Movie1997
8.0
Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
Movie1996
No Backdrop
8.5
Woodstock Diary
Movie1994
6.8
The War Room
Movie1993
8.4
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
Movie1992
8.0
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
Movie1991
8.0
Depeche Mode 101
Movie1989
0.0
Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
Movie1989
7.5
Jimi Plays Monterey
Movie1987
7.3
Shake! Otis at Monterey
Movie1987
7.4
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Movie1983
No Backdrop
7.5
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
Movie1983
No Backdrop
10.0
DeLorean
Movie1981
5.8
Town Bloody Hall
Movie1979
No Backdrop
7.0
The Energy War
TV Series1979
7.0
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
Movie1973
No Backdrop
0.0
Dancers in School
Movie1972
7.1
Sweet Toronto
Movie1971
6.2
1 P.M.
Movie1971
7.2
Original Cast Album: Company
Movie1970
No Backdrop
0.0
Alice Cooper
Movie1970
7.3
Monterey Pop
Movie1968
No Backdrop
0.0
Wake at Generation
Movie1968
No Backdrop
6.0
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
Movie1968
No Backdrop
0.0
RainForest
Movie1968
7.4
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Movie1967
No Backdrop
0.0
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Movie1964
6.9
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Movie1963
7.5
The Chair
Movie1963
No Backdrop
0.0
Blackie
Movie1962
No Backdrop
0.0
Mooney vs. Fowle
Movie1962
No Backdrop
6.5
Jane
Movie1962
No Backdrop
0.0
Susan Starr
Movie1962
No Backdrop
10.0
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
Movie1961
5.5
Adventures on the New Frontier
Movie1961
0.0
David
Movie1961
No Backdrop
6.0
ABC Close-Up!
TV Series1960
No Backdrop
7.2
Skyscraper
Movie1959
No Backdrop
10.0
Brussels Loops
Movie1958
7.2
Daybreak Express
Movie1957
Acting Filmography (13)
6.1
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Movie2020
7.3
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Movie2015
No Backdrop
6.0
A Venue For The End Of The World
Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
Movie2011
No Backdrop
0.0
Godard Made in USA
Movie2010
No Backdrop
0.0
Morris Engel: The Independent
Movie2008
7.8
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Movie2005
0.0
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
Movie2003
7.4
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Movie2000
6.1
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Movie1982
No Backdrop
8.0
Up Your Legs Forever
Movie1971
6.2
1 P.M.
Movie1971
No Backdrop
5.7
Wild 90
Movie1968