Legendary British filmmaker Alan Parker has died at the age of 76. Parker passed away following a lengthy illness according to the British Film Institute.
Initially a commercial director, Parker directed fourteen feature films in his time, six of which he wrote. Amongst his most famous were the Oliver Stone-penned “Midnight Express,” musicals “Fame” and “Evita”, the band-themed “The Commitments,” Pink Floyd’s music film “The Wall,” and the acclaimed “Mississippi Burning”.
He also helmed the Faustian New Orleans noir “Angel Heart” with Robert De Niro as The Devil, 1976’s musical gangster film “Bugsy Malone,” the Nic Cage-led ex-vet tale “Birdy,” marital comedy “Shoot the Moon,” asylum comedy “Road to Wellville,” and dramas like “Angela’s Ashes,” “Come See the Paradise,” the BAFTA winning “The Evacuees,” and his final film “The Life of David Gale”.
Parker was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1995 and knighted in 2002.
Source: BBC
