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."

KNOWN FOR

Storyville
2002
ABC Close-Up!
1960
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015
Godard Made in USA
2010
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983
The Energy War
1979
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
2023
Original Cast Album: Company
1970
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
2008
Down from the Mountain
2001

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
17
Directing
66
Writing
5
Producing
9
Camera
28
Editing
15
Sound
2
Visual Effects
1
Crew
7
2020
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
as Himself
2016
Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
as Himself
2016
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
as Self
2015
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
2012
Ricky on Leacock
as Self
2011
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
as Self
2010
Godard Made in USA
as Self
2008
Morris Engel: The Independent
as Self
2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
2003
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Storyville
2000
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
as Self
1982
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
as Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
1971
1 P.M.
as Self
1971
Up Your Legs Forever
1968
Wild 90
as Al