Donn Alan Pennebaker (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 or "lifetime Oscar". Pennebaker has been described as "arguably the pre-eminent chronicler of Sixties counterculture".
Born Name: | Donn Alan Pennebaker |
Born: | Jul 15, 1925 in Evanston, IL, United States |
Died: | Aug 01, 2019 |
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