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Alan Parker

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Sir Alan William Parker (born 14 February 1944) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. [1]

93 relations: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Awards, Adrian Lyne, Alan Marshall (producer), Albert Finney, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Angel Heart, Angela's Ashes (film), Antonio Banderas, BAFTA Fellowship, BFI National Archive, Billy Hayes (writer, born 1947), Birdy (film), Bo Goldman, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, British Film Institute, Bugsy Malone, Cinema of the United Kingdom, Cinema of the United States, Cinzano, Collett Dickenson Pearce, Colm Meaney, Come See the Paradise, Dame Alice Owen's School, David Puttnam, David Thomson (film critic), David Yates, Derek Malcolm, Diane Keaton, Directors Guild of Great Britain, Dublin, Evita (1996 film), Evita (musical), Fame (1980 film), Frank McCourt, Fred Zinnemann, Gene Hackman, Genre, Geoff Andrew, Giorgio Moroder, Golden Globe Award, Heineken, High School of Performing Arts, Honorary degree, Housing estate, Hugh Hudson, Irene Cara, Islington, Jack Rosenthal, ..., Joan Collins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Winslet, Kevin Spacey, Knight Bachelor, London, Madonna (entertainer), Mark Shivas, Matthew Modine, Melody (1971 film), Michael Balcon, Midnight Express (film), Mississippi Burning, National Film and Television School, Nick Park, Nicolas Cage, North London, Oliver Stone, Order of the British Empire, Pink Floyd – The Wall, Play for Today, Ray Connolly, Richard Schickel, Ridley Scott, Roger Ebert, Shoot the Moon, Soho, Television advertisement, The Blitz, The Commitments (film), The Evacuees, The Life of David Gale, The Road to Wellville (film), Tim Rice, Tony Scott, University of Sunderland, Who's Who (UK), Willem Dafoe, William Wharton (author), 1995 Birthday Honours, 2002 New Year Honours, 26th Moscow International Film Festival. Expand index (43 more) »

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture.

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Academy Award for Best Original Song

The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Adrian Lyne

Adrian Lyne (born 4 March 1941) is an English film director, writer, and producer.

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Alan Marshall (producer)

Alan Marshall is a British film producer.

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Albert Finney

Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is an English actor.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber Kt (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre.

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Angel Heart

Angel Heart is a 1987 American neo-noir horror film based on William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel.

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Angela's Ashes (film)

Angela's Ashes is a 1999 drama film based on the memoir of the same name by Frank McCourt.

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Antonio Banderas

José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor, singer, and producer.

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BAFTA Fellowship

The BAFTA Fellowship, or the Academy Fellowship, is a lifetime achievement award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) since 1971 "in recognition of outstanding achievement in the art forms of the moving image", and is the highest honour the Academy can bestow.

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BFI National Archive

The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world.

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Billy Hayes (writer, born 1947)

William Hayes (born April 3, 1947) is an American writer, actor, and film director.

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Birdy (film)

Birdy is a 1984 American drama film based on William Wharton's 1978 novel of the same name.

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Bo Goldman

Robert Goldman (born September 10, 1932) professionally known as Bo Goldman, is an American writer, Broadway playwright and screenwriter.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom.

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Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone is a 1976 American-British musical gangster comedy film, directed by Alan Parker and featuring only child actors.

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Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a significant film industry for over a century.

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Cinema of the United States

The cinema of the United States, often metonymously referred to as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on the film industry in general since the early 20th century.

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Cinzano

Cinzano is an Italian brand of vermouth, a brand owned since 1999 by Gruppo Campari.

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Collett Dickenson Pearce

Collett Dickenson Pearce & Partners (CDP) was a British advertising agency which operated from 1960 till 2000.

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Colm Meaney

Colm J. Meaney (Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise is a 1990 drama film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita.

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Dame Alice Owen's School

Dame Alice Owen's School (usually known as Dame Alice Owen's or simply as Owen's; referred to by the acronym DAOS) is a partially selective secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire in southern England.

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David Puttnam

David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, (born 25 February 1941) is a British film producer and educator.

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David Thomson (film critic)

David Thomson (born 18 February 1941) is a British film critic and historian based in the United States and the author of more than 20 books.

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David Yates

David Yates (born) is an English filmmaker who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions.

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Derek Malcolm

Derek Elliston Michael Malcolm (born 12 May 1932 in Marylebone, London) is an English film critic and historian.

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Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton (née Hall; born January 5, 1946) is an American film actress, director, and producer.

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Directors Guild of Great Britain

The Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB) was a professional organization which represents directors across all media, including film, television, theatre, radio, opera, commercials, music videos, corporate film/video and training, documentaries, multimedia and "new technology".

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Evita (1996 film)

Evita is a 1996 American musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name produced by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which also inspired a 1978 musical.

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Evita (musical)

Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics and book by Tim Rice.

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Fame (1980 film)

Fame is a 1980 American teen musical drama film directed by Alan Parker and written by Christopher Gore.

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Frank McCourt

Francis McCourt (August 19, 1930July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and writer.

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Fred Zinnemann

Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-born American film director.

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Gene Hackman

Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist.

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Genre

Genre is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed upon conventions developed over time.

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Geoff Andrew

Geoff Andrew (born 1954) is a British writer and lecturer on film, and Programmer-at-large at BFI South Bank.

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Giorgio Moroder

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born 26 April 1940) is an Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer.

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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

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Heineken

Heineken Lager Beer (Heineken Pilsener), or simply Heineken is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken International.

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High School of Performing Arts

The High School of Performing Arts, formally The School of Performing Arts: A Division of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, is a public alternative high school in New York City, USA.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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Housing estate

A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development.

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Hugh Hudson

Hugh Hudson (born 25 August 1936) is an English film director.

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Irene Cara

Irene Cara Escalera (born March 18, 1959),Bob McCann, Encyclopedia of Hispanic American Actresses in Film and Television, McFarland & Company, 2010,, p. 67.

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Islington

Islington is a district in Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington.

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Jack Rosenthal

Jack Morris Rosenthal (8 September 1931 – 29 May 2004) was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.

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Joan Collins

Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist.

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Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer.

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Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born John Price; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor and singer.

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Kate Winslet

Kate Elizabeth Winslet, (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress.

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Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, producer and singer.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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Mark Shivas

Mark Shivas (24 April 1938 – 11 October 2008) was a British television producer, film producer and executive.

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Matthew Modine

Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker, who rose to prominence through his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.

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Melody (1971 film)

Melody is a 1971 British film directed by Waris Hussein about puppy love.

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Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer, known for his leadership of Ealing Studios from 1938 to 1955.

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Midnight Express (film)

Midnight Express is a 1978 British-American prison drama film directed by Alan Parker, produced by David Puttnam and starring Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, Peter Jeffrey and John Hurt.

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Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker.

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National Film and Television School

The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Nick Park

Nicholas Wulstan Park, CBE (born 6 December 1958) is a director, writer and animator, best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.

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Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, director and producer.

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North London

North London is the northern part of London, England.

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Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American writer and filmmaker.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Pink Floyd – The Wall

Pink Floyd – The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name.

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Play for Today

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984.

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Ray Connolly

Ray Connolly is a British writer.

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Richard Schickel

Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an American film historian, journalist, author, documentarian, and film and literary critic.

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Ridley Scott

Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author.

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Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon is a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan Parker, and written by Bo Goldman.

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Soho

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London.

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Television advertisement

A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, commercial or ad in American English, and known in British English as a TV advert or simply an advert) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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The Commitments (film)

The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle.

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The Evacuees

The Evacuees is a 1975 episode of the BBC's Play for Today series written by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Alan Parker.

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The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale is a 2003 American drama film directed by Alan Parker (in his final film as a director) and written by Charles Randolph.

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The Road to Wellville (film)

The Road to Wellville is a 1994 American comedy-drama film adaptation of T. Coraghessan Boyle's novel of the same name, which tells the story of the doctor and clean-living advocate John Harvey Kellogg and his methods employed at the Battle Creek Sanitarium at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist.

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Tony Scott

Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer.

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University of Sunderland

The University of Sunderland is a university located in Sunderland in the North East of England.

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Who's Who (UK)

Who's Who is a leading source of biographical data on more than 33,000 influential people from around the world.

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Willem Dafoe

William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor with Italian citizenship.

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William Wharton (author)

William Wharton (7 November 1925 – 29 October 2008), the pen name of the artist Albert William Du Aime, was an American-born author best known for his first novel Birdy, which was also successful as a film.

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1995 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1995 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries.

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2002 New Year Honours

New Years' Honours are announced on or around the date of the New Year in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

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26th Moscow International Film Festival

The 26th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 18 to 27 July 2004.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Parker

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