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Sir Alan William Parker CBE (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.
Alan Parker. Director: Evita. The son of Elsie Ellen, a dressmaker, and William Leslie Parker, a house painter, Alan Parker was a London advertising copywriter in the 1960s and early 1970s with Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP), an ad agency.
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- Islington, London, England, UK
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May 1, 2024 · Alan Parker (born February 14, 1944, Islington, London, England—died July 31, 2020, London) was a British director, writer, and producer who worked in a wide range of genres; his notable films included Midnight Express (1978) and Fame (1980).
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Alan Parker. Director: Evita. The son of Elsie Ellen, a dressmaker, and William Leslie Parker, a house painter, Alan Parker was a London advertising copywriter in the 1960s and early 1970s with Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP), an ad agency.
- February 14, 1944
- July 31, 2020
Jul 31, 2020 · Alan Parker, who was nominated for the best-director Oscar for the 1978 film “Midnight Express” and again 10 years later for “Mississippi Burning,” died on Friday in South London. He was 76. His...
Jul 31, 2020 · Alan Parker, the versatile British writer-director and two-time Oscar nominee who came from the world of commercials to make such features as Fame , The Commitments , Midnight Express and...
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Jul 31, 2020 · LONDON (AP) — Filmmaker Alan Parker, one of Britain’s most successful directors whose movies included “Bugsy Malone,” “Midnight Express” and “Evita,” has died at 76, his family said. Parker’s diverse body of work includes “Fame,” Mississippi Burning, “The Commitments and “Angela’s Ashes.”
