Director
D. A. Pennebaker
Born 1925 · Evanston, Illinois, USA
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
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Director · 1967
Monterey Pop
Director · 1968
Depeche Mode 101
Director · 1989
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Director · 1983
The War Room
Director · 1993
Daybreak Express
Director · 1957
Jimi Plays Monterey
Director · 1987
Shake! Otis at Monterey
Director · 1987
65 Revisited
Director · 2007
Original Cast Album: Company
Director · 1970
Kings of Pastry
Director · 2009
DeLorean
Director · 1981
Brussels Loops
Director · 1958
Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
Director · 2016
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
Director · 1961
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
Director · 1992
Down from the Mountain
Director · 2001
Skyscraper
Director · 1959
Acting
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self · 2005
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Himself · 2015
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
Himself · 2016
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Self · 2000
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
Self · 2016
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Himself · 2020
1 P.M.
Self · 1971
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice) · 1982
Wild 90
Al · 1968
A Venue For The End Of The World
Himself · 2014
Godard Made in USA
Self · 2010
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
Self (archive footage) · 2003
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
Self · 2011
Morris Engel: The Independent
Self · 2008
Ricky on Leacock
Self · 2012
