Alan Parker

Alan Parker

1944-02-14 Islington, London, England, UK 43 Credits

Biography

Sir Alan Parker 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 ...

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Who Killed British Cinema?

Who Killed British Cinema?

2018

as Self

5.0
Acting

A feature length documentary about the real state of the British film industry in relation to UK structures past, present and currently for the future...

Evita: The Making of a Superstar

Evita: The Making of a Superstar

2018

as Self

Acting

Suzy Klein travels deep into the world of musical theatre, and the colourful landscapes of Argentina, to discover the story of one of the West End's m...

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2016

as Self - Film Director

6.6
Acting

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepa...

Dad's Army

Dad's Army

2016

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

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 ...

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014

as Self

4.8
Acting

The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Self – Interviewee

6.7
Acting

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first...

Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review

2008

6.0
Acting

It is now over 25 years since the launch of The Wall. Conceived by Roger Waters as an ambitious double album, a spectacular live show and a ground bre...

100 Films and a Funeral

100 Films and a Funeral

2007

as Self

7.3
Acting

This documentary covers the life and death of London-based Polygram Filmed Entertainment.

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

2005

Acting

The first episode of a new arts documentary program from BBC Scotland was dedicated to Michael Powell in his centenary year. The program interviews ma...

The Commitments - Looking Back

The Commitments - Looking Back

2004

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the 1991 film

The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

2003

as Partygoer (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

2003

Producer, Director

7.4
Producing Directing

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

It's Black Entertainment

It's Black Entertainment

2002

as Self

8.0
Acting

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001

as Self

7.4
Acting

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films....

Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes

1999

as Dr. Campbell

7.3
Acting

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prej...

Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes

1999

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.3
Directing Writing Producing

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prej...

Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall

Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall

1999

6.5
Acting

Interviews on the making of Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). Included as a 2-Part special feature on the 1999 and 2005 DVD editions.

Evita

Evita

1996

as Tormented Film Director

6.1
Acting

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator ...

Evita

Evita

1996

Screenplay, Director, Producer

6.1
Writing Directing Producing

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator ...

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

1996

as Self

5.7
Acting

An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with media luminaries who relate how the in-your-face styli...

A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'

A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'

1996

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the making of Alan Parker's film adaptation of the stage musical EVITA.

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

1995

6.7
Acting

Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British cin...

The Road to Wellville

The Road to Wellville

1994

Director, Producer, Screenplay

5.6
Directing Producing Writing

An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business an...

The Commitments

The Commitments

1991

as Eejit Record Producer

7.3
Acting

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First h...

The Commitments

The Commitments

1991

Director

7.3
Directing

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First h...

Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

1990

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a ...

Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

1988

Director

7.7
Directing

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where...

Angel Heart

Angel Heart

1987

Director, Screenplay

7.1
Directing Writing

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-...

A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

1986

as Self

Acting

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s Lynn on the m...

A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

1986

Director

Directing

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s Lynn on the m...

Birdy

Birdy

1984

Director

7.1
Directing

Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and h...

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982

Director

8.0
Directing

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon

1982

Director

6.4
Directing

After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.

The Other Side of the Wall

The Other Side of the Wall

1982

6.2
Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at Roger Waters and Alan Parker’s 1982 film, “The Wall”

Fame

Fame

1980

Director

6.4
Directing

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

Midnight Express

Midnight Express

1978

Director

7.5
Directing

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 y...

Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

1976

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge ...

No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

1976

Director, Writer

3.0
Directing Writing

This short feature, an early directing credit for Alan Parker, shows the reality of life during the WWII air raids with none of the traditional 'Blitz...

The Evacuees

The Evacuees

1975

Director

6.7
Directing

The experiences of two young Jewish boys evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool during the Blitz.

Footsteps

Footsteps

1974

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

Gemma Jones stars as a woman suffering from hyperacusis, which affects the muscles of the ears. As a result she has become highly sensitive to noise, ...

Our Cissy

Our Cissy

1974

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

An old man travels to London from the North Country, accompanied by his son, in order to find the truth about his daughter's suicide.

Melody

Melody

1971

Original Story, Screenplay

7.2
Writing

Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.

On Location with: FAME

N/A

as Self - Director

Acting

A short film about the making of the movie "Fame" (1980)