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D. A. Pennebaker

American filmmaker (1925-2019)

1.55body-of-work score · ranked #616 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
July 15, 1925 · Evanston
Died
August 1, 2019 · Sag Harbor
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, film editor, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of D. A. Pennebaker
David Shankbone · CC BY 2.5

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Dont Look Back

    1967 · United States · documentary

    National Film Registry (inducted 1998) · Criterion Collection spine #786 · Sarris's annual top 10 1998 #null

    0.533 citations
  2. 2
    Monterey Pop

    1968 · United States / Denmark · documentary

    National Film Registry (inducted 2018) · Criterion Collection spine #168

    0.392 citations
  3. 3
    Original Cast Album: Company

    1970 · United States · documentary

    Criterion Collection spine #1090

    0.161 citation
  4. 4
    Town Bloody Hall

    1979 · United States · documentary

    Criterion Collection spine #1039

    0.161 citation
  5. 5
    The War Room

    1993 · United States · documentary

    Criterion Collection spine #602

    0.161 citation
  6. 6
    Moon Over Broadway

    1997 · United States · documentary

    Sarris's annual top 10 1998 #null

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 23 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.