Alan Parker
Birth Name:
Alan William Parker
Birth Place:
London, England, United Kingdom
Profession
Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Soundtrack, Music department
Fast Facts
- A 2013 recipient of the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest honor given to a filmmaker by the British Film Academy
- One of the founding members of Great Britain's Directors' Guild
- Quote: "I am difficult! When I was being very difficult once I was described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist․ But I'm not difficult for ego reasons or for desire of awards - but for the work․"
- Quote: "I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the sholder one day and say, 'Back to North London you go․'"
- Quote: "My mentor was the great director, Fred Zinnemann․․․He said something to me that I always try to keep in my head every time I decide on what film to do next․ He told me that making a film was a great privilege, and you should never waste it․ I think that's true․"
- After almost a decade of melodramatic films, he would choose to switch gears in 1980 with the direction of "Fame", one of his biggest box office successes to date
- Spent the first decade of his career as a copywriter and director for commercials in England before graduating to film in the early 1970s
- Awarded C․B․E․ qualifications by Queen Elizabeth II in 1995
- Was forced to mortgage his own house in order to fund his first film project, "No Hard Feelings", as he could not secure financing from studios due to his lack of experience in the film world
Awards
- 1976BAFTA TV Award - Best Single Play:Winner
- 1976Palme d'OrNominated
- 1977BAFTA Film Award - Best Direction:Nominated
- 1977BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 1978Palme d'OrNominated
- 1978LAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1979Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1979BAFTA Film Award - Best Direction:Winner
- 1979DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1979Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1981BAFTA Film Award - Best Direction:Nominated
- 1981César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
- 1982Palme d'OrNominated
- 1982Guild Film Award - Gold - Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film):Winner
- 1984Audience Award - Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Winner
- 1985Palme d'OrNominated
- 1985Grand Prize of the JuryWinner
- 1987Audience AwardWinner
- 1988Saturn Award - Best Writing:Nominated
- 1988Jupiter Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 1988NBR Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1989Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1989Golden Berlin Bear - Best Film:Nominated
- 1989David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 1989DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1989Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1990BAFTA Film Award - Best Direction:Nominated
- 1990Palme d'OrNominated
- 1991Tokyo Grand PrixNominated
- 1991Best Director AwardWinner
- 1992BAFTA Film Award - Best Direction:Winner
- 1992BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Winner
- 1992European Silver RibbonNominated
- 1992ALFS Award - British Director of the Year:Winner
- 1994Tokyo Grand PrixNominated
- 1997Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm):Nominated
- 1997BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted:Nominated
- 1997Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1997Silver Ribbon - Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 1997European Silver RibbonWinner
- 1997OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 1997OFTA Film Award - Best Drama Picture:Nominated
- 1997OFTA Film Award - Best Comedy/Musical Picture:Nominated
- 1997OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1997OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
- 1997Golden Satellite Award - Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical:Winner
- 1998Premio Guarani - Best Foreign Film:Winner
- 2000Audience AwardWinner
- 2003Golden Berlin BearNominated