Actor

Alan Parker

1980–present1944–2020DocumentaryDramaMusicComedy

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 19 films ↗Also wrote 11 screenplays ↗

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Known For

22 acting credits

as Partygoer (uncredited)

The Life of David Gale

as Partygoer (uncredited)

2003

The Life of David Gale

as Eejit Record Producer

The Commitments

as Eejit Record Producer

1991

The Commitments

Filmography

2018Evita: The Making of a SuperstarSelf 2018Who Killed British Cinema?Self5.0 2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken LoachSelf - Film Director6.6 2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in FilmSelf4.8 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffSelf – Interviewee6.6 2007100 Films and a FuneralSelf7.3

About

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 years, and prior to that was chairman of the BFI. Sir Alan received the CBE in 1995 and a knighthood in 2002. He was also an Officier Des Arts et Lettres (France).

As Director

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1988Mississippi Burning 1987Angel Heart 1999Angela's Ashes 1994The Road to Wellville 1980Fame 1984Birdy

As Screenwriter

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1987Angel Heart 1994The Road to Wellville 1996Evita 1974Our Cissy 1999Angela's Ashes 1974Footsteps

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