Sir Alan William Parker was an English filmmaker, born in Islington, London, on 14 February 1944 and died on 31 July 2020. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements, and after about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films. He was known for using a wide range of filmmaking styles and genres and directed musicals including Bugsy Malone (1976), Fame (1980) and Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982).
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In 2013, he received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest honour the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker.
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