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

1. Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back (1967) — Director
2. Monterey Pop (1968) — Director
3. The War Room (1993) — Director
4. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983) — Director
5. Daybreak Express (1957) — Director
6. Depeche Mode 101 (1989) — Director
7. Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987) — Director
8. Jimi Plays Monterey (1987) — Director
9. Kings of Pastry (2009) — Director
10. Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963) — Director
11. Original Cast Album: Company (1970) — Director
12. Unlocking the Cage (2016) — Director
13. Town Bloody Hall (1979) — Director
14. Skyscraper (1959) — Director
15. Down from the Mountain (2001) — Director
16. 1 P.M. (1971) — Director
17. Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl (2006) — Director
18. Adventures on the New Frontier (1961) — Director
19. Only the Strong Survive (2002) — Director
20. Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music (1992) — Director
21. 65 Revisited (2007) — Director
22. Moon Over Broadway (1997) — Director
23. Sweet Toronto (1971) — Director
24. Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' (1983) — Director
25. The Return of the War Room (2008) — Director
26. Opening In Moscow (1959) — Director
27. Baby (1954) — Director
28. Lambert & Co. (1964) — Director
29. Woodstock Diary (1994) — Director
30. Addiction (2007) — Director
31. Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll (1991) — Director
32. Jane (1962) — Director
33. Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances (2002) — Director
34. Cinema16: American Short Films (2006) — Director
35. Westernhagen: Keine Zeit (1996) — Director
36. Hier Strauss (1965) — Director
37. The Chair (1963) — Director
38. ABC Close-Up! (1960) — Director
39. Little Richard: Keep on Rockin' (1973) — Director
40. Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making (1968) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) — Himself
2. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) — Self
3. Tiny Tim: King for a Day (2020) — Himself
4. 1 P.M. (1971) — Self
5. Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982) — Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
6. Wild 90 (1968) — Al
7. The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000) — Self
8. A Venue For The End Of The World (2014) — Himself
9. Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
10. Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker (2016) — Himself
11. Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance (2016) — Self
12. Ricky on Leacock (2012) — Self
13. Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales (2011) — Self
14. Morris Engel: The Independent (2008) — Self
15. World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003) — Self (archive footage)
16. Godard Made in USA (2010) — Self