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D. A. Pennebaker

Director · 78 credits · 17 in highly-rated films

Best known for No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

Frequent collaborators: Chris Hegedus, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Robert Drew, Gregory Shuker

Directed movies (63 total, ranked by score)

  1. Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl

    2006 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    31

  2. Cinema16: American Short Films

    2006 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    32

  3. 1 P.M.

    1971 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    33

  4. Opening In Moscow

    1959 · ★ 5.8 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    34

  5. Westernhagen: Keine Zeit

    1996 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    35

  6. Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

    1983 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    36

  7. The Chair

    1963 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    37

  8. DeLorean

    1981

    Documentary, History

    38

  9. Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll

    1991 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    39

  10. Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'

    1973

    Documentary, Music

    40

  11. Addiction

    2007 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    41

  12. Snapshots from the Tour

    2015 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    42

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

    1968 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. Adventures on the New Frontier

    1961 · ★ 5.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    44

  15. Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964

    1977

    Documentary

    45

  16. Mooney vs. Fowle

    1962

    Documentary, TV Movie

    46

  17. The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music

    2010

    Music

    47

  18. Alice Cooper

    1970

    Documentary, Music

    48

  19. Elizabeth and Mary

    1965

    49

  20. Hickory Hill

    1968

    50

  21. You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

    1964

    Documentary

    51

  22. Tiny Tim Backstage at Monterey Pop

    2002

    Documentary, Music

    52

  23. Aga Khan

    1961

    Documentary

    53

  24. Dancers in School

    1972

    54

  25. David

    1961

    Documentary, Music

    55

  26. Depeche Mode: Live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl

    1989

    Music

    56

  27. On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    1961

    Documentary

    57

  28. Wake at Generation

    1968

    Music

    58

  29. Susan Starr

    1962

    Documentary

    59

  30. David

    —

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.