Cinematography: D.A. Pennebaker

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by D.A. Pennebaker. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Jimi Plays Monterey

1986 · Documentary · 50 min. · United States

Direction Chris Hegedus · D.A. Pennebaker

Cast Jimi Hendrix

Plot Produced from out-takes of Pennebaker’s Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey is not so much a trip down memory lane as a rocketship ride to the ‘60’s. June 1967. The Summer...

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7.7

103 votes

7.7

103 votes

The War Room

1993 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

Direction Chris Hegedus · D.A. Pennebaker

Plot A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George Stephanopoulos. Bill Clinton himself is almost never seen.

7.0

76 votes

7.0

76 votes

Daybreak Express (S)

1953 · Documentary · 5 min. · United States

Direction D.A. Pennebaker

Plot Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording of the same name, the five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City is the earliest known...

6.9

426 votes

6.9

426 votes

Eat the Document

1972 · Documentary · 54 min. · United States

6.6

24 votes

6.6

24 votes

Kings of Pastry

2009 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Chris Hegedus · D.A. Pennebaker

Cast Jacquy Pfeiffer · Sebastien Canonne · Philippe Rigollot · Regis Lazard

Plot The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a...

6.6

23 votes

6.6

23 votes

6.3

66 votes

Maidstone

1970 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

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Brussels Loops

1957 · Documentary · 59 min. · United States

Direction Shirley Clarke · Wheaton Galentine · Richard Leacock · D.A. Pennebaker

Plot Consists of a series of short films commissioned for the American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World Fair, some credited solely to Clarke, some to famed documentarian D.A. Pennebaker with...

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Yanki, No! (TV)

1960 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Robert Drew

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Town Bloody Hall

1979 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction Chris Hegedus · D.A. Pennebaker

Cast Norman Mailer · Germaine Greer · Diana Trilling · Jacqueline Ceballos

Plot Town Bloody Hall is a 1971 documentary film of a panel debate between feminist advocates and activist Norman Mailer. Filmed on April 30, 1971, in The Town Hall in New...

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65 Revisited

2007 · Documentary · 65 min. · United States

Direction D.A. Pennebaker

Cast Joan Baez · Bob Dylan · Allen Ginsberg · Albert Grossman

Plot A collection of rare outtakes and performances from D A Pennebaker's 1965 classic DONT LOOK BACK.

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The Chair

1963 · Documentary · 59 min. · United States

Direction Robert Drew

Plot Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with...

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Down from the Mountain

2000 · Documentary · 98 min. · United States

Direction Nick Doob · Chris Hegedus · D.A. Pennebaker

Plot This is a documentary about the musical artists who performed the songs in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Beyond the Law

1968 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Norman Mailer

Cast Rip Torn · George Plimpton · Norman Mailer · Mickey Knox

Plot A night in a Manhattan police station.

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Wild 90

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

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A President to Remember (TV)

2011 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Drew

Cast John F. Kennedy · Jacqueline Kennedy

Plot A documentary combining rare personal footage and well-known archive footage of President John F. Kennedy.

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Original Cast Album: Company

1970 · Documentary · 50 min. · United States

Direction D.A. Pennebaker

Cast John Cunningham · Barbara Barrie · Charles Braswell · Susan Browning

Plot Stephen Sondheim's musical "Company" opened on Broadway in the Spring of 1970, and tradition dictates that the cast recording is done on the first Sunday after opening night. D.A. Pennebaker,...

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Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

1968 · Documentary · 40 min. · United States

Direction Richard Leacock · D.A. Pennebaker

Cast Jean-Luc Godard · Richard Leacock · D.A. Pennebaker

Plot Jean-Luc Godard visits the NYU in order to discuss his latest feature "La chinoise" with graduate students on filmmaking and politics.

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Opening in Moscow

1959 · Documentary · 45 min. · United States

Direction Shirley Clarke · D.A. Pennebaker · Albert Maysles

Cast George R. Nelson · Edward Steichen

Plot A documentary of the 1959 American Exhibition in Moscow

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