Alan Parker
Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker, CBEis an English film director, producer and screenwriter. Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth14 February 1944
people want littles
Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
death-penalty reason penalties
Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
one-day london shoulders
I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London'.
following ifs
If you'd been where I'd been... if you'd seen the things I'd seen!... you... you'd be me... Or someone following me around...
thinking feelings tvs
I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise... It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling.
editing solitude directors
A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
black-and-white periods recreation
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.
fascists critics aesthetic
I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
different film should
I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
positive-thinking thinking can-do
Have a go. Anybody can do it.
art people helping
I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.
rain film fine
Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.
vision filmmaker evolve
A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
democratic diplomatic
I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.