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D. A. Pennebaker

Donn Alan "D. A." Pennebaker (/ˈpɛniːbeɪkər/; born July 15, 1925) is an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema. Performing arts and politics are his primary subjects. In 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award or "lifetime Oscar".

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I would never say no to anything that sounded interesting! The thing I like about making films is that the adventure just begins when you pick up the camera.

Adventure, Begins, Cameras, Films, Interesting, Sounded

I think nowadays people are so used taking the camera to the family picnic - so people are less surprised by films made of them, like home movies.

Films, Home, People, Surprised, Taking, Thinking

We're a family operation. There's not many of us. We have a couple people who come from time to time who work with us. Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us.

Couple, Filmmakers, People, Son, Time

. . . candid still photography had taken over. . . What was interesting was that the photographs came without any intention of instructing you. . . You're like a cat looking out the window. You don't have to even know what you're watching, but you're watching it, and you're watching it very accurately.

Accurately, Came, Cat, Photography, Taken

After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.

Gift, Give, Giving, Labor, Sacred

I guess I think that films have to be made totally by fascists -- there's no room for democracy in making film.

Democracy, Films, Rooms, Think, Thinking, Totally

You can't point a camera at someone and find out what's in their head. But it does the next best thing - it lets you speculate.

Cameras, Doe, Head, Next, Speculate, Thing

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