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Alan Jay Pakula (/ p ə ˈ k uː l ə /; 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 ...
Apr 6, 2023 · In November 1998, Alan Pakula was driving on the Long Island Expressway when a metal pole crashed through his windshield. Piano notes sound beneath Harrison Ford’s especially affecting ...
Alan J. Pakula. Producer: Sophie's Choice. Alan J. Pakula was an American film 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).
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Alan J. Pakula. Producer: Sophie's Choice. Alan J. Pakula was an American film 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).
- April 7, 1928
- November 19, 1998
Apr 7, 2016 · Alan Jay Pakula was born in the Bronx, New York, the second child of Paul Pakula and the former Jeanette Goldstein. Paul, born in Tomaszow, Poland, had come at age 6 to the United States, where he established a successful printing and advertising business. Jeanette was of Polish-Jewish descent.
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Nov 20, 1998 · He was 70 and had homes in Manhattan and East Hampton, N.Y. Mr. Pakula was killed when a metal pipe smashed through the windshield of his black Volvo station wagon and struck him in the head at 11 ...
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Nov 20, 1998 · Pakula began his film career, curiously, in the executive suite. He was born on April 7, 1928, in the Bronx, and grew up on Long Island and Manhattan.
