Personal details
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Born
15 7月 1925
Died
1 8月 2019
Place of birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Donn Alan Pennebaker · D.A. Pennabaker · DA Pennebaker · Don Alan Pennebaker
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."
