Penny Lane
Know for: Directing
Born: 1978-03-06
Place of birth: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as:
Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023)
Director Penny Lane’s decision to become a “good Samaritan” by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and...
Hail Satan? (2019)
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic...
We Are the Littletons: A True Story (2004)
We Are The Littletons presents a tangled web of found objects, intercepted correspondences, reenactments and total fabrications centered around Eve...
Just Add Water: The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys (2016)
The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys is the colourful and surprising true story of a man named Harold von Braunhut; a man who could look at the...
Watching the Pain of Others (2019)
In this deeply personal video diary, a young researcher tries to make sense of her fascination for the film "The Pain of Others" by Penny Lane. A...
Watching the Pain of Others (2019)
In this deeply personal video diary, a young researcher tries to make sense of her fascination for the film "The Pain of Others" by Penny Lane. A...
Our Nixon (2013)
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and...
Our Nixon (2013)
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and...
Listening to Kenny G (2021)
A humorous but incisive look at the saxophonist Kenny G, the best-selling instrumental artist of all time, and quite possibly one of the most famous...
The Pleasure Principle (2019)
A silent short film commission for New York City's legendary Film Forum. Jeremy Bentham is considered the founder of utilitarianism, the moral...
Mrs. America (1970)
Explore the changing role of American womanhood through the Mrs. America Beauty Pageant’s half-century history.
The Voyagers (2010)
In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space. Together and alone, they will travel until the...
The Voyagers (2010)
In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space. Together and alone, they will travel until the...
Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023)
Director Penny Lane’s decision to become a “good Samaritan” by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and...
We Are the Littletons: A True Story (2004)
We Are The Littletons presents a tangled web of found objects, intercepted correspondences, reenactments and total fabrications centered around Eve...
We Are the Littletons: A True Story (2004)
We Are The Littletons presents a tangled web of found objects, intercepted correspondences, reenactments and total fabrications centered around Eve...
The Commoners (2009)
In 1890, one man had the idea to collect every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare and release them into Central Park. The only bird to survive in the...
The Commoners (2009)
In 1890, one man had the idea to collect every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare and release them into Central Park. The only bird to survive in the...
Nuts! (2016)
The true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a small-town Kansas doctor who discovers in 1917 that he can cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles...
Nuts! (2016)
The true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a small-town Kansas doctor who discovers in 1917 that he can cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles...
How to Write an Autobiogaphy (2010)
This video will teach you how to write your own autobiography, with examples from the narrator’s life.
The Abortion Diaries (2005)
The Abortion Diaries is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion. The women are doctors, subway...
The Abortion Diaries (2005)
The Abortion Diaries is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion. The women are doctors, subway...
Men Seeking Women (2007)
A random survey of personal ads one night on Craigslist opens up performative possibilities for a corporate tool.
Time Bomb Y2K (2023)
As the clock counted down to the the 21st century, the world faced a potential technological disaster: a bug that could cause computers to...
Just Add Water: The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys (2016)
The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys is the colourful and surprising true story of a man named Harold von Braunhut; a man who could look at the...
The Pain of Others (2018)
Tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, say they have it. But the mainstream medical community says Morgellons is not a disease at all, but...
The Pain of Others (2018)
Tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, say they have it. But the mainstream medical community says Morgellons is not a disease at all, but...
Just Add Water: The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys (2016)
The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys is the colourful and surprising true story of a man named Harold von Braunhut; a man who could look at the...
Dis-Ease (2024)
DIS-EASE is a feature-length documentary about how we imagine disease, and how that affects what we do when we encounter illness, outbreaks, doctors,...
Normal Appearances (2018)
“Women watch themselves being looked at.” –John Berger
Nellie Bly Makes the News (2018)
An animated documentary about the legendary journalist who changed the game for women in reporting before women even had the right to vote. Examining...
Nellie Bly Makes the News (2018)
An animated documentary about the legendary journalist who changed the game for women in reporting before women even had the right to vote. Examining...
Nellie Bly Makes the News (2018)
An animated documentary about the legendary journalist who changed the game for women in reporting before women even had the right to vote. Examining...
Hail Satan? (2019)
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic...
The Silent Majority (2011)
This short documentary suggests a direct connection between two of Nixon’s greatest triumphs as president: his landmark 1969 "Silent Majority"...
The Silent Majority (2011)
This short documentary suggests a direct connection between two of Nixon’s greatest triumphs as president: his landmark 1969 "Silent Majority"...
Sittin' on a Million (2008)
The sometimes-true story of Mame Faye, who ran a world famous house of prostitution in Troy, New York for almost forty years (c. 1906 to 1941)....
Our Nixon (2013)
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and...
She Used to See Him Most Weekends (2007)
A short story about growing up, a certain love song, and the apocryphal memories of childhood. Simple animations create a picture book whose story is...
The Wren (2008)
A little essay about certain qualities shared by Emily Dickinson and Troglodytes troglodytes (the winter wren). A spontaneous collaboration by two...
Sometimes I get lossy (2009)
This is what happens when you spend all your time in front of a computer. Beware, childrens!!! – PL
Nobody listens to a hysterical woman (2009)
Jesse Stiles and I wanted to make a one minute horror movie one night. Here it is! – PL
Connect (2002)
Such encounters are extremely rare and can last for perhaps a few seconds. The resulting light and heat, however, can exist in a residual state for...