FILM DIRECTOR

Alan J. Pakula

1928 - 1998

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Alan Jay Pakula (; April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Associated with the New Hollywood movement, his best-known works include his critically-acclaimed "paranoia trilogy": the neo-noir mystery Klute (1971), the conspiracy thriller The Parallax View (1974), and the Watergate scandal drama All the President's Men (1976). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan J. Pakula has received more than 1,387,243 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Alan J. Pakula is the 212th most popular film director (down from 198th in 2019), the 1,452nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,235th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Film Director.

Alan J. Pakula is most famous for directing the 1971 film, "The Parallax View."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alan J. Pakula ranks 212 out of 2,041. Before him are Claude Lanzmann, Dariush Mehrjui, Danny Boyle, Lina Wertmüller, Joe D'Amato, and Thea von Harbou. After him are Mahesh Bhatt, Alfonso Cuarón, Robert Wise, Liliana Cavani, Carol Reed, and Gojko Mitić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Alan J. Pakula ranks 82. Before him are Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, Pierre Mauroy, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Lina Wertmüller, and Pat Hitchcock. After him are James Garner, Tony Richardson, Patrick McGoohan, Robert Sheckley, Elias James Corey, and Hans Blix. Among people deceased in 1998, Alan J. Pakula ranks 39. Before him are Bob Kane, Derek Barton, Nelson Goodman, Florence Griffith Joyner, Martha Gellhorn, and Conrad Schumann. After him are Alan Hodgkin, Imi Lichtenfeld, Adem Jashari, David McClelland, Kunitaka Sueoka, and Maurice Bucaille.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan J. Pakula ranks 1,452 out of 20,380. Before him are Kim Carnes (1945), Bob Gunton (1945), William Westmoreland (1914), Roberts Blossom (1924), Gus Grissom (1926), and Carroll Baker (1931). After him are George Takei (1937), William Miller (1782), Larry Bird (1956), Brooke Shields (1965), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), and Roger D. Kornberg (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Alan J. Pakula ranks 55. Before him are Chris Columbus (1958), Wes Anderson (1969), Raoul Walsh (1887), Richard Donner (1930), John G. Avildsen (1935), and Vincente Minnelli (1903). After him are Robert Wise (1914), Barry Levinson (1942), Nicholas Ray (1911), Arthur Penn (1922), Gus Van Sant (1952), and Edwin S. Porter (1870).

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