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Alan Parker

1944 - 2020

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Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films. Parker was known for using a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Parker is the 82nd most popular film director (down from 50th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 249th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Film Director.

Alan Parker is a British film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films "Midnight Express" (1978), "Fame" (1980), "Pink Floyd: The Wall" (1982), "Birdy" (1984), "Angel Heart" (1987), "Mississippi Burning" (1988), "The Commitments" (1991), "Evita" (1996), and "Angela's Ashes" (1999).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alan Parker ranks 82 out of 2,041. Before him are F. W. Murnau, Tony Scott, Agnès Varda, Dziga Vertov, Alain Resnais, and Franco Zeffirelli. After him are Robert Bresson, Peter Brook, Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Howard Hawks, and James Ivory.

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Among people born in 1944, Alan Parker ranks 43. Before him are Larry Ellison, Sali Berisha, Angela Davis, Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Scott, and Yoweri Museveni. After him are Ulrich Beck, Ibrahim Rugova, O Yeong-su, Dietrich Mateschitz, Diana Ross, and Helmut Berger. Among people deceased in 2020, Alan Parker ranks 23. Before him are Paolo Rossi, Olivia de Havilland, Krzysztof Penderecki, Albert Uderzo, Michel Piccoli, and Eduard Limonov. After him are Robert Hossein, Ian Holm, Jean Kennedy Smith, John Turner, Frances E. Allen, and Rob Rensenbrink.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Parker ranks 519 out of 8,785. Before him are William Pitt the Younger (1759), James I of Scotland (1394), Glenn Hughes (1951), Christopher Hogwood (1941), John Michell (1724), and Colin Firth (1960). After him are Frederick Forsyth (1938), Richard Hughes (1975), Richard Owen (1804), John Donne (1572), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Alan Parker ranks 5. Before him are Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Ridley Scott (1937), Ken Loach (1936), and Tony Scott (1944). After him are Peter Brook (1925), Christopher Nolan (1970), Richard Attenborough (1923), David Lean (1908), Peter Greenaway (1942), Michael Powell (1905), and Danny Boyle (1956).

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