About D. A. Pennebaker

Donn Alan Pennebaker 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. The Independent called Pennebaker "arguably the pre-eminent chronicler of Sixties counterculture".

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D. A. Pennebaker

American filmmaker (1925-2019)

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About D. A. Pennebaker

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Occupation

film director, screenwriter, film editor, actor

Citizenship

United States

Born

July 15, 1925

Died

August 1, 2019

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