Music seemed to be a recurring theme of Parker’s movie career. Plus, he directed music videos from some of those films. So a look back at the five movies Parker made involving music seems like a ...

Alan Parker, who turns 75 today, has led a long and illustrious career as one of Britain's most eminent directors, producers and screenwriters. Some of his movies, such as Mississippi Burning and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Alan Parker, director of movies ranging from "Bugsy Malone", a gangster comedy featuring children armed with machineguns that fired cream, to the tense prison ...

And Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher explained the pivotal role Parker played in his life by casting the then-nine-year-old Fletcher as “Babyface” in 1975’s Bugsy Malone. In a statement, Fletcher ...

FILE - Film director Alan Parker arrives at the opening ceremony of 26th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow on June 18, 2004. Parker, whose movies included “Bugsy Malone,” “Midnight Express” ...

The British filmmaker also directed Bugsy Malone and Shoot the Moon British director, producer and writer Alan Parker has died. He was 76. Parker, who died following a lengthy illness per the British ...

Acclaimed UK director Alan Parker, a towering figure in the UK industry, passed away this morning following a lengthy illness, the British Film Institute has confirmed. Two-time Oscar nominee Parker ...

He also was behind 'Bugsy Malone,' 'The Commitments,' 'Angel Heart' and 'Angela's Ashes.' By Duane Byrge, Mike Barnes Alan Parker, the versatile British writer-director and two-time Oscar nominee who ...

Alan Parker, an influential British filmmaker, has died following a lengthy illness, Deadline reports. The two-time Oscar nominee was 76. Parker was known for his films like Bugsy Malone, Midnight ...

Alan Parker, the versatile British film director whose genre-hopping body of work included the harrowing Turkish prison drama "Midnight Express" and the high-spirited rock comedy "The Commitments," ...