Oliver Parker

Oliver Parker

1960-09-06 London, England, UK 23 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Oliver Parker (born 6 September 1960) is an English film director. Parker was born in London, the son of Lady Gillian, a writer and GP, and Sir Peter Parker, a railway executive. His brother is actor Nathaniel Parker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Parker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Great Escaper

The Great Escaper

2023

Director

6.6
Directing

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Norman...

Emily

Emily

2022

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. E...

Swimming with Men

Swimming with Men

2018

Director

6.1
Directing

A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.

Dad's Army

Dad's Army

2016

Director

5.0
Directing

A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German ...

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

2015

as Self

6.4
Acting

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a feature length documentary uncovering the history and the making of Clive Barker'...

Truth or Dare

Truth or Dare

2012

Editor

5.6

A group of friends are lured to an isolated cabin by a promise of heavy partying, only to find themselves in a nightmarish game of truth or dare.

Johnny English Reborn

Johnny English Reborn

2011

Director

6.2
Directing

The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives ...

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

2009

Director, Producer

5.6
Directing Producing

After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle, Miss Fritton explains that she's descended from a...

Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

2009

Director

6.0
Directing

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance,...

St Trinian's

St Trinian's

2007

Executive Producer, Director

5.9
Producing Directing

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless p...

I Really Hate My Job

I Really Hate My Job

2007

Director

4.0
Directing

While anticipating the arrival of a famous Hollywood star, five employees at a mediocre restaurant in London's Soho must deal with rats, arguments and...

Fade to Black

Fade to Black

2006

Director, Screenplay

4.1
Directing Writing

Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orson Welles makes his way to Rome, where he gets pull...

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys

2003

Director

2.0
Directing

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and Nathani...

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

2002

Director, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using ...

Zoe

Zoe

2001

as Julian

3.0
Acting

Three runaway girls hijack a car.

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

1999

Director, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London w...

Othello

Othello

1995

Director, Screenplay

6.4
Directing Writing

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

The Big Game

1995

as Charles Harman

6.0
Acting

Jimmy Harper (Gary Webster) loves to gamble and enjoys enough success to bring him to the attention of a group of men who play for big money. Soon Jim...

Shepherd on the Rock

Shepherd on the Rock

1993

as Simon McIntyre

5.5
Acting

A developer tries to take over a Scottish shepherd's land.

Nuns on the Run

Nuns on the Run

1990

as Doctor

5.8
Acting

Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of...

Nightbreed

Nightbreed

1990

as Peloquin

6.4
Acting

A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic s...

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

1988

as Workman 2

6.4
Acting

Confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty Cotton insists her supposedly dead father is stuck in hell, controlled by sadomasochistic demons after bei...

Hellraiser

Hellraiser

1987

as Moving Man 2 (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

Hedonist Frank Cotton finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons the Cenobites, who open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisib...