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Penelope Spheeris

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Penelope Spheeris (b. December 2, 1945 in New Orleans, LA) is an American music video-turned-movie director who first caught people's attention with the punk rock documentary The Decline of Western Civilization. She followed that in 1988 with The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years. In 1998, she won the Sundance Film Festival Freedom of Expression Award for The Decline of Western Civilization Part III.

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