Sir Alan William 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 Angela’s Ashes. He was founding chairman of the UK Film Council, a position he held for five years, and prior to that was chairman of the BFI. Sir Alan received the CBE in 1995 and a knighthood in 2002. He was also an Officier Des Arts et Lettres (France).

Filmography

• 2026Short Cuts: Mississipi Burning d'Alan Parker — Original Film Writer
• 2017All That You Love Will Be Carried Away — Associate Producer
• 2016Dad's Army — Executive Producer
• Magi-Nation
• 2003The Life of David Gale — Partygoer (uncredited), Producer, Director
• The Cry — Music
• 1999Angela's Ashes — Dr. Campbell, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 1996Evita — Tormented Film Director, Producer, Screenplay
• 1995Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
• 1994The Road to Wellville — Screenplay, Director, Producer
• 1991The Commitments — Eejit Record Producer, Director
• 1990Come See the Paradise — Director, Writer
• 1988Mississippi Burning — Director
• 1987Angel Heart — Director, Screenplay
• 1986A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema — Self, Director
• 1984Birdy — Director
• 1982Pink Floyd: The Wall — Director
• 1982Shoot the Moon — Director
• 1980Fame — Director
• 1978Midnight Express — Director
• The South Bank Show
• 1976Bugsy Malone — Director, Writer
• 1976No Hard Feelings — Writer, Director
• 1975The Evacuees — Director
• 1974Footsteps — Director, Writer
• 1974Our Cissy — Director, Writer
• 1971Melody — Original Story, Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 2018Evita: The Making of a Superstar — Self
• 2018Who Killed British Cinema? — Self
• 2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach — Self - Film Director
• 2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film — Self
• 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Self – Interviewee
• 2007100 Films and a Funeral — Self
• 2007Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's The Wall (The Ultimate Critical Review) — Self
• 2005Michael Powell — Self
• 2004The Commitments - Looking Back — Self
• 2002It's Black Entertainment — Self
• 2001Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film — Self
• 1999Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall — Self
• 1996A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' — Self
• 1996The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money — Self
• 1982The Other Side of the Wall — Self
• 1980On Location with: FAME — Self - Director
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi Première — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• Film '72 — Self