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Alan J. Pakula

1928 - 1998

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Alan Jay Pakula (; April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Associated with the New Hollywood movement, his best-known works include his critically acclaimed "paranoia trilogy": the neo-noir mystery Klute (1971), the conspiracy thriller The Parallax View (1974), and the Watergate scandal drama All the President's Men (1976). His other notable films included Comes a Horseman (1978), Starting Over (1979), Sophie's Choice (1982), Presumed Innocent (1990), and The Pelican Brief (1993). Pakula received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for All the President's Men and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan J. Pakula is the 182nd most popular film director (up from 212th in 2019), the 1,483rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,452nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Film Director.

Alan J. Pakula is most famous for directing the 1971 film, "The Parallax View."

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Among film directors, Alan J. Pakula ranks 182 out of 2,041. Before him are Alice Guy-Blaché, Robert Rodriguez, Andrei Konchalovsky, Jacques Demy, Robert Wise, and Victor Sjöström. After him are Kathryn Bigelow, Ed Wood, Sean Baker, Joris Ivens, Arthur Penn, and Chantal Akerman.

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Among people born in 1928, Alan J. Pakula ranks 66. Before him are Reynaldo Bignone, Karlheinz Böhm, Takeshi Inoue, Jacques Rivette, Ján Zachara, and Geert Hofstede. After him are James Garner, Pat Hitchcock, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Giampiero Boniperti, Zhu Rongji, and Carl Woese. Among people deceased in 1998, Alan J. Pakula ranks 38. Before him are Helen Wills, Kunitaka Sueoka, Alfred Schnittke, Stokely Carmichael, Otto Kretschmer, and Agostino Casaroli. After him are Linda McCartney, Lúcio Costa, André Weil, Martin Rodbell, Maria Reiche, and Antonio Quarracino.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan J. Pakula ranks 1,483 out of 20,380. Before him are Kyle MacLachlan (1959), Davy Crockett (1786), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), David Robinson (1965), John Lee Hooker (1917), and Annette Bening (1958). After him are Lex Barker (1919), Holland Taylor (1943), Paul Manafort (1949), Norman Borlaug (1914), Ed Begley Jr. (1949), and Shelley Winters (1920).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Alan J. Pakula ranks 51. Before him are Robert Benton (1932), Don Siegel (1912), Tom Holland (1943), Spike Lee (1957), Robert Rodriguez (1968), and Robert Wise (1914). After him are Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Ed Wood (1924), Sean Baker (1971), Arthur Penn (1922), Joel Schumacher (1939), and Vincente Minnelli (1903).

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