FILM DIRECTOR

D. A. Pennebaker

1925 - 2019

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Donn Alan Pennebaker (; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. A. Pennebaker has received more than 569,640 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). D. A. Pennebaker is the 1,340th most popular film director (down from 1,269th in 2019), the 9,062nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,877th in 2019) and the 346th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, D. A. Pennebaker ranks 1,340 out of 2,041. Before him are Frank Pierson, Douglas Trumbull, Peter Medak, Kurt Neumann, Bent Hamer, and William Desmond Taylor. After him are Walter Lassally, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Guillermo Navarro, Howard Deutch, Michael Caton-Jones, and Dennis Gansel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, D. A. Pennebaker ranks 445. Before him are Nelson Demarco, Horacio Guarany, Frank Pierson, John Shepherd-Barron, Cal Tjader, and Mel Tormé. After him are Solomon Marcus, Miklós Szilvási, Lilyan Chauvin, Tony Hillerman, John Wain, and Gérard Kango Ouédraogo. Among people deceased in 2019, D. A. Pennebaker ranks 440. Before him are Heather Harper, Halvard Hanevold, Valerie Harper, Jeremy Kemp, Eduard Krieger, and Carmine Caridi. After him are Jeon Mi-seon, Nadja Regin, Eduardo Nascimento, Abdallah Lamrani, Ingemar Hedberg, and Pernell Whitaker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, D. A. Pennebaker ranks 9,062 out of 20,380. Before him are Sarah Orne Jewett (1849), Ray Mercer (1961), Jerry Sanders (1936), Randy Pausch (1960), Herman Glass (1880), and Brad Garrett (1960). After him are Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850), Candice King (1987), Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Chris Mullin (1963), Howard Hanson (1896), and Alison Eastwood (1972).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, D. A. Pennebaker ranks 346. Before him are Darren Star (1961), Peter Farrelly (1956), Robert Burks (1909), Steve Miner (1951), Frank Pierson (1925), and Douglas Trumbull (1942). After him are Howard Deutch (1950), Scott Derrickson (1966), Mark Sandrich (1900), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Alexander Hall (1894), and Tim Miller (1964).

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