Alan Parker

Alan Parker

February 14, 1944 · 82 years old

Sir Alan Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was a director, writer and producer. His feature films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and ten Oscars. His films include Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angel…

Known For

14 titles
1
The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

2003 · 2h 10m · Movie

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

7.5
2
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

1988 · 2h 8m · Movie

Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights activists.

7.8
3
Angel Heart

Angel Heart

1987 · 1h 53m · Movie

In 1955 New Orleans, small-time private investigator Harry Angel is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cypher to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite, but the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.

7.2
4
Midnight Express

Midnight Express

1978 · 2h 1m · Movie

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

7.5
5
Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982 · 1h 35m · Movie

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

8.0
6
The Commitments

The Commitments

1991 · 1h 58m · Movie

Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.

7.6
7
Evita

Evita

1996 · 2h 15m · Movie

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

6.3
8
Birdy

Birdy

1984 · 2h 0m · Movie

After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.

7.2
9
Fame

Fame

1980 · 2h 14m · Movie

Four teenagers must prove their mettle as they begin their journey at the New York High School of Performing Arts. They must navigate through heartbreak, school work, adolescence and challenges.

6.6
10
Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes

1999 · 2h 25m · Movie

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

7.3
11
Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

1976 · 1h 33m · Movie

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.

6.8
12
Dad's Army

Dad's Army

2016 · 1h 40m · Movie

The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

5.2
13
Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

1990 · 2h 18m · Movie

The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.

6.7
14
Evita: The Making of a Superstar

Evita: The Making of a Superstar

2018 · 59m · Movie

Suzy Klein travels deep into the world of musical theatre, and the colourful landscapes of Argentina, to discover the story of one of the West End's most celebrated characters. Intertwining the stories of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's creation with the true story of Eva Peron, she celebrates the extraordinary show in the 40th year after its creation. Meeting musical stars including Elaine Paige, Hal Prince and Tim Rice, she hears how the show came into being, all inspired by a face on a postage stamp. She then travels to Argentina, meeting politicians, performers and Eva fans to hear how this intensely divisive figure - loved by the poor, loathed by the rich - became one of the enduring icons of our time.