Alan Parker
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Alan Parker was a highly acclaimed British film director who created influential movies across multiple genres from the 1970s through the 2000s. He is remembered as an important figure in British cinema whose distinctive visual style and storytelling shaped popular film during his career.
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- Born
- 1944
- Died
- 2020-07-31
- Works
- 36
Top works
- La vie de David Gale =
- VICIOUS: TOO FAST TO LIVE
- Bugsy Malone
- The Administration of standards of conduct in local government
- Branding a hotel product
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Directing · Islington, London, England, UK
Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was a director, writer and producer. His feature films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and ten Oscars. His films include Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes. He was founding chairman of the UK Film Council, a position he held for five…
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- Evita: The Making of a Superstar — Self2018
- Who Killed British Cinema? — Self2018
- Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach — Self - Film Director2016
- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film — Self2014
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Self – Interviewee
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Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.
Parker was known for using a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres. He directed musicals, including Bugsy Malone (1976), Fame (1980), Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), The Commitments (1991) and Evita (1996); true-story dramas, including Midnight Express (1978), Mississippi Burning (1988), Come See the Paradise (1990) and Angela's Ashes (1999); family dramas, including Shoot the Moon (1982), and horrors and thrillers including Angel Heart (1987) and The Life of David Gale (2003).
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1944 births2020 deathsBAFTA fellowsBAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema AwardBest Director BAFTA Award winnersBest Screenplay BAFTA Award winnersBritish copywritersCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireDirectors of Best Film BAFTA Award winnersEnglish film producersEnglish male screenwritersEnglish screenwriters