Alan Metter
American film director (1942-2020) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 77
Alan Dennis Metter was an American film director whose most notable credits include Back to School starring Rodney Dangerfield, and Girls Just Want to Have Fun with Sarah Jessica Parker. He also produced and directed the 1983 television special The Winds of Whoopee for Steve Martin.
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The Growing Pains MovieFilm, Director1999
Passport to ParisFilm, Director1998
Billboard DadFilm, Director1994
Police Academy: Mission to MoscowFilm, Director
Summertime SwitchFilm, 1994Director, Writer1990
Cold Dog SoupFilm, Director
Working Tra$hFilm, 1990Director1988
MovingFilm, Director1986
Back to SchoolFilm, Director1985
Girls Just Want to Have FunFilm, Director1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy GuyFilm, Writer1942Born19 December 1942People around Alan
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Randy Quaid Alan directed Moving and Cold Dog Soup
Mary-Kate Olsen Alan directed Billboard Dad (1998)
David Graf Alan directed Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
Chuck Russell Produced Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Ashley Olsen Produced Passport to Paris (1999)
Rodney Dangerfield Alan directed Back to School (1987)
Robert Downey Jr. Alan directed Back to School (1987)
Christopher Lee Alan directed Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
George Carlin Alan directed Working Tra$h (1990)
Helen Hunt Alan directed Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Danny Elfman Alan directed Back to School (1987)
Edie McClurg Alan directed Back to School (1987)
Ned Beatty Alan directed Back to School (1987)
Troian Bellisario Alan directed Billboard Dad (1998)
Leslie Hope Alan directed Working Tra$h (1990)
Rider Strong Alan directed Summertime Switch (1994)
Jonathan Silverman Alan directed Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Keith Gordon Alan directed Back to School (1987)
Raphael Sbarge Alan directed Cold Dog Soup (1990)
Matt McCoy Alan directed Passport to Paris (1999)
Barry Williams Alan directed Summertime Switch (1994)
Maria Vinogradova Alan directed Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
Michael DeLorenzo Alan directed Cold Dog Soup (1990)
Paul Maslansky Produced Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
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Back to School 1986
Passport to Paris 1999
Billboard Dad 1998
Girls Just Want to Have Fun 1985
Moving 1988
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In 1988, he was set to direct Atuk, based on the Mordecai Richler novel The Incomparable Atuk, with Sam Kinison as the title character. The production was shut down early into filming.
