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Sir Alan Parker, film director and writer, dies aged 76
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Michael Rhodes
Jul 31, 2020, 1:36:29 PM7/31/20
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_. Sir Alan William Parker, CBE, the film director and writer has died aged 76.
He won eight Baftas, three Golden Globes and 2 Oscars.
He was born 14 February, 1944, son of William and Elsie Parker; married 1966, Annie Inglis [divorced 1992]; three sons, 1 daughter. Educated at Owen's School, Islington.
Career: an advertising copywriter 1965-67; Television commercials director, 1968-78; Wrote screenplay Melody 1969; wrote and directed: No Hard Feelings [1972]; Our Cissy [1973]; Footsteps [1973]; Bugsy Malone [1975]; A Turnip's Head Guide to the British Cinema [1985]; Angel Heart [1987]; Come See the Paradise [1990]; Angela's Ashes [2000]; directed: The Evacuees [1974]; Midnight Express [1977]; Fame [1979]; Shoot the Moon [1981]; The Wall [1982]; Birdy [1984]; Mississippi Burning [1989]; The Commitments [1991]; The Road to Wellville [1995]; Evita [1997],The Life of David Gale [2003]. &c.
Vice-Chairman, Directors Guild of Great Britain, 1982-86; Chairman, BFI 1998-99; First Chairman of the UK Film Council [1999]; BAFTA Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding Contributions to British Film, 1985; publications: [novels] Bugsy Malone [1976], Puddles in the Lane [1977]; cartoons: Hares in the Gate [1983], Making Movies [1998]; non-fiction: The Making of Evita [1997];
Appointed CBE [1995]. Knighted
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He won eight Baftas, three Golden Globes and 2 Oscars.
He was born 14 February, 1944, son of William and Elsie Parker; married 1966, Annie Inglis [divorced 1992]; three sons, 1 daughter. Educated at Owen's School, Islington.
Career: an advertising copywriter 1965-67; Television commercials director, 1968-78; Wrote screenplay Melody 1969; wrote and directed: No Hard Feelings [1972]; Our Cissy [1973]; Footsteps [1973]; Bugsy Malone [1975]; A Turnip's Head Guide to the British Cinema [1985]; Angel Heart [1987]; Come See the Paradise [1990]; Angela's Ashes [2000]; directed: The Evacuees [1974]; Midnight Express [1977]; Fame [1979]; Shoot the Moon [1981]; The Wall [1982]; Birdy [1984]; Mississippi Burning [1989]; The Commitments [1991]; The Road to Wellville [1995]; Evita [1997],The Life of David Gale [2003]. &c.
Vice-Chairman, Directors Guild of Great Britain, 1982-86; Chairman, BFI 1998-99; First Chairman of the UK Film Council [1999]; BAFTA Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding Contributions to British Film, 1985; publications: [novels] Bugsy Malone [1976], Puddles in the Lane [1977]; cartoons: Hares in the Gate [1983], Making Movies [1998]; non-fiction: The Making of Evita [1997];
Appointed CBE [1995]. Knighted
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