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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."
Top Filmography
7.3
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015 // MOVIE
7.7
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005 // MOVIE
6.1
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
2020 // MOVIE
5.8
1 P.M.
1971 // MOVIE
5.7
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982 // MOVIE
4.9
Wild 90
1968 // MOVIE
7.2
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000 // MOVIE
6.0
A Venue For The End Of The World
2014 // MOVIE
9.0
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
2016 // MOVIE
8.0
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
2016 // MOVIE
7.0
Up Your Legs Forever
1971 // MOVIE
0.0
Ricky on Leacock
2012 // MOVIE
0.0
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
2011 // MOVIE
0.0
Morris Engel: The Independent
2008 // MOVIE
0.0
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003 // MOVIE