| Sir Alan Parker CBE |
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 Alan Parker, Warsaw, Poland, 15th October 2005 |
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| Born | 14 February 1944 Islington, London, England |
| Education | Dame Alice Owen's School |
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| Television | Many commercials |
Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14 February 1944) is an English film director, producer, writer and actor. He has been active in both the British cinema and American cinema and was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
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Life and career [link]
Parker was born into a working class family in Islington, North London, the son of Elsie Ellen, a dressmaker, and William Leslie Parker, a house painter.[1] He attended Dame Alice Owen's School. Parker started out as a copywriter for advertising agencies in the 1960s and 1970s and later began to write his own television commercial scripts. His most celebrated and enduring advertising work was when he worked for famed London agency Collett Dickenson Pearce where he directed many award winning commercials, including the famous Cinzano vermouth advertisement, starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins, shown in the UK.
His film career began through his association with producer David Puttnam, now Lord Puttnam, when he wrote the screenplay for the feature Melody (1971). Puttnam would later produce a number of Parker's films including Midnight Express (1978). This was a highly controversial film set in a Turkish prison that was lauded by critics and ended up earning a number of Oscar nominations, including Best Director for Parker. He was later nominated for Best Director with Mississippi Burning (1988).
Parker and Puttnam collaborated in a (1979) sixty second 'Heineken' television commercial for the U.K. which was ground breaking as it used one hundred actors in an elaborate galley slave film set.
Parker has directed musical films including Bugsy Malone (1976), Fame (1980), Pink Floyd-The Wall (1982), The Commitments (1991) and Evita (1996).
He was knighted in the 2002 New Year Honours. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Sunderland in 2005 of which his long time associate Lord Puttnam is chancellor. Parker is an Arsenal fan and attends their home games.[2]
Filmography [link]
- Melody (1971)
- Our Cissy (1974) (short film)
- Footsteps (1974) (short film)
- The Evacuees (1975) (TV)
- Bugsy Malone (1976)
- Midnight Express (1978)
- Fame (1980)
- Shoot the Moon (1982)
- Pink Floyd-The Wall (1982)
- Birdy (1984)
- Angel Heart (1987)
- Mississippi Burning (1988)
- Come See the Paradise (1990)
- The Commitments (1991)
- The Road to Wellville (1994)
- Evita (1996)
- Angela's Ashes (1999)
- The Life of David Gale (2003)
Bibliography [link]
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- The Sucker's Kiss (2003). A historical fiction novel about a pickpocket in 1900s (decade) San Francisco, California
- No Hard Feelings (1973) shown on BBC TV. First in a series ("Stories of the Blitz") about World War II London Blitz. The series was never made but the 1975 film The Evacuees came out of this idea.
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References [link]
- ^ "Alan Parker Biography (1944-)". Filmreference.com. https://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Alan-Parker.html. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ^ "Interview with Sir Alan Parker – Bugsy Malone, Evita, Fame". Dolby. https://www.dolby.com/consumer/motion_picture/interviews_8.html. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
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| Preceded by Nick Park |
NFTS Honorary Fellowship | Succeeded by David Yates |
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Alan Parker (athlete)
Alan Parker (born 5 May 1928 in Barrow-in-Furness) is a British former long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Alan Parker (musician)
Alan Frederick Parker (born 26 August 1944) is a British guitarist and composer.
Parker was born in Matlock, Derbyshire, and was trained by Julian Bream at London’s Royal Academy of Music. He had a successful career as session guitarist, starting in the late 1960s, and played with Blue Mink,The Congregation, Collective Consciousness Society and Serge Gainsbourg.
Much of his session work has gone uncredited but he has been named as the electric guitarist on Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man", the Walker Brothers' "No Regrets",David Bowie's "1984",Mike Batt's "The Ride to Agadir" and the Top of the Pops theme music version of "Whole Lotta Love".
Parker part composed and played the guitar riff on David Bowie's Rebel Rebel.
Parker's later work comprised compositions for film and television. His television work includes Angels, Minder, Dempsey and Makepeace, ITN's News At Ten, and the BBC series Walking with Cavemen and Coast. His film scores include Jaws 3-D (1983), American Gothic (1988), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (2006).
Alan Parker (businessman)
Alan M. Parker (born 31 March 1939) is a British billionaire businessman.
Early life
Alan M. Parker was born into a modest family in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the son of a British colonial civil servant.
Career
Parker trained as an accountant, and worked for the Hong Kong-based DFS Group. He became DFS's third largest shareholder, and in 1997 when it was taken over by LVMH, Parker received about $840m (£464m) for his 20% stake. Parker also made money investing in hedge funds and high techechology.
As of 2014, Parker is living in Geneva, Switzerland and has a net worth of £2.34 billion.
Philanthropy
Parker is known for his philanthropy through his Oak Foundation, which helps humanitarian projects in Africa, medical research and victims of torture. His wife Jette sponsors The Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists Programme.
Personal life
He is married to Jette Parker, and they have three children, Caroline, Natalie and Kristian.
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Alan Parker (radio show)
Alan Parker was a short radio series broadcast in February–March 1995. There were 6 hour-long episodes that were broadcast on BBC Radio 1. It starred Simon Munnery as Alan Parker, a left-wing character (not to be confused with the director of the same name).
It was followed the next year by a sequel, Alan Parker, Road Warrior, also of 6 one-hour episodes, aired in April–May 1996 on Radio 1. Munnery again starred in the title role.
The shows allowed Munnery to reprise his character "Alan Parker, Urban Warrior" who had previously included music clips in half-hour shows entitled 29 Minutes of Truth. The one-hour shows featured music tracks played in full. Critics found them weaker than the original shorter shows.
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Alan Parker (author)
Alan Parker is the author of several books about musicians and their lives. Parker is best known for his extensive research into the life and death of Sid Vicious, bassist for the UK based punk band the Sex Pistols. Parker has written three books about Sid Vicious.
Books published
Podcasts:
Alan Parker
ALBUMS
- Jaws 3-D released: 2007
- Up on the Roof released: 1998
- Rhodes released:
Jaws 3-D
Released 2007- Jaws 3-D Main Title
- Kay and Mike's Love Theme
- Panic at Seaworld
- Underwater Kingdom and Shark Chase
- Shark Chase and the Dolphins Rescue
- Saved by the Dolphins
- "The Shark's Gonna Hit Us!"
- It's Alive / Seaworld Opening Day / Silverbullet
- Overman's Last Dive
- Philip's Demise
- Night Capture
- Jaws 3-D End Titles
