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...
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
Direction Bob Dylan
Cast Bob Dylan · Richard Manuel · Robbie Robertson · Rick Danko
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
ONE P.M. (One Parallel Movie)
1971 · Documentary · 78 min. · United States
Direction Jean-Luc Godard · D.A. Pennebaker
Cast Marty Balin · Amiri Baraka · Carol Bellamy · Eldridge Cleaver
6.3
66 votes
6.3
66 votes
Maidstone
1970 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Norman Mailer
Cast Norman Mailer · Rip Torn
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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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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
Direction Norman Mailer
Cast Norman Mailer · Buzz Farber · Mickey Knox · Beverly Bentley
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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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