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D. A. Pennebaker is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Recordist and Cinematography American born on 15 july 1925 at Evanston (USA)

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker
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Birth name Donn Alan Pennebaker
Nationality USA
Birth 15 july 1925 at Evanston (USA)
Death 1 august 2019 (at 94 years)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Donn Alan "D. A." Pennebaker (born July 15, 1925) is an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema. Performing arts and politics are his primary subjects. In 2012, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award or "lifetime Oscar."

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Chris Hegedus
Chris Hegedus
(9 films)
Robert Drew
Robert Drew
(1 films)
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
(4 films)
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer
(2 films)
Jehane Noujaim
Jehane Noujaim
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of D. A. Pennebaker (22 films)

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Actor

Janis: Little Girl Blue
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Actors D. A. Pennebaker, Dick Cavett
Roles Himself
Rating73% 3.696523.696523.696523.696523.69652
Janis Joplin est l’une des artistes les plus impressionnantes et une des plus mythiques chanteuses de rock et de blues de tous les temps. Mais elle était bien plus que cela : au-delà de son personnage de rock-star, de sa voix extraordinaire et de la légende, le documentaire Janis nous dépeint une femme sensible, vulnérable et puissante. C’est l’histoire d’une vie courte, mouvementée et passionnante qui changea la musique pour toujours.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
, 3h28
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Martin Scorsese, D. A. Pennebaker, Mickey Jones
Roles Self
Rating85% 4.2850654.2850654.2850654.2850654.285065
Bob Dylan raconté par Martin Scorsese, ou la naissance d'un mythe, de son enfance à l'année 1966, date de sa rupture avec le public folk et de l'accident de moto qui interrompit sa carrière. Une biographie musicale en forme de chef-d'oeuvre.
Wild 90
Wild 90 (1968)
, 1h30
Directed by Norman Mailer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Mickey Knox, Norman Mailer, D. A. Pennebaker
Roles Al
Rating37% 1.8651351.8651351.8651351.8651351.865135
A trio of Mafia gangsters – The Prince (Norman Mailer), Cameo (Buzz Farbar) and Twenty Years (Mickey Knox)—are hiding in a warehouse. They have surrounded themselves with guns and liquor, and they kill time by joking and bickering with scatological language. But as their isolation from the world progresses, their drinking and arguing intensifies. They are briefly visited by a man with a barking dog—the canine is silenced when The Prince outbarks him—and by two women, one of whom gives The Prince a knife for committing suicide. The police arrive at the warehouse and the gangsters are taken away.

Director

Kings of Pastry
Kings of Pastry (2009)
, 1h24
Directed by Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films
Rating68% 3.4445053.4445053.4445053.4445053.444505
The film features Jacquy Pfeiffer, Regis Lazard, Philippe Rigollot, and Sebastien Canonne, M.O.F. and
The War Room
The War Room (1993)
, 1h36
Directed by Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Rating73% 3.6950153.6950153.6950153.6950153.695015
The film follows James Carville and George Stephanopoulos at first during the New Hampshire Primary, and then mostly in Little Rock, Arkansas, at Clinton Campaign Headquarters. The film follows several key 1992 Campaign events, such as the Clinton Campaign's attack on "Read my lips: no new taxes", the Gennifer Flowers scandal, the New Hampshire primary upset, and others as they played out inside of the Clinton 1992 Campaign.
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)
, 1h30
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Angie Bowie
Rating74% 3.745023.745023.745023.745023.74502
Le 3 juillet 1973, au Hammersmith Odeon de Londres. Dans les loges, David Bowie se métamorphose une dernière fois en Ziggy Stardust, ange sexy, androgyne futuriste, diva kitsch dont les jambes nues font grimper les jeunes filles (et les autres) au rideau. Sur scène, la star la plus glam enchaîne ses standards : "Space Oddity", "Suffragette City", "Rock'n'roll Suicide"… Il changera trois fois de parure au cours de la soirée, son guitariste Mick Ronson (avec qui il mimera quelques scènes de luttes sado-maso) maintenant la salle à température ambiante pendant que l'artiste disparaît en coulisses.
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin' (1973)
, 30minutes
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Rating69% 3.465263.465263.465263.465263.46526
Mark Deming of Rovi explains that the film "captures the self-proclaimed "quasar of rock" in fine and unfettered form in this 1969 date at a Toronto festival". He performs a series of his greatest hits.
Monterey Pop
Monterey Pop (1968)
, 1h19
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Hugh Masekela, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Ravi Shankar, Roger Daltrey, Cass Elliot
Rating79% 3.9910053.9910053.9910053.9910053.991005
Monterey a présenté des performances de carrière de Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin et Otis Reading, mais ils n'étaient que quelques interprètes dans une programmation diversifiée qui comprenait Simon et Garfunkel, The Mamas and the Papas, The Who, The Byrds, Hugh Masekela et l'extraordinaire Ravi Shankar.