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Aug 5, 2019 · Oscar-Winner D.A. Pennebaker, Trailblazer In Cinéma Vérité Filmmaking, Dies At 94. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. We're going to listen back to an interview with one of America's ...
Aug 4, 2019 · Documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker sits near an editing station showing images of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000. Pennebaker, who died on Aug. 1, is most famous for his ...
Aug 3, 2019 · 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 ...
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Aug 5, 2019 · D.A. Pennebaker was a pioneer of documentary filmmaking. Back in the 1960s, he used newly available hand-held cameras to create classic cinema verite. His influence is seen in many of today's ...
Sep 26, 2019 · Legendary documentarist Donn Alan Pennebaker (D.A.) died Aug. 1, 2019, at age 94. Pennebaker had been a central figure in the evolution of documentary filmmaking as we know it today in terms of craft, style, and impact. In its Aug. 3 obituary The New Times heading read “D.A. Pennebaker, pioneer of Cinema Verite in America, dies at 94.”.
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 ...
