D. A. Pennebaker American filmmaker
D. A. Pennebaker is a 94 years old American filmmaker from Evanston, Illinois. D. A. Pennebaker was born on July 15, 1925 (died on August 01, 2019, he was 94 years old) in Evanston, Illinois as Donn Alan Pennebaker.
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Donn Alan D. A. Pennebaker 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. Pennebaker has been described as arguably the pre-eminent chronicler of sixties counterculture.
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Birth name of D. A. Pennebaker is Donn Alan Pennebaker
No, he died on 08/01/2019, 2 years ago. He was 94 years old when he died. He died in Long Island
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D. A. Pennebaker Movies (12)
There are 12 movies of D. A. Pennebaker.
His first feature film was Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015, as Himself). He was 90 when he starred in this movie. Since 2015, he has appeared in 12 feature films. The last one is Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance (2016). In this movie, we watched him as himself .
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D. A. Pennebaker movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Himself | Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) | 90 |
| No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) | 80 | |
| Himself | A Venue For The End Of The World (2014) | 89 |
| Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper | Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982) | 56 |
| Himself | The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000) | 74 |
| Al | Wild 90 (1968) | 42 |
| Up Your Legs Forever (1971) | 46 | |
| World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003) | 77 | |
| Himself | Morris Engel: The Independent (2008) | 82 |
| Ricky on Leacock (2012) | 86 | |
| Himself | Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker (2016) | 90 |
| Himself | Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance (2016) | 90 |
Awards (1)
Awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship .
Education
He graduated from Yale University
What was D.'s zodiac sign?D. A. Pennebaker zodiac sign was cancer.
Other facts about D. A. Pennebaker
| Birth name | Donn Alan Pennebaker |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Chris Hegedus |
| Related category | Category:Films Directed By D. A. Pennebaker , of: film, directed by this person |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Place of birth | Evanston |
| Given name | D. |
| Date of death | 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z |
| Place of death | Long Island |
| National Library of Korea Identifier | KAC201620196 |
