Alan Clarke

Known for: Directing
Born: October 28, 1935, Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: July 24, 1990
Movies: 61

Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Clarke primarily worked for TV, writing and directing plays for Rediffusion, LWT, and the BBC. On film, he made only three features, the best known of which is the 1979 youth prison drama Scum, in fact an expansion of a Play for Today production.

Best-Known Movies

7.1

Scum

1979

7.0

Made in Britain

1983

6.5

Elephant

1989

6.6

The Firm

1989

6.2

Rita, Sue and Bob Too

1987

7.4

Penda's Fen

1974

7.2

Scum

1977

7.2

Road

1987

7.5

Christine

1987

6.1

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

1985

Filmography

2020	Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today	Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)
2016	Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light	Self (archive footage)
1991	Director: Alan Clarke
1977	Bukovsky	Self - Interviewer (voice)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1989	The Firm	Director
1989	Elephant	Director
1987	Road	Director
1987	Christine	Director, Writer
1987	Rita, Sue and Bob Too	Director
1985	Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire	Director
1985	Contact	Director
1984	Waterbag	Producer
1984	Stars of the Roller State Disco	Director
1984	The British Desk	Director
1983	Made in Britain	Director
1983	Brief Encounters	Director
1982	Baal	Director
1981	Psy-Warriors	Director
1981	Beloved Enemy	Director
1980	Vodka Cola	Producer, Director
1979	Scum	Director
1978	Nina	Director
1978	Danton's Death	Director, Writer
1977	Scum	Director
1977	Bukovsky	Director, Producer
1976	Fast Hands	Director
1975	Diane	Director, Writer
1975	Funny Farm	Director
1974	A Follower for Emily	Director
1974	Penda's Fen	Director
1973	The Love-Girl and the Innocent	Director
1973	Man Above Men	Director
1973	Achilles Heel	Director
1972	Horatio Bottomley	Director
1972	A Life Is Forever	Director
1972	To Encourage the Others	Director
1972	Horace	Director
1972	Under the Age	Director
1971	Everybody Say Cheese	Director
1970	The Hallelujah Handshake	Director
1970	I Can't See My Little Willie	Director
1970	Sovereign's Company	Director
1969	The Comic	Director
1969	The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel	Director
1969	The Ladies: Doreen	Director
1969	The Ladies: Joan	Director
1969	The Piano Tuner	Director
1968	Stand by Your Screen	Director
1968	Thief	Director
1968	Nothing's Ever Over	Director
1968	The Fifty-Seventh Saturday	Director
1968	Stella	Director
1968	Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?	Director
1968	Goodnight Albert	Director
1968	Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?	Director
1968	Sally Go Round the Moon	Director
1967	George's Room	Director
1967	Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?	Director
1967	The Gentleman Caller	Director
1967	A Man Inside	Director
1967	Shelter	Director

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