D. A. Pennebaker

Born: 1925-07-15, Evanston, Illinois, USA

Died: 2019-08-01

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."

Filmography

• Sweet Toronto (1971)
• Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)
• Daybreak Express (1957)
• Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back (1967)
• Monterey Pop (1968)
• Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
• The War Room (1993)
• Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
• Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
• Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl (2006)
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey (2007)
• Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
• Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances (2002)
• Westernhagen: Keine Zeit (1996)
• You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (1964)
• Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987)
• Blackie (1962)
• Tiny Tim: King for a Day (2020)
• Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
• Woodstock Diary (1994)
• 65 Revisited (2007)
• Moon Over Broadway (1997)
• Only the Strong Survive (2002)
• Adventures on the New Frontier (1961)
• Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection (2016)
• Cinema16: American Short Films (2006)
• Wake at Generation (1968)
• Down from the Mountain (2001)
• Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)
• Wild 90 (1968)