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D.A. Pennebaker obituary: the documentary pioneer who wrote life’s drama in lightning A poet of the mobile sync-sound camera, Pennebaker’s raw, quicksilver portraits of performers from JFK to Dylan showed us unscripted truths worth waiting for, as the veteran observational documentarian Roger Graef remembers.
D.A. Pennebaker was an observer: of subway trains, rock concerts, presidential campaigns, Broadway soundtrack recordings. He built his own portable camera, and with it, showed us worlds and moments in time, uninterrupted. In 2012, Pennebaker became the first documentarian to receive an Honorary Oscar. The recognition went to the filmmaker ...
Unlocking the Cagea documentary by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker. “They used to bark at me when I walked into the courtroom” says renowned animal rights attorney Steven Wise. After 30 years of preparation, Steve and his legal team, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), are making history by filing the first lawsuits to transform an animal ...
Aug 3, 2019 · D.A. Pennebaker, Master Director of Documentaries, Dies at 94. D.A. Pennebaker, a director and cinematographer known for his documentaries, including the classic “Dont Look Back” (1967 ...
Aug 6, 2019 · It was directed by D.A. Pennebaker, who graduated from Yale with a degree in mechanical engineering and went on to use his technological expertise to change filmmaking. He died this week at age 94. Whether it’s music, painting, or theater, technology has long helped shape the arts. Movies are no exception. Pennebaker was one of the pioneers ...
Pennebaker, D. A. 1925– (D. A. Pennabaker, Don Alan Pennebaker) PERSONAL. Full name, Donn Alan Pennebaker; born July 15, 1925, in Evanston, IL; son of John Paul Pennebaker (a commercial photographer) and Lucille Pennebaker Levick (maiden name, Deemer); married Sylvia Bell, October 14, 1950 (divorced, 1968); married Cynthia Bovee "Kate" Taylor, 1972 (divorced, 1980); married Christine Louise "Chris" Hegedus (a director, producer, and editor), April 3, 1982; children: (first marriage) Stacy ...
May 27, 2016 · Six decades of documentary filmmaking and one lifetime Achievement Oscar haven’t gotten legendary director D.A. Pennebaker thinking about retirement.. This week, the 90-year-old Pennebaker and ...
