Alan Parker

Alan Parker

Born: February 14, 1944
Died: July 31, 2020
in Islington, London, England, UK
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 Lettres (France).

Movies for Alan Parker...

Who Killed British Cinema?
Title: Who Killed British Cinema?
Character: Himself
Released: November 26, 2018
Type: Movie
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. This film exposes the shocking truths about the UK Governments' will to grow an indigenous British film industry, the legacy and testament of the now closed UK Film Council (UKFC), the current British Film Institute and the new Creative England.
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Evita: The Making of a Superstar
Title: Evita: The Making of a Superstar
Character: Self
Released: November 24, 2018
Type: Movie
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 most celebrated characters. Intertwining the stories of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's creation with the true story of Eva Peron, she celebrates the extraordinary show in the 40th year after its creation. Meeting musical stars including Elaine Paige, Hal Prince and Tim Rice, she hears how the show came into being, all inspired by a face on a postage stamp. She then travels to Argentina, meeting politicians, performers and Eva fans to hear how this intensely divisive figure - loved by the poor, loathed by the rich - became one of the enduring icons of our time.
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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Title: Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Character: Himself
Released: June 30, 2016
Type: Movie
A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.
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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Title: Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Character: Self
Released: June 30, 2016
Type: Movie
A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Title: Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 2014
Type: Movie
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Title: Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character: Self – Interviewee
Released: May 5, 2010
Type: Movie
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 time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
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Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review
Title: Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review
Released: April 7, 2008
Type: Movie
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 breaking feature film. The Wall has gone on to achieve iconic status in the history of popular music. This program draws on live performance footage of Pink Floyd and highlights from the film. Also includes extracts from archive interviews with Gerald Scarfe and Alan Parker, the director of The Wall, along with the views of a team of leading musicians and musicologists. This is the independent critical review of a milestone in popular culture, which strips away the prejudice to produce the ultimate retrospective on one of the most important and iconoclastic popular works of the twentieth century. Featuring Highlights From: • Another Brick in The Wall Part 2 • Comfortably Numb • One Of My Turns • Plus Many More!
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100 Films and a Funeral
Title: 100 Films and a Funeral
Character: Self
Released: December 2, 2007
Type: Movie
This documentary covers the life and death of London-based Polygram Filmed Entertainment.
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Title: Magi-Nation
Released: September 22, 2007
Type: TV
Magi-Nation is an animated television series based on the card game Magi Nation Duel. The show premiered in Canada on September 8, 2007 on CBC Television and on September 22, 2007 in the U.S. on Kids' WB. A series of DVDs are set to be released on October 21, 2008 through January 6, 2009. The series has formerly aired in the U.S. on Toonzai on The CW, and formerly on Cookie Jar Toons on This TV, with the second season worldwide premiere airing on Cookie Jar Toons.
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The Life of David Gale
Title: The Life of David Gale
Character: Partygoer (uncredited)
Released: February 21, 2003
Type: Movie
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
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It's Black Entertainment
Title: It's Black Entertainment
Character: Self
Released: February 8, 2002
Type: Movie
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Title: Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Character: Self
Released: May 2, 2001
Type: Movie
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
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Angela's Ashes
Title: Angela's Ashes
Character: Dr. Campbell
Released: December 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.
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Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall
Title: Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Interviews on the making of Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). Included as a 2-Part special feature on the 1999 and 2005 DVD editions.
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Evita
Title: Evita
Character: Tormented Film Director
Released: December 14, 1996
Type: Movie
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 Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
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The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Title: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 1996
Type: Movie
An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with media luminaries who relate how the in-your-face stylistic conventions of commercials have influenced feature films and the visual arts. A documentary film talking about art and advertising divided in three parts: 1. Crossing Over - from cinema to ads from ads to cinema 2. Humour - How humour affects us in advertising 3. Shock - The way shock is used to sell
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A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
Title: A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
Character: Self
Released: June 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Alan Parker's film adaptation of the stage musical EVITA.
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Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Title: Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Released: April 14, 1995
Type: Movie
Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British cinema.
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The Commitments
Title: The Commitments
Character: Eejit Record Producer
Released: August 14, 1991
Type: Movie
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
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A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
Title: A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
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 making of Hugh Hudson’s Revolution, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, and Nastassja Kinski.
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The Other Side of the Wall
Title: The Other Side of the Wall
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at Roger Waters and Alan Parker’s 1982 film, “The Wall”
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Title: Spécial cinéma
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: The Goodies
Released: November 8, 1970
Type: TV
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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On Location with: FAME
Title: On Location with: FAME
Character: Self - Director
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A short film about the making of the movie "Fame" (1980)