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Donn Alan "D. A." Pennebaker (born July 15, 1925 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema/Cinéma vérité. Performing arts (especially pop music) and politics are his primary subjects.
In the early 1960s Pennebaker (known as "Penny" to his friends), together with Richard Leacock and Robert Drew, founded Drew Associates. In 1963 Leacock and Pennebaker left to found their own production firm. Later he often worked with his wife, Chris Hegedus. Their company, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, has made a number of influential documentaries. Sometimes called "Pennebaker documentaries", these films, shot with an obviously hand-held camera, typically eschew voice-over narration and interviews in favor of a "simple" portrayal of events.

Selected filmography

Primary (1960)
Dont Look Back (1967, filmed 1965) with Bob Dylan
Monterey Pop (1968, filmed 1967)
Sweet Toronto (1971, filmed 1969)
Company (1971)
Keep On Rockin' (1969) - a film involving Little Richard
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) with David Bowie
Town Bloody Hall (1979)
DeLorean (1981) with John DeLorean
Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) with Jimi Hendrix
101 (1989) with Depeche Mode
The War Room (1993)
Woodstock Diary (1994)
Moon over Broadway (1997)
Down from the Mountain (2000)
(2004) portrait of Elaine Stritch
Rebirth (unreleased)
Eat the Document (unreleased, filmed 1966)
Only the Strong Survive (2003)
(2006)
Rock N Roll Music - a film involving Chuck Berry
65 Revisited - (2007)1 hr documentary, accompanies new DVD release of Dont Look Back

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