
D. A. Pennebaker
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."
63 directing credits · 16 acting credits
Directing · 63

ABC Close-Up!
1960

Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967

The War Room
1993

Cinema16: American Short Films
2006

Monterey Pop
1968

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983

Original Cast Album: Company
1970

Sweet Toronto
1971

The Return of the War Room
2008

Jimi Plays Monterey
1987

Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
2002

Woodstock Diary
1994

Only the Strong Survive
2002

Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
2006

Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
2016

Depeche Mode 101
1989

Down from the Mountain
2001

Jane
1962

Kings of Pastry
2009

Adventures on the New Frontier
1961

1 P.M.
1971

The Energy War
1979

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983

Addiction
2007

Daybreak Express
1957

Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl
1989

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
2007

Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
1998

Shake! Otis at Monterey
1987

Moon Over Broadway
1997
Aga Khan
1961
Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
1977

DeLorean
1981

Town Bloody Hall
1979

Alice Cooper
1970

RainForest
1968

Unlocking the Cage
2016

Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
1992

Mooney vs. Fowle
1962

Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
1973
Lambert & Co.
1964
David
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65 Revisited
2007

Susan Starr
1962

The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010

Skyscraper
1959

On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
1961

Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll
1991

Wake at Generation
1968

Brussels Loops
1958

Snapshots from the Tour
2015

David
1961

Blackie
1962

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
1964

Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
1968
Elizabeth and Mary
1965
Baby
1954

Dancers in School
1972
Opening In Moscow
1959
Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop
2002
Hickory Hill
1968
Hier Strauss
1965

Westernhagen: Keine Zeit
1996
Acting · 16

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005

Godard Made in USA
2010

Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015

Tiny Tim: King for a Day
2020

1 P.M.
1971
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
2016

Wild 90
1968

Up Your Legs Forever
1971

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000

World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
Ricky on Leacock
2012

Morris Engel: The Independent
2008
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
2016

Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
2011

A Venue For The End Of The World
2014