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Nov 20, 1998 · Alan J. Pakula, who enjoyed acclaim as both a producer ("To Kill a Mockingbird," "Up the Down Staircase") and director ("Klute," "All the President's Men," "Sophie's Choice"), died Thursday in a ...
Alan Jay Pakula (April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American movie director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards : Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982).
New York-born Alan J. Pakula was well-prepared for a career in Hollywood; a Yale drama student, he had jobs at a theatrical agency and the Warner Bros. cartoon department before venturing into feature films. He found a good collaborator in director Robert Mulligan – with Pakula producing, the pair made seven films together, including TO KILL ...
Pakula majored in drama at Yale, graduating in 1948. While working at Warner Bros. in 1949, Pakula directed a Los Angeles stage production of Antigone that caught producer Don Hartman's eye. Hartman got Pakula a job reading scripts at MGM in 1950, and took Pakula with him to Paramount in 1951, where Pakula eventually got to produce his first ...
Nov 18, 2013 · The name Alan J. Pakula might not mean much until you hear the list of his films he was involved with: To Kill a Mockingbird (producer, 1962), Klute (producer, 1971), All the Presidents Men ...
Nov 21, 1998 · Alan Jay Pakula, film director, producer, writer: born New York 7 April 1928; married 1963 Hope Lange (marriage dissolved 1969), 1973 Hannah Cohn Boorstin; died Melville, New York 19 November 1998
Alan Jay Pakula (1928-1998) was born in the Bronx, New York. The summer before entering Yale University in 1945 he served an apprenticeship with the Leland Hayward Theatrical Agency. After graduating from Yale in 1948 with a degree in drama, he moved to Hollywood with the intention of pursuing a career as a director.
