Alan Parker(1944-2020)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
The son of Elsie Ellen, a dressmaker, and William Leslie Parker, a house painter, Alan Parker was a London advertising copywriter in the 1960s and early 1970s with Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP), an ad agency. He formed a partnership with David Puttnam as his producer (Puttnam had been a photographers' agent), and left CDP to become a full-time director of television commercials before moving onto feature films.
Remembering Alan Parker: 1944-2020
Remembering Alan Parker: 1944-2020
We pay tribute to Alan Parker, the award-winning director of Evita, Midnight Express, and Mississippi Burning.