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RIP Alan Parker: The Eclectic Filmography of a Big Filmmaker
Not a whole lot of people know this — although I presume people who read some of his more thorough obituaries will soon become newly aware of it — but the late director Alan Parker ...
The New York Times4y
Alan Parker, Versatile Film Director, Is Dead at 76
By Neil Genzlinger 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 ...
Rolling Stone4y
Sir Alan Parker, Director of ‘The Wall,’ ‘The Commitments,’ ‘Midnight Express,’ Dead at 76
British director Sir Alan Parker — whose vast filmography included gangster flicks, musical projects, crime thrillers and comedies — has died, Variety reports. He was 76. The British Film ...
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Alan Parker Was a Director Who Could Be Slick, Seductive…and an Artist
I can’t pretend that many of them were favorites of mine. Yet an Alan Parker film had its own heady way of enveloping you. Like many viewers at the time, I was first drawn to him through the ...
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Alan Parker Dies: Towering UK Director Of ‘Midnight Express’ ‘Mississippi Burning’ & ‘Fame’ Was 76
Filmmaker Alan Parker, a towering figure in the UK industry, died Friday morning following a lengthy illness, the British Film Institute has confirmed. He was 76. Two-time Oscar nominee Parker was ...
New York Post4y
Alan Parker, director of ‘Fame,’ ‘Midnight Express’ and ‘Evita,’ dead at 76
Acclaimed UK director Alan Parker, a towering figure in the UK industry, passed away this morning following a lengthy illness, the British Film Institute has confirmed. Two-time Oscar nominee ...
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Alan Parker Remembered By Andrew Lloyd Webber, Matthew Modine: ‘One of the Few Directors to Truly Understand Musicals on Screen’
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts wrote, “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of BAFTA Fellow Alan Parker. As BAFTA-winning filmmaker, he brought us joy with Bugsy Malone ...
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Alan Parker, ‘Bugsy Malone,’ ‘Midnight Express’ director, dead at 76
Alan Parker, a successful and sometimes surprising ... Together his movies won 10 Academy Awards and 19 British Academy Film Awards. The director's family said he died Friday in London after ...
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Alan Parker Remembered: Andrew Lloyd Webber On ‘Evita’, Matthew Modine Praises ‘Birdy’ & Dexter Fletcher Recalls The ‘Bugsy Malone’ Moment That Changed His Life
It’s a testament to the pure joy of Sir Alan’s first film. Related Stories Obituaries Alan Parker Dies: Towering UK Director Of 'Midnight Express' 'Mississippi Burning' & 'Fame' Was 76 News ...
The Hollywood Reporter4y
Alan Parker, British Director of ‘Fame’, ‘Midnight Express’ and ‘Mississippi Burning,’ Dies at 76
He formed the Alan Parker Film Co. to craft commercials for such companies as Benson & Hedges and Parker Pens, but he would move more and more into the entertainment business as time went on.
Chicago Sun-Times4y
Alan Parker, director of ‘Evita,’ ‘Midnight Express,’ dies at 76
Donation Options Search Search Search Alan Parker arrives at the opening ceremony of 26th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow in 2004. AP Share LONDON — Filmmaker Alan Parker ...
Decider4y
Alan Parker, Director of 'Midnight Express' and 'Bugsy Malone', Dead at 76
Alan Parker, an influential British filmmaker ... Guild of Great Britain and acting as founding Chairman of the UK Film Council for five years. In 1995, he was awarded Commander of the Most ...