David Brinkley
David Brinkley is known for Powaqqatsi (1988), Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013), 4 Little Girls (1997).
Biography
David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election night coverage for ABC News. Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Questions about David Brinkley
How many David Brinkley films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 10 films with David Brinkley, from 1968 to 2025.
What is the best rated David Brinkley film?
The best rated David Brinkley film in the catalogue is Powaqqatsi (1988), rated 7.2.
What was the first David Brinkley film?
The first David Brinkley film in the catalogue is Powaqqatsi, from 1988.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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6.8 Breakdown: 1975
2025
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7.2 Powaqqatsi
1988
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7.1 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
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7.1 4 Little Girls
1997
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6.8 The Movie Orgy
1968
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5.6 The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
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7.4 Agnelli
2017
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
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6.3 All Power to the People!
1996
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7.2 Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
Full filmography
12 films — 10 in the catalogue
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6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018 · Self (archive footage)
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7.4
Agnelli
2017 · Self (voice)
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7.2
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014 · Self (archive footage)
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7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Self (archive footage)
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7.1
4 Little Girls
1997 · Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
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5.6
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997 · Self - Host
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6.3
All Power to the People!
1996 · Self (archive footage)
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7.2
Powaqqatsi
1988 · (archive footage)
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NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976 · Self
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5.2
Gunsmith of Williamsburg
1969 · Narrator
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6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
Series and TV shows
3 titles
6.7
7.4
7.5
People data: TMDb.
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