D.A. Pennebaker

Filmography

Filmography Pennebaker’s career spans close to sixty years of filmmaking, and across this period he has made innumerable films within a variety of production contexts. This filmography includes major and lesser-known work, but, perhaps inevitably, given the length and complexity of Pennebaker’s career, it is not a complete list of his work. 1953 (completed 1957) Daybreak Express Filmmaker: D.A. Pennebaker 5 minutes color 1954 Baby Filmmaker: D.A. Pennebaker 6 minutes black and white 1958 Gas Stop (aka Brussels Film Loop) Producer: US State Department Filmmaker: D.A. Pennebaker 2.5 minutes color Balloon (aka Balloon Ascension) Producer: Robert Drew Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, Derek Washburn Sponsor: Time, Inc. 28 minutes black and white i-xii_1-180_Beattie.indd 143 7/14/11 10:38 AM 144 | Filmography 1959 Opening in Moscow Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Shirley Clarke, Albert Maysles Editors: Shirley Clarke, D.A. Pennebaker 45 minutes color 1960 Yanki No! Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time, Inc., and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles Reporters: William Worthy, Quinera King Narrator: Joseph Julian 55 minutes black and white Primary Producer: Robert Drew, for Time-Life Broadcasting Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, Terrence McCartneyFilgate , Albert Maysles, Bill Knoll Writer: Robert Drew 52 minutes black and white On the Pole Executive Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time, Inc., and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, William Ray, Abbott Mills, Albert Maysles Correspondents: James Lipscomb, Gregory Shuker 52 minutes black and white 1961 Adventures on the New Frontier Executive Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time, Inc., and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Kenneth Snelson Correspondents: Lee Hall, Gregory Shuker, David Maysles 51 minutes black and white i-xii_1-180_Beattie.indd 144 7/14/11 10:38 AM Filmography | 145 Eddie (aka Eddie Sachs) Executive Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time, Inc., ABC News, and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Abbott Mills, William Ray Correspondents: Robert Drew, Gregory Shuker, James Lipscomb 52 minutes black and white David (aka Synanon) Executive Producer: Robert Drew Producer: James Lipscomb Coproduced by: Time-Life Broadcasting and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker, William Ray Correspondent: Nell Cox 57 minutes black and white Mooney vs. Fowle (aka Football) Executive Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time-Life Broadcasting and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, James Lipscomb, William Ray, Abbott Mills, Richard Leacock, Claude Fournier Correspondents: Hope Ryden, Peter Powell black and white 54 minutes 1962 Blackie (aka Airline Pilot) Executive Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time-Life Broadcasting and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, William Ray Correspondents: Gregory Shuker, Peter Powell 53 minutes black and white Susan Starr Executive Producer: Robert Drew Producers: Hope Ryden, Gregory Shuker Coproduced by: Time-Life Broadcasting and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Hope Ryden, Claude Fournier, Peter Eco, James Lipscomb, Abbott Mills, Richard Leacock Correspondents: Hope Ryden, Patricia Isaacs, James Lencina, Sam Adams 53 minutes black and white i-xii_1-180_Beattie.indd 145 7/14/11 10:38 AM Jane Executive Producer: Robert Drew Producer: Hope Ryden Coproduced by: Time-Life Broadcasting and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, Abbot Mills, Al Wertheimer Editors: D.A. Pennebaker, Nell Cox, Nancy Sen, Eileen Nosworthy, Richard Leacock, Hope Ryden, Betsy Taylor Sound: Hope Ryden Narrator: James Lipscomb 51 minutes black and white The Chair (aka Paul) Executive Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time-Life Broadcasting and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker, Richard Leacock Correspondents: Gregory Shuker, Robert Drew, John MacDonald, Sam Adams 58 minutes black and white On the Road to Button Bay (aka The Road to Button Bay) Executive Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time-Life Broadcasting and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Stanley Fink, Abbott Mills, Hope Ryden, James Lipscomb, Richard Leacock 55 minutes black and white The Aga Khan Executive Producer: Robert Drew Coproduced by: Time-Life Broadcasting and Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker, Richard Leacock 57 minutes black and white 1963 Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment Executive Producer: Robert Drew Producer: Gregory Shuker Produced by: ABC News in association with Drew Associates Filmmakers: D.A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock, James Lipscomb 52 minutes black and white 146 | Filmography i-xii_1-180_Beattie.indd 146 7/14/11 10:38 AM 1964 You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You Producer: Leacock Pennebaker, Inc. Filmmaker: D.A...