Alan Clarke

ActorDirectorWriterProducerProduction Oct 28 (died age 54) Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK 1965–2020 (55 year career)

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Biography

Alan Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was a television and film director, producer and writer, born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England. Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, including work for the famous play strands The Wednesday Play and Play for Today. His subject matter tended towards social realism, especially with respect to deprived or oppressed communities.

Known For

Film

Scum

Director

Film

Made in Britain

Director

Film

Elephant

Director

Film

Penda's Fen

Director

Film

The Firm

Director

Film

Scum

Director

Film

Rita, Sue and Bob Too

Director

Film

Road

Director

Filmography

Acting (4)

Movies (4)

Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today

2020

as Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Director: Alan Clarke

1991

Bukovsky

1977

as Self - Interviewer (voice)

6.0

Crew (76)

Movies (64)

Elephant

Director

The Firm

Director

Christine

Director

Christine

Writer

Rita, Sue and Bob Too

Director

Road

Director

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

Director

Contact

Director

The British Desk

Director

Stars of the Roller State Disco

1984

Director

6.0

Waterbag

1984

Producer

Made in Britain

1983

Director

7.0

Brief Encounters

1983

Director

Baal

Director

Psy-Warriors

Director

Beloved Enemy

Director

Vodka Cola

1980

Director

Vodka Cola

1980

Producer

Scum

Director

Nina

Director

Danton's Death

Director

Danton's Death

1978

Writer

Bukovsky

Director

Bukovsky

Producer

Scum

Director

Fast Hands

Director

Funny Farm

Director

Diane

Director

Diane

Writer

Penda's Fen

Director

A Follower for Emily

Director

Man Above Men

Director

The Love-Girl and the Innocent

1973

Adaptation

5.6

The Love-Girl and the Innocent

Director

Achilles Heel

Director

Under the Age

Director

Horace

Director

Horatio Bottomley

Director

A Life Is Forever

1972

Director

To Encourage the Others

1972

Director

5.0

Everybody Say Cheese

1971

Director

The Hallelujah Handshake

Director

Sovereign's Company

Director

I Can't See My Little Willie

1970

Director

The Comic

1969

Director

The Ladies: Joan

1969

Director

The Ladies: Doreen

1969

Director

The Piano Tuner

1969

Director

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

1969

Director

6.0

Sally Go Round the Moon

1968

Director

The Fifty-Seventh Saturday

1968

Director

4.0

Thief

1968

Director

Nothing's Ever Over

1968

Director

Stand by Your Screen

Director

Stella

Director

Gareth

Director

Goodnight Albert

1968

Director

5.0

Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?

1968

Director

Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?

1968

Director

The Gentleman Caller

1967

Director

5.5

A Man Inside

1967

Director

George's Room

Director

Shelter

Director

Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?

1967

Director

Television (12)

Screen Two

1985

Director

6.8

Alive from Off Center

1985

Director

Tales Out of School

1983

Director

Playhouse

Director

The Edwardians

Director

Play for Today

Director

The Gold Robbers

Director

The Company of Five

Director

The Informer

Director

Seven Deadly Sins

1966

Assistant Unit Manager

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Director

5.0

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Writer

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