D.A. Pennebaker

Also Credited As:

Donn Alan Pennebaker, Penny
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Biography

One of the most influential documentary filmmakers of all time, D. A. Pennebaker revolutionized both filmmaking and the rock-n-roll world with his seminal film, "Dont Look Back" (1967), starring Bob Dylan. Using experimental film techniques, Pennebaker was instrumental in changing the way documentary films were made by using handheld cameras and lighter sound equipment in order to introduce more intimacy with the film's subjects. With "Dont …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Camera, Film & Tape, Editor, Consultants & Advisors, Other

Born

July 15, 1925

LATEST CREDITS

Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment

Actor

Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema Of Edwin S. Porter

Voice ("Film as a Visual Newspaper" )

Wild 90

Al

Don't Look Back

Director

Jimi Hendrix

Director

Branford Marsalis: The Music Tells You

Director

Jane

Director

65 Revisited

Director

Moon Over Broadway

Director

John Lennon

Director

Jimi Plays Monterey

Director

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

Director (documentary )

Monterey Pop

Director

Down From the Mountain

Director

Kings of Pastry

Director

Shake (Otis Redding)

Director

Depeche Mode 101

Director

Elliott Carter

Director

Sweet Toronto

Director

Only the Strong Survive

Director (Co-Director )

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Director

The War Room

Director

The Return of the War Room

Director

Dance Black America

Director

Monterey 40

Director (Based on the original film, Monterey Pop )