
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Age94
Birth DateJuly 15, 1925
Place of BirthEvanston, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Donn Alan PennebakerD.A. PennabakerDA PennebakerDon Alan Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
July 15, 1925 – 2019
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."













