Sir Alan William Parker, CBE is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. The early part of his career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television commercials. After about 10 years doing commercials, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films. Among the different genres Parker has directed have been musicals, including Bugsy Malone, Fame, Pink Floyd ? The Wall, The Commitments, and Evita; true-story dramas, including Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, Come See the Paradise, and Angela's Ashes; dramas, including Shoot the Moon, and horrors and thrillers including Angel Heart, and The Life of David Gale. His films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and ten Academy Awards. Parker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the British film industry and knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 2002. He has been active in both the British cinema and American cinema, along with being a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and lecturing at various film schools. 

February 14th, 1944 in Islington  /  Died:   Jul 31st, 2020