D. A. Pennebaker
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Donn Alan Pennebaker (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 or "lifetime Oscar".
Pennebaker an important chronicler of Sixties counterculture.
Filmography
- Daybreak Express (1953)
- Baby (1954)
- Opening in Moscow (1959)
- Breaking It Up at the Museum (1960)
- Anatomy of Cindy Fink (1960)
- Primary (1960)
- Jingle Bells (1964) with Robert F. Kennedy
- You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (1964)
- Lambert & Co., or "Audition at RCA" (1964)
- Dont Look Back (1967, filmed 1965) with Bob Dylan
- Something Is Happening (unreleased, filmed 1966) with Bob Dylan
- Eat the Document (limited release, filmed 1966) with Bob Dylan
- Monterey Pop (1968, filmed 1967)
- Rainforest (1968)
- Sweet Toronto (1971, filmed 1969) with The Plastic Ono Band
- Alice Cooper (1970)
- Queen of Apollo (1970)
- 1 PM (1971)
- Original Cast Album: Company (1971) with Stephen Sondheim
- Keep on Rockin’ (1969) – a film involving Little Richard
- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) with David Bowie
- The Energy War (1978)
- Town Bloody Hall (1979)
- DeLorean (1981) with John DeLorean
- Dance Black America (1983)
- Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) with Jimi Hendrix
- Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987) with Otis Redding
- 101 (1989) with Depeche Mode
- The War Room (1993)
- Woodstock Diary (1994)
- Keine Zeit (1996) with German artist Marius Müller-Westernhagen
- Victoria Williams – Happy Come Home (1997) with singer Victoria Williams
- Moon Over Broadway (1997)
- Bessie (1998)
- Down from the Mountain (2000)
- Startup.com (2001)
- Only the Strong Survive (2002)
- Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (2004) Emmy-winning portrait of Elaine Stritch
- Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) as executive producer
- Rock N Roll Music – a film involving Chuck Berry
- 65 Revisited (2007) – a one-hour documentary accompanying the new DVD release of Dont Look Back
- Kings of Pastry (2009)
- Unlocking the Cage (2016)
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