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      Alan Parker

      Alan Parker

      Highest Rated: 90% Midnight Express (1978)

      Lowest Rated: 11% Jaws III (1983)

      Birthday: Feb 14, 1944

      Birthplace: Islington, London, England, UK

      From his humble beginnings as an office boy at age 19, Alan Parker worked his way up in the advertising business and began his career in earnest when he and partner Alan Marshall founded a production company to make industrial films and commercials. Between 1969 and 1978, Parker churned out over 500 television commercials, winning every major industry award, while also being cited as an important influence on both fashion and film style of that time. He adeptly used lighting, and his sense of drama as a feature film director has seemed to come as much from his early need to convey a message in 30 seconds as from a sense of pictorial grace.

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      MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, Director Alan Parker observes rehearsal on set, 1978 © Colombia Tristar Pictures / Hell's Kitchen, Alan Parker, '15 Chefs Compete', Season 15, Ep. #4, 02/03/2016, ©FOX COME SEE THE PARADISE, director Alan Parker, Dennis Quaid, on set, 1990. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. LIFE OF DAVID GALE, Director Alan Parker, Kevin Spacey on the set, 2003, (c) Universal THE COMMITMENTS, director Alan Parker, Maria Doyle, Angeline Ball (both in rear), Glen Hansard, Johnny Murphy on set, 1991, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. LIFE OF DAVID GALE, Director Alan Parker on the set, 2003, (c) Universal LIFE OF DAVID GALE, Director Alan Parker on the set, 2003, (c) Universal MISSISSIPPI BURNING, director Alan Parker on set, 1988 EVITA, director Alan Parker on set, 1996 THE COMMITMENTS, Robert Arkins, director Alan Parker, Kenneth McClusky, Glenn Hansard, on set, 1991, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. MISSISSIPPI BURNING, director Alan Parker on set, 1988 LIFE OF DAVID GALE, Kevin Spacey, director Alan Parker on the set, 2003, (c) Universal COME SEE THE PARADISE, Stan Egi, director Alan Parker, on set, 1990. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. Hell's Kitchen, Alan Parker, '15 Chefs Compete', Season 15, Ep. #4, 02/03/2016, ©FOX ANGELA'S ASHES, director Alan Parker on set, 1999. ©Paramount ANGELA'S ASHES, Robert Carlyle, director Alan Parker, Joe Breen (below), Emily Watson, on set, 1999. ©Paramount LIFE OF DAVID GALE, Laura Linney, director Alan Parker on the set, 2003, (c) Universal LIFE OF DAVID GALE, Kate Winslet, director Alan Parker on the set, 2003, (c) Universal THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE, standing: Anthony Hopkins, director Alan Parker, on set, 1994. (c)Columbia Pictures MISSISSIPPI BURNING, (l-r): director Alan Parker, cinematographer Peter Biziou, Gene Hackman on set, 1988, (c)Orion Pictures
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      78% 80% Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey Self - 2016
      19% 81% The Life of David Gale Director,
      Producer       		$19.6M 2003
      52% 81% Angela's Ashes Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$13.0M 1999
      64% 68% Evita Director,
      Writer,
      Producer       		$50.0M 1996
      39% 44% The Road to Wellville Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		$6.5M 1994
      90% 90% The Commitments Director $13.9M 1991
      64% 73% Come See the Paradise Director $850.6K 1990
      79% 90% Mississippi Burning Director $33.7M 1988
      82% 81% Angel Heart Director,
      Writer       		$14.4M 1987
      84% 84% Birdy Director - 1984
      11% 17% Jaws III Music - 1983
      72% 89% Pink Floyd - The Wall Director - 1982
      86% 75% Shoot the Moon Director - 1982
      80% 69% Fame Director - 1980
      90% 88% Midnight Express Director - 1978
      79% 80% Bugsy Malone Director,
      Writer       		- 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Evacuees Director - 1974

      TV

      Credit
      92% 96% The Twilight Zone Director 1962