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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