It is reported by the Associated Press with reference to the director's son.
It is specified that Pennebaker died on August 1 at his home in the USA for natural reasons.
According to the agency, most of the audience the director remembers with his films about the musician Bob Dylan called “Don't Look Back” and about the presidential campaign of former US President Bill Clinton's “Room of War”.
In June, the Chilean director and screenwriter Sebastian Alarcon died.