FILM DIRECTOR

Alan Parker

1944 - 2020

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Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Parker has received more than 1,784,987 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Alan Parker is the 50th most popular film director (up from 80th in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 411th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Film Director.

Alan Parker is a British film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films "Midnight Express" (1978), "Fame" (1980), "Pink Floyd: The Wall" (1982), "Birdy" (1984), "Angel Heart" (1987), "Mississippi Burning" (1988), "The Commitments" (1991), "Evita" (1996), and "Angela's Ashes" (1999).

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alan Parker ranks 50 out of 2,041. Before him are Vittorio De Sica, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Yasujirō Ozu, Roberto Rossellini, Isao Takahata, and Emir Kusturica. After him are Takeshi Kitano, Oliver Stone, Michael Haneke, Tony Scott, Luc Besson, and Paul Verhoeven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Alan Parker ranks 20. Before him are Carlos Alberto Torres, Joe Cocker, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Miloš Zeman, Joe Frazier, and Jimmy Page. After him are Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Scott, Rafic Hariri, Angela Davis, Sali Berisha, and Jacqueline Bisset. Among people deceased in 2020, Alan Parker ranks 11. Before him are Kirk Douglas, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Pierre Cardin, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, and Qasem Soleimani. After him are Max von Sydow, Olivia de Havilland, Paolo Rossi, Michel Piccoli, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Parker ranks 249 out of 8,785. Before him are Jimmy Page (1944), Phil Collins (1951), Francis Galton (1822), Peter Higgs (1929), Roger Taylor (1949), and James II of England (1633). After him are Brian Jones (1942), David Lloyd George (1863), Ian Fleming (1908), Edmond Halley (1656), Lady Jane Grey (1537), and Arthur Evans (1851).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Alan Parker ranks 4. Before him are Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Ridley Scott (1937), and Ken Loach (1936). After him are Tony Scott (1944), Christopher Nolan (1970), Peter Brook (1925), Richard Attenborough (1923), David Lean (1908), Peter Greenaway (1942), Stephen Frears (1941), and Mike Newell (1942).

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Filmography

The Life of David Gale
Director
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Feb 21o 20037.424 / 10
Midnight Express
Director
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Aug 31o 19787.513 / 10
Mississippi Burning
Director
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Dec 8o 19887.674 / 10