D. A. Pennebaker

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 In 2013 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award Pennebaker was called by The Independent as arguably the preeminent chronicler of Sixties counterculture