Directing · Evanston, Illinois, USA · Born July 15, 1925
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."
MovieTiny Tim: King for a Day
2020
as Himself
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
2016
as Himself
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
2016
as Self
MovieJanis: Little Girl Blue
2015
as Himself
MovieA Venue For The End Of The World
2014
as Himself
Ricky on Leacock
2012
as Self
MovieMario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
2011
as Self
MovieGodard Made in USA
2010
as Self
MovieMorris Engel: The Independent
2008
as Self
MovieNo Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
as Self
MovieWorld Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
as Self
MovieBefore the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
MovieUp Your Legs Forever
1971
Movie1 P.M.
1971
as Self
MovieWild 90
1968
as Al
