Sir Alan Parker 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).
British Academy Film Awards
Best Direction
Known For
Angel Heart
(1987)
Director
Midnight Express
(1978)
Director
Birdy
(1984)
Director
Mississippi Burning
(1988)
Director
The Commitments
(1991)
Director
Bugsy Malone
(1976)
Director
Fame
(1980)
Director
The Life of David Gale
(2003)
Director
Pink Floyd: The Wall
(1982)
Director
The Road to Wellville
(1994)
Director
Evita
(1996)
Director
Angela's Ashes
(1999)
Director
Come See the Paradise
(1990)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Our Cissy
(1974)
Director
Footsteps
(1974)
Director
The Evacuees
(1975)
Director
Bugsy Malone
(1976)
Director
No Hard Feelings
(1976)
Director
Midnight Express
(1978)
Director
Fame
(1980)
Director
Pink Floyd: The Wall
(1982)
Director
Shoot the Moon
(1982)
Director
Birdy
(1984)
Director
A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
(1986)
Director
Angel Heart
(1987)
Director
Mississippi Burning
(1988)
Director
Come See the Paradise
(1990)
Director
The Commitments
(1991)
Director
The Road to Wellville
(1994)
Director
Evita
(1996)
Director
Angela's Ashes
(1999)
Director
The Life of David Gale
(2003)
Director
Acting
The Other Side of the Wall
(1982)
A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
(1986)
Self
The Commitments
(1991)
Eejit Record Producer
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
(1995)
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
(1996)
Self
Evita
(1996)
Tormented Film Director
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
(1996)
Self
Angela's Ashes
(1999)
Dr. Campbell
Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall
(1999)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
(2001)
Self
It's Black Entertainment
(2002)
Self
The Life of David Gale
(2003)
Partygoer (uncredited)
100 Films and a Funeral
(2007)
Self
Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review
(2008)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
(2010)
Self – Interviewee
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
(2014)
Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
(2016)
Himself
Who Killed British Cinema?
(2018)
Himself
Evita: The Making of a Superstar
(2018)
Self
Writing
Melody
(1971)
Original Story and Screenplay
Our Cissy
(1974)
Writer
Footsteps
(1974)
Writer
No Hard Feelings
(1976)
Writer
Bugsy Malone
(1976)
Writer
Angel Heart
(1987)
Screenplay
Come See the Paradise
(1990)
Writer
The Road to Wellville
(1994)
Screenplay
Evita
(1996)
Screenplay
Angela's Ashes
(1999)
Screenplay
Production