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Alan J. Pakula
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American film director, writer and producer (1928–1998)
OverviewAI-generated
Alan J. Pakula was a person associated with the country of GB. He was born on April 7, 1928, and died on November 19, 1998. His professional output includes three top works: *Consenting adults*, *Klute*, and *Sophie's choice*.
Records indicate that Pakula is linked to five works in one database and three in another. His musical catalog has been accessed by 455 listeners, accumulating a total of 1,206 plays. Additionally, his name is referenced by 449 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 7 Apr 1928
- Died
- 19 Nov 1998
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Consenting adults
- Klute
- Sophie's choice
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 455
- Total plays
- 1,206
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alan+J.+Pakula">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,824x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,136x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,845x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- DeepLab: Semantic Image Segmentation with Deep Convolutional Nets, Atrous Convolution, and Fully Connected CRFs
· 2018 · cited 18,240x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Alan Jay Pakula , ( 1928-04-07 ) April 7, 1928, The Bronx , New York City, U.S.
- Died
- November 19, 1998 (1998-11-19) (aged 70), Melville, New York , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Yale University
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1957–1998
- Notable work
- Klute The Parallax View All the President's Men Comes a Horseman Starting Over Sophie's Choice Presumed Innocent The Pelican Brief
- Spouses
- Hope Lange ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1971 ) Hannah Cohn Boorstin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Alan Jay Pakula (/pəˈkuːlə/; April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Associated with the New Hollywood movement, his best-known works include his critically acclaimed "paranoia trilogy": the neo-noir mystery Klute (1971), the conspiracy thriller The Parallax View (1974), and the Watergate scandal drama All the President's Men (1976). His other notable films included Comes a Horseman (1978), Starting Over (1979), Sophie's Choice (1982), Presumed Innocent (1990), and The Pelican Brief (1993).
Pakula received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for All the President's Men and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice. He was also nominated for Best Picture for producing To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Additionally, he was a BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Directors Guild of America Award nominee.
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