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Alan J. Pakula

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director / Writer | * 04/07/1928 († 70, 11/19/1998) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Alan Jay Pakula (April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, writer, and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976), and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982). Pakula was also notable for directing his "paranoia trilogy": Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974) and All the President's Men (1976). He is the subject of the 2023 documentary, Alan Pakula: Going for Truth, directed by Matthew Miele and featuring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Harrison Ford, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen, and Carl Bernstein, among others. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies a ...

Presumed Innocent

R

1990 | 3.4/5 | 2h 7min
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When At ...

To Kill a Mockingbird

NR

1962 | 4.0/5 | 2h 9min
Drama
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During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post. ...

All the President's Men

PG

1976 | 3.9/5 | 2h 18min
Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
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Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reve ...

Sophie's Choice

R

1982 | 3.7/5 | 2h 31min
Drama, Romance / Love, War
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Awards & Nominations for Alan J. Pakula

National Board of Review Award for Best Film Mary Pickford Award Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture
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Movies with Alan J. Pakula as Actor(6)

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2020 Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
as himself1998 Fearful Symmetry
as himself1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as himself1976 Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
as himself1971 'Klute' in New York
as Self (uncredited)1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years

TV Shows/Series with Alan J. Pakula as Actor(1)

as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show

Movies with Alan J. Pakula as Crew(38)

Directing/Director1997 The Devil's Own
Directing/Director1993 The Pelican Brief
Production/Producer1993 The Pelican Brief
Writing/Screenplay1993 The Pelican Brief
Directing/Director1992 Consenting Adults
Production/Producer1992 Consenting Adults
Directing/Director1990 Presumed Innocent
Writing/Screenplay1990 Presumed Innocent
Directing/Director1989 See You in the Morning
Production/Producer1989 See You in the Morning
Writing/Writer1989 See You in the Morning
Directing/Director1987 Orphans
Production/Producer1987 Orphans
Directing/Director1986 Dream Lover
Production/Producer1986 Dream Lover
Directing/Director1982 Sophie's Choice
Production/Producer1982 Sophie's Choice
Writing/Screenplay1982 Sophie's Choice
Directing/Director1981 Rollover
Directing/Director1979 Starting Over
Production/Producer1979 Starting Over
Directing/Director1978 Comes a Horseman
Directing/Director1976 All the President's Men
Directing/Director1974 The Parallax View
Production/Producer1974 The Parallax View
Directing/Director1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Production/Producer1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Directing/Director1971 Klute
Production/Producer1971 Klute
Directing/Director1969 The Sterile Cuckoo
Production/Producer1969 The Sterile Cuckoo
Production/Producer1968 The Stalking Moon
Production/Producer1967 Up the Down Staircase
Production/Producer1965 Inside Daisy Clover
Production/Producer1965 Baby the Rain Must Fall
Production/Producer1963 Love with the Proper Stranger
Production/Producer1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
Production/Producer1957 Fear Strikes Out

Full Name: Alan Jay Pakula
Born: Saturday, 04/07 1928 (April) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 11/19 1998 (November) in Melville (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Yale University
Spouses (current/former): Hope Lange
Other names for Alan J. Pakula (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"アラン・J・パクラ"
"Aran J pakura"
"Алан Дж. Пакула"
"Alan Dzh. Pakula"
"艾伦·杰伊·帕库拉"
"Ài lún·jié yī·pà kù lā"
"آلان جي باكولا"
"alan ji bakula"
"앨런 J. 퍼쿨러"
"aelleon J. peokulleo"
"アラン ジェイ パクラ"
"Aran Jei pakura"
"آلان جيه باكولا"
"alan jih bakula"
"Alan Jay Pakula"
Alan J. Pakula frequently works together with these people:
George Jenkins (12x, Crew)
Alixe Gordin (12x, Crew)
Robert Mulligan (10x, Crew)
Michael Small (8x, Crew)
Aaron Stell (6x, Crew)
Gordon Willis (6x, Crew)
Elmer Bernstein (6x, Crew)
Gregory Peck (5x, Actor)
Carol Joffe (5x, Crew)
John Jay Moore (5x, Crew)
Evan A. Lottman (5x, Crew)
Michael Parkinson (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:53099, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024