D.A. Pennebaker, Master Director of Documentaries, Dies at 94
Source: Variety
D.A. Pennebaker, a director and cinematographer known for his documentaries, including the classic Dont Look Back (1967), Monterey Pop (1968) and The War Room (1993) and Elaine Stritch at Liberty (2002), died Thursday night of natural causes, Variety has confirmed. He was 94.
Pennebakers many other films included the 1973 David Bowie concert film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, 1989 Depeche Mode road movie 101 and Down From the Mountain (2000), about the musicians who performed the songs in the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Pennebaker won an honorary Oscar in 2013.
In a 1997 article the U.K.s the Independent described Pennebaker as arguably the preeminent chronicler of 60s counterculture.
Read more: https://variety.com/2019/film/news/d-a-pennebaker-dead-dies-dont-look-back-1203290823/
One of the giants of the documentary form. RIP.
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(36,137 posts)editing. One of the all-time greats of American film art.
She_Totally_Gets_It
(142 posts)DM is one of my favorite bands of all time. Bowie as well.