Parker made some brilliant films over the course of his career. Mississippi Burning and The Commitments being two of my favorites. RIP.
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British director Sir Alan Parker — whose vast filmography included gangster flicks, musical projects, crime thrillers and comedies — has died, Variety reports. He was 76.
The British Film Institute confirmed Parker’s death Friday morning. An exact cause wasn’t given, but he reportedly died after a long illness.
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While he certainly had his Hollywood successes, Parker was a giant in the British film industry. He helped found the Directors Guild of Great Britain in the Eighties and was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1995 before being knighted in 2002. He served as chairman of the British Film Institute and in 2013 received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the British Academy’s highest honor.
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