Biography

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

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Self

Godard Made in USA

Self

Janis: Little Girl Blue

Himself

Tiny Tim: King for a Day

Himself

Up Your Legs Forever

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

Self

World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

Self (archive footage)