Alan Parker
British filmmaker (1944-2020) · United Kingdom · Directors · Died at 76
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Something wrong?He made Pink Floyd's most hallucinogenic film, turned Irish soul singers into a phenomenon, and sent a young American to a Turkish prison in one of the '70s most searing dramas - all while refusing to settle into a signature style.
A life in dates
Evita: The Making of a SuperstarFilm2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in FilmFilm2013BAFTA FellowshipAward2007
Magi-NationSeries
100 Films and a FuneralFilm, 20072004
The Commitments - Looking BackFilm2002
It's Black EntertainmentFilm1999
Angela's AshesFilm, Director, Writer1995
Typically British: A Personal History of British CinemaFilm1992BAFTA Award for Best DirectionAward1991
The CommitmentsFilm, Director1988National Board of Review Award for Best FilmAward
Mississippi BurningFilm, 1988Director1986
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British CinemaFilm, Director1982
Pink Floyd: The WallFilm, Director1979BAFTA Award for Best DirectionAward1978
The South Bank ShowSeries
Midnight ExpressFilm, 1978Director1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries
Midi PremièreSeries, 1975
The EvacueesFilm, 1975Director1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1971Film '72Series
MelodyFilm, 1971Writer1944Born14 February 1944Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 38
WCWho Killed British Cinema?ESEvita: The Making of a Superstar
DADad's Army
VLVersus: The Life and Films of Ken LoachRFRichard Attenborough: A Life in Film
CCCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffFF100 Films and a Funeral
RRRock Milestones: Pink Floyd's The Wall (The Ultimate Critical Review)
MPMichael PowellTBThe Commitments - Looking Back
TGThe Life of David GaleIEIt's Black Entertainment
SFStanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den FilmAAAngela's Ashes
RWRetrospective: Looking Back at the Wall
EVEvita
TMThe Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
AEA New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'TCTypically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
TWThe Road to WellvilleTCThe Commitments
CPCome See the ParadiseMBMississippi Burning
AHAngel HeartACA Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
BIBirdyPWPink Floyd: The Wall
SMShoot the Moon
TWThe Other Side of the Wall
FAFameMEMidnight Express
BMBugsy Malone
NFNo Hard FeelingsTEThe Evacuees
OCOur Cissy
FOFootstepsMEMelody66 credits on file
Television 6
MNMagi-NationTSThe South Bank ShowMPMidi PremièreLDLes Rendez-vous du dimancheSCSpécial cinémaAwards
About this person
Alan Parker spent his late teens writing ad copy and directing television commercials, racking up awards for creativity across a decade before he turned to features. He broke through with Bugsy Malone in 1976, then Midnight Express two years later, establishing a pattern he'd hold for thirty years: musicals one moment (Fame, The Wall, Evita), grim true-story dramas the next (Mississippi Burning, Angela's Ashes), with detours into psychological horror (Angel Heart) and family fracture (Shoot the Moon). His films collected nineteen BAFTAs, ten Golden Globes, six Oscars; Birdy won the Special Jury prize at Cannes in 1985. He was knighted in 2002, received BAFTA's Fellowship in 2013, and donated his archive to the British Film Institute two years later. He died in July 2020.
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