Donn Alan Pennebaker (July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019) was an American documentary filmmaker.
D. A. Pennebaker Biography / Wiki
| Name | D. A. Pennebaker |
| Also Know | Donn Alan Pennebaker, D.A. Pennabaker, DA Pennebaker, Don Alan Pennebaker, D.A. Pennebaker, D. A. Pennabaker |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Evanston, Illinois, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1925-07-15 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 94 |
| Deathday | 2019-08-01 |
D. A. Pennebaker Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Ricky on Leacock | Self | 2012-06-10 | A 38-year journey that the director began in 1972 as a young filmmaker and, shooting off and throughout many years, the director filmed many and vario… |
| Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker | Himself | 2016-04-20 | A conversation between Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker…. |
| Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter | Reader – Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice) | 1982-01-01 | A documentary overview of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter…. |
| Janis: Little Girl Blue | Himself | 2015-09-09 | Janis Joplin’s evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators…. |
| Up Your Legs Forever | 1971-08-12 | The film consists of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs…. | |
| Wild 90 | Al | 1968-01-08 | Norman Mailer’s first feature filmmaking effort stars the director and his two longtime collaborators Buzz Farbar and Mickey Knox as a trio of gangs… |
| A Venue For The End Of The World | Himself | 2014-09-14 | Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern entertainers, a filmmaker investigates the danger… |
| Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance | Self | 2016-04-20 | In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance…. |
| Tiny Tim: King for a Day | Himself | 2020-08-20 | The story of Tiny Tim’s improbable rise to stardom is the ultimate fairytale – and so is that of his downfall. For a brief time, the shy and truly u… |
| Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales | 2011-01-01 | Colleagues, friends and specialists pay tribute to the filmmaker Mario Ruspoli in a portrait that mixes encounters, archive images and film excerpts. … | |
| Morris Engel: The Independent | Self | 2008-05-08 | Short documentary on the life and work of photographer and filmmaker Morris Engel… |
| The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack | Self | 2000-08-16 | With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin’ Jack … |
| No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Self | 2005-07-21 | A chronicle of Bob Dylan’s strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to “voice of a generation” to rock star…. |
| World Tour 1966: The Home Movies | 2003-01-01 | With a set of drums and an 8mm color home movie camera, Mickey Jones toured the world in 1966 with Bob Dylan and The Band. He captured on film what be… | |
| Godard Made in USA | Self | 2010-12-11 | Documentary by Luc Lagier exploring Godard’s career as a filmmaker, the production of Breathless and his influence and his relationship with American … |
D. A. Pennebaker Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Dont Look Back | Director | 1967-05-17 | In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philos… |
| Daybreak Express | Director | 1953-01-01 | Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording “Daybreak Express”, this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway st… |
| Jimi Plays Monterey | Director | 1987-10-16 | It’s no exaggeration to say this might be the most intense and groundbreaking 45-minute performance in the history of rock. Jimi Hendrix’s debut Ameri… |
| The War Room | Director | 1993-11-03 | A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George Stephan… |
| Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | Director | 1983-12-23 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. British singer David Bowie performs his alter ego Ziggy Stardust for the very last time. A decadent show, a h… |
| Monterey Pop | Director | 1968-12-26 | Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all music… |
| Shake! Otis at Monterey | Director | 1987-10-16 | Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in… |
| Kings of Pastry | Director | 2009-11-06 | The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry … |
| Only the Strong Survive | Director | 2002-01-14 | A film featuring the veteran soul music artists and music of Stax Records…. |
| Original Cast Album: Company | Director | 1970-10-28 | In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his d… |
| Moon Over Broadway | Director | 1997-09-07 | A documentary portrait of the backstage efforts to stage the play Moon Over Buffalo on Broadway…. |
| 1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie) | Director | 1971-06-08 | Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration with Direct Cinema documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was m… |
| The Return of the War Room | Director | 2008-10-13 | Those who played prominent roles in Clinton’s 1992 Presidential campaign return to discuss how politics and the media have changed since that time…. |
| Addiction | Director | 2007-03-15 | Assembled by some of the nation’s top documentary filmmakers, this centerpiece film in HBO’s ‘Addiction’ campaign features insights from experts on tr… |
| John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band: Sweet Toronto | Director | 1971-11-22 | Sweet Toronto is a documentary by D.A. Pennebaker of the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, a one day festival held September 13, 1969 at Varsity Stadium … |
| Town Bloody Hall | Director | 1979-04-03 | Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of Women’s Libe… |
| Little Richard: Keep on Rockin’ | Director | 1973-01-01 | Keep On Rockin’, aka Little Richard: Keep On Rockin’ (USA video title) is a film of a 1969 Little Richard concert at the Sweet Toronto Peace Festival,… |
| Jane | Director | 1962-01-02 | Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for Broadw… |
| Opening In Moscow | Director | 1959-01-07 | In 1959, George Nelson designed an incredible trade fair to be sent to Russia, a kind of yard sale of things American. Everything from automatic vacuu… |
| On the Pole: Eddie Sachs | Director | 1961-08-31 | The documentary traces Eddie Sachs (one of the most popular drivers in the history of the Indianapolis 500) in a behind-the-scenes look at the race fr… |
| Depeche Mode: 101 | Director | 1989-04-27 | A fascinating documentary focusing on backstage realities of art and business during the British synthesizer band’s 1988 American tour…. |
| Unlocking the Cage | Director | 2016-01-25 | Renowned filmmakers D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus follow determined animal rights activist Steven Wise into the courtroom for an unprecedented batt… |
| The Living Camera: Mooney vs. Fowle | Director | 1962-04-12 | The doc brings us back to a 1961 football game played in front of 40,000 people at the Orange Bowl. A high school football game, pitting Miami High ag… |
| Baby | Director | 1954-01-01 | I had contrived a scenario in which she ran mindlessly by cages of various animals paying them no heed while they, subject to edited inserts, would ap… |
| Lambert & Co. | Director | 1964-01-01 | Jazz vocalist Dave Lambert auditions a new group of singers at RCA Studios in 1964…. |
| Adventures on the New Frontier | Director | 1961-03-28 | A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term…. |
| Energy War | Director | 1977-01-01 | Documentary feature. 16mm; color; sound…. |
| Two American Audiences: La Chinoise – A Film in the Making | Director | 1968-01-01 | Jean-Luc Godard visits the NYU in order to discuss his latest feature “La chinoise” with graduate students on filmmaking and politics…. |
| Woodstock Diary | Director | 1994-08-14 | Woodstock Diary was originally broadcasted on U.S. TV in August 1994 – in honor of the 25th anniversary of the event. Later it was released on DVD wit… |
| Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music | Director | 1992-03-10 | A pioneer in the world of rock-‘n’-roll guitar, Chuck Berry has created a legacy that spans decades. Berry performs some of his greatest hits and all-… |
| Down from the Mountain | Director | 2001-06-05 | On May 24, 2000, the historic Ryman Auditorium was booked to offer Nashvillians an evening of sublime beauty. Label executives and soundtrack producer… |
| Jingle Bells: RFK – 1964 | Director | 1977-01-01 | Surrounded by his children, his wife Ethel, and Sammy Davis, Jr., RFK visits schoolchildren around the city, and is every bit the good patriarch and d… |
| Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection | Director | 2016-11-11 | The complete collection of Depeche Modes videos…. |
| You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Director | 1964-12-31 | Description by D.A Pennebaker: “This movie is something of a mystery. Timothy Leary was getting married to a model named Nena Von Schlebrugge up in M… |
| Brussels Loops | Director | 1957-01-01 | A collection of twenty short films, averaging 2-3 minutes, by various filmmakers depicting American life, intended to be shown in a continuous loop at… |
| Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl | Director | 1989-03-13 | Depeche Mode’s famous 101st and final concert of the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena…. |
| David | Director | 1961-01-01 | During the fertile early years of Drew Associates following the breakthrough of Primary, came this seldom-seen portrait of David Allen, a jazz trumpet… |
| Hickory Hill | Director | 1968-08-01 | George Plimpton attends the annual children’s fair of local pets, at the Virginia home of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, with Art Buchwald as ringmaster…. |
| DeLorean | Director | 1981-01-01 | In 1973, John DeLorean was most likely going to be the next president of General Motors, when he turned his back on his $650,000 a year job and focuse… |
| RainForest | Director | 1968-01-01 | Leacock and Pennebaker filmed choreographer Merce Cunningham’s dance “RainForest†as part of the 1968 Buffalo Arts Festival’s program “Whose… |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey | Director | 2007-10-16 | This special presentation offers all the remaining footage from Jimi Hendrix’s incendiary appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Hendrix cla… |
| Susan Starr | Director | 1962-01-01 | Susan Starr is a talented young concert pianist preparing for the biggest competition of her life. She also happens to have a terrible cold that keeps… |
| Wake at Generation | Director | 1968-04-07 | An unreleased concert film, shot at the Generation Club on 8th St. in NYC on April 7, 1968. Big Brother & The Holding Co. “Summertime” Joni Mitchell… |
| Westernhagen: Keine Zeit | Director | 1996-09-12 | … |
| Hier Strauss | Director | 1965-05-05 | A film by D.A. Pennebaker… |
| The National – ‘High Violet’ Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music | Director | 2020-03-03 | Concert documentary of The National’s performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010, interspersed with interview footage of the band…. |
| Making Samuel Beckett’s ‘Rockaby’ | Director | 1983-05-05 | The filmmakers accompany Alan Schneider, director of the American premieres of most of Beckett’s plays, and producer Daniel Labeille to the home of Bi… |
| Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg | Director | Interviews and footage document the life and work of dancer Bessie Schonberg…. | |
| Bob Dylan 65 Revisited | Director | 1967-10-10 | A collection of rare outtakes and performances from the Pennebaker’s 1965 classic DONT LOOK BACK…. |
| Alice Cooper | Director | 1970-01-01 | Alice Cooper and band’s first performance, organized by his friend Frank Zappa, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival in 1969…. |
| Skyscraper | Director | 1960-04-26 | Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New Y… |
| Cinema16: American Short Films | Director | 2006-06-05 | CINEMA16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD. With over three hours of films CINEMA16: A… |
| Elizabeth and Mary | Director | 1965-01-01 | A film focusing on a day in the life of two identical twin girls, one of whom is blind and mentally handicapped… |
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D. A. Pennebaker Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Little Richard: Keep on Rockin’ | Producer | 1973-01-01 | Keep On Rockin’, aka Little Richard: Keep On Rockin’ (USA video title) is a film of a 1969 Little Richard concert at the Sweet Toronto Peace Festival,… |
| The Cutman | Executive Producer | 2003-01-16 | A cutman at the end of his career struggles to reclaim his true lifelong job…. |
| Jingle Bells: RFK – 1964 | Producer | 1977-01-01 | Surrounded by his children, his wife Ethel, and Sammy Davis, Jr., RFK visits schoolchildren around the city, and is every bit the good patriarch and d… |
| You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Producer | 1964-12-31 | Description by D.A Pennebaker: “This movie is something of a mystery. Timothy Leary was getting married to a model named Nena Von Schlebrugge up in M… |
| Startup.com | Producer | 2001-01-01 | Friends since high school, 20-somethings Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman have an idea: a Web site for people to conduct business with municipal gov… |
| Town Bloody Hall | Producer | 1979-04-03 | Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of Women’s Libe… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Dont Look Back | Writer | 1967-05-17 | In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philos… |
| Daybreak Express | Writer | 1953-01-01 | Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording “Daybreak Express”, this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway st… |
| Wild 90 | Writer | 1968-01-08 | Norman Mailer’s first feature filmmaking effort stars the director and his two longtime collaborators Buzz Farbar and Mickey Knox as a trio of gangs… |
| Christopher and Me | Screenplay | 1960-01-01 | This short work shows twins describing their involvement in a sailboat race…. |
Sound
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Christopher and Me | Music | 1960-01-01 | This short work shows twins describing their involvement in a sailboat race…. |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Wild 90 | Director of Photography | 1968-01-08 | Norman Mailer’s first feature filmmaking effort stars the director and his two longtime collaborators Buzz Farbar and Mickey Knox as a trio of gangs… |
| Daybreak Express | Director of Photography | 1953-01-01 | Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording “Daybreak Express”, this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway st… |
| Adventures on the New Frontier | Camera Operator | 1961-03-28 | A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term…. |
| Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music | Camera Operator | 1992-03-10 | A pioneer in the world of rock-‘n’-roll guitar, Chuck Berry has created a legacy that spans decades. Berry performs some of his greatest hits and all-… |
| You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Camera Operator | 1964-12-31 | Description by D.A Pennebaker: “This movie is something of a mystery. Timothy Leary was getting married to a model named Nena Von Schlebrugge up in M… |
| Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl | Camera Operator | 1989-03-13 | Depeche Mode’s famous 101st and final concert of the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena…. |
| Eat the Document | Camera Operator | 1972-11-30 | Eat the Document is a documentary of Bob Dylan’s 1966 tour of the United Kingdom with the Hawks. It was shot under Dylan’s direction by D. A. Pennebak… |
| Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | Camera Operator | 1983-12-23 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. British singer David Bowie performs his alter ego Ziggy Stardust for the very last time. A decadent show, a h… |
| Jimi Plays Monterey | Camera Operator | 1987-10-16 | It’s no exaggeration to say this might be the most intense and groundbreaking 45-minute performance in the history of rock. Jimi Hendrix’s debut Ameri… |
| Shake! Otis at Monterey | Camera Operator | 1987-10-16 | Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in… |
| Monterey Pop | Camera Operator | 1968-12-26 | Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all music… |
| Original Cast Album: Company | Director of Photography | 1970-10-28 | In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his d… |
| Maidstone | Director of Photography | 1971-03-09 | Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the luri… |
| Little Richard: Keep on Rockin’ | Director of Photography | 1973-01-01 | Keep On Rockin’, aka Little Richard: Keep On Rockin’ (USA video title) is a film of a 1969 Little Richard concert at the Sweet Toronto Peace Festival,… |
| Town Bloody Hall | Director of Photography | 1979-04-03 | Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of Women’s Libe… |
| Dont Look Back | Camera Operator | 1967-05-17 | In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philos… |
| Bob Dylan 65 Revisited | Camera Operator | 1967-10-10 | A collection of rare outtakes and performances from the Pennebaker’s 1965 classic DONT LOOK BACK…. |
| Primary | Sound Recordist | 1960-01-01 | Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use… |
| Jingle Bells: RFK – 1964 | Cinematography | 1977-01-01 | Surrounded by his children, his wife Ethel, and Sammy Davis, Jr., RFK visits schoolchildren around the city, and is every bit the good patriarch and d… |
| Cracked Actor | Thanks | 1975-01-26 | The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of vérité sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert footage. Most… |
| Yanki No! | Cinematography | 1960-07-07 | After the US forces Cuba out of the OAS, demonstrations erupt in Venezuela. In Cuba Castro addresses a rally of one million people…. |
| American Football | Cinematography | 1957-01-01 | A coach’s whole career depends upon winning this football game, the U.S. Air Force Academy against the University of Colorado. The film was an early… |
| The War Room | Cinematography | 1993-11-03 | A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George Stephan… |
| Down from the Mountain | Cinematography | 2001-06-05 | On May 24, 2000, the historic Ryman Auditorium was booked to offer Nashvillians an evening of sublime beauty. Label executives and soundtrack producer… |
| Primary | Editor | 1960-01-01 | Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use… |
| Jimi Plays Monterey | Editor | 1987-10-16 | It’s no exaggeration to say this might be the most intense and groundbreaking 45-minute performance in the history of rock. Jimi Hendrix’s debut Ameri… |
| The War Room | Editor | 1993-11-03 | A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George Stephan… |
| Daybreak Express | Editor | 1953-01-01 | Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording “Daybreak Express”, this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway st… |
| Jingle Bells: RFK – 1964 | Editor | 1977-01-01 | Surrounded by his children, his wife Ethel, and Sammy Davis, Jr., RFK visits schoolchildren around the city, and is every bit the good patriarch and d… |
| You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Editor | 1964-12-31 | Description by D.A Pennebaker: “This movie is something of a mystery. Timothy Leary was getting married to a model named Nena Von Schlebrugge up in M… |
| Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl | Editor | 1989-03-13 | Depeche Mode’s famous 101st and final concert of the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena…. |
| From the Pole to the Equator | Editor | 1987-09-19 | The title Dal polo all’equatore was first used by the pioneering documentary maker, Luca Comerio, for a compilation film of 1925; it was used again by… |
| Depeche Mode: 101 | Editor | 1989-04-27 | A fascinating documentary focusing on backstage realities of art and business during the British synthesizer band’s 1988 American tour…. |
| Down from the Mountain | Editor | 2001-06-05 | On May 24, 2000, the historic Ryman Auditorium was booked to offer Nashvillians an evening of sublime beauty. Label executives and soundtrack producer… |
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