D. A. Pennebaker Biography (1925-)

Born Donn Alan Pennebaker, July 15, 1925, Evanston, IL; son of John Paul (a commercial photographer) and Lucille Levick (maiden name, Deemer) Pennebaker;married Sylvia Bell, October 14, 1950 (divorced 1968); married Cynthia BoveeTaylor, 1972, (divorced 1980); married Christine Louise Hegedus (a director),April 3, 1982; children: (first marriage) Stacy Alexandra, Frazer, Linley; (second marriage) John Paul, Chelsea, Zoe; (third marriage) Kit Wetherill, Jane Fearon.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, cinematographer, writer

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
Daybreak Express, 1953
Brussels Loops, 1957
Opening in Moscow, 1959
Jane, 1962
Hier Strauss, 1965
Don't Look Back (also known as Don't Look Back), Leacock-Pennebaker, 1967
Monterey Pop, Leacock-Pennebaker, 1967
One PM (also known as One A.M./One American Movie, One P.M./One Parallel Movie, and One P.M./One Pennebaker Movie), 1968
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock & Roll, 1969
Company (also known as Original Cast Album: Company), Pennebaker Associates, 1970
Sweet Toronto (also known as Keep On Rockin'), Pennebaker Associates, 1972
Elliott Carter, Pennebaker Associates, 1980
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (also known as Bowie '73 with the Spiders from Mars), Twentieth Century-Fox/Miramax, 1983
Jimi Plays Monterey, Pennebaker Associates, 1986
Shake (also known as Shake (Otis Redding)), 1987
The Music Tells You (also known as Branford Marsalis: The MusicTells You), 1992
Keine Zeit, 1996
Moon over Broadway, Artistic License, 1997
Woodstock Diary, 1999
Down from the Mountain, Cowboy Booking International, 2000
Also directed Balloon; David; and Mr. Pearson.
Film Director (with Christine Louise Hegedus)
Town Bloody Hall, Pennebaker Associates, 1980
Dance Black America, Pennebaker Associates, 1985
Rocky X, Pennebaker Associates, 1986
(With David Dawkins) Depeche Mode 101 (also known as 101),Westwood One Radio, 1989
The War Room, October Films, 1993
Film Producer
One PM (also known as One A.M./One American Movie, One P.M./One Parallel Movie, and One P.M./One Pennebaker Movie), 1968
Town Bloody Hall, Pennebaker Associates, 1980
Startup.com, 2001
Film Cinematographer
Yanki No!, 1960
Don't Look Back (also known as Don't Look Back), Leacock-Pennebaker, 1967
Monterey Pop, Leacock-Pennebaker, 1967
(With Nicholas Proferes and Jan Welt) Beyond the Law, Evergreen, 1968
Wild 90, Supreme Mix, 1968
One PM (also known as One A.M./One American Movie, One P.M./One Parallel Movie, and One P.M./One Pennebaker Movie), 1968
(With others) Maidstone, Supreme Mix, 1970

Company (also known as Original Cast Album: Company), Pennebaker Associates, 1970
Sweet Toronto (also known as Keep On Rockin'), Pennebaker Associates, 1972
Town Bloody Hall, Pennebaker Associates, 1980
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (also known as Bowie '73 with the Spiders from Mars), Twentieth Century-Fox/Miramax, 1983
Dance Black America, Pennebaker Associates, 1985
Jimi Plays Monterey, Pennebaker Associates, 1986
The Music Tells You (also known as Branford Marsalis: The MusicTells You), 1992
(With Nick Doob and Kevin Rafferty) The War Room, October Films, 1993
Moon over Broadway, Artistic License, 1997
Down from the Mountain, Cowboy Booking International, 2000
Film Editor
Don't Look Back (also known as Don't Look Back), Leacock-Pennebaker, 1967
One PM (also known as One A.M./One American Movie, One P.M./One Parallel Movie, and One P.M./One Pennebaker Movie), 1968
Company (also known as Original Cast Album: Company), Pennebaker Associates, 1970
Dance Black America, Pennebaker Associates, 1985
Jimi Plays Monterey, Pennebaker Associates, 1986
Dal polo all'equatore, 1987
Depeche Mode 101 (also known as 101), Westwood One Radio, 1989
The Music Tells You (also known as Branford Marsalis: The MusicTells You), 1992
(With Hegedus and Erez Laufer) The War Room, October Films, 1993
Moon over Broadway, Artistic License, 1997
Down from the Mountain, Cowboy Booking International, 2000
Film Sound Recordist
Primary, 1960
Film Additional Video
Startup.com, 2001
Film Appearances
Al, Wild 90, Supreme Mix, 1968
Voice, "Film As a Visual Newspaper," Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter, 1982
Commentary, Dance Black America, Pennebaker Associates, 1985
Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment (also known as Cinema verite--Le moment decisif), 1999
Himself, The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack, 2000
Television Director
Specials
(With others) Primary, 1960
(With others) Adventures on the New Frontier, 1961
(With others) Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, 1963
(With Hegedus and Pat Powell) The Energy War, 1979
DeLorean, 1981
(With Hegedus) Rockaby, 1983
Searching for Jimi Hendrix, Bravo, 1999
Television Cinematographer
Specials
Rockaby, 1983
Searching for Jimi Hendrix, Bravo, 1999
Series
(Interviews only) Sessions at West 54th, PBS, 1997
Television Editor
Specials
Searching for Jimi Hendrix, Bravo, 1999
Television Appearances
Specials
(Uncredited) Himself, Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970), 2000
WRITINGS
Film Scripts
Don't Look Back (also known as Dont Look Back), Leacock-Pennebaker, 1967
One PM (also known as One A.M./One American Movie, One P.M./One Parallel Movie, and One P.M./One Pennebaker Movie), 1968
Wild 90, Supreme Mix, 1968
Town Bloody Hall, Pennebaker Associates, 1980

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Film Comment, November-December, 1988, p. 44
Interview, March, 1989, p. 86
People Weekly, November 8, 1993, p. 109

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