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Donn Alan Pennebaker ( / ˈpɛniːbeɪkər /; July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019) was an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of direct cinema. Performing arts and politics were his primary subjects.
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Marlon, Jr. made his father, a former salesman and businessman, the head of his personal production company in Hollywood, Pennebaker Productions, which was named after Sr.'s wife and Jr.'s mother, the former Dorothy Pennebaker.
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2 days ago · In 1955 he had started Pennebaker Productions, a production company intended to make films with “social value”, and compensate for years wasted on lesser movies. Seeking to heal old wounds, he ...
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) Approved | 111 min | Action, Drama, History. 7.0. Rate this. In 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being led by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.
Marlon Brando's Pennebaker Productions had paid $40,000 for the rights to Authentic Death and then signed a contract with Stanley Kubrick to direct for Paramount Pictures. Peckinpah handed in a revised screenplay on 6 May 1959.
May 23, 2016 · D.A. Pennebaker’s landmark 1967 Bob Dylan documentary, Dont Look Back, paved the road for music documentaries at a time when, as the filmmaker puts it, most documentaries were political or...
