Alan Clarke
Born: 1935-10-28 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: 1990-07-24
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2020
- Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today as Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)
2016
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Elephant ... (Director)
1989
- The Firm ... (Director)
1987
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too ... (Director)
- Road ... (Director)
- Christine ... (Director)
1986
- ScreenPlay ... (Director)
1985
- Screen Two ... (Director)
- Alive from Off Center ... (Director)
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire ... (Director)
- Contact ... (Director)
1984
- Stars of the Roller State Disco ... (Director)
- Waterbag ... (Producer)
- The British Desk ... (Director)
1983
- Tales Out of School ... (Director)
- Made in Britain ... (Director)
- Brief Encounters ... (Director)
1982
- Baal ... (Director)
1981
- Beloved Enemy ... (Director)
- Psy-Warriors ... (Director)
1980
- Vodka Cola ... (Director)
1979
- Scum ... (Director)
1978
- Danton's Death ... (Director)
- Nina ... (Director)
1976
- Plays for Britain ... (Director)
- Fast Hands ... (Director)
1975
- Diane ... (Director)
- Funny Farm ... (Director)
1974
- Playhouse ... (Director)
- Penda's Fen ... (Director)
- A Follower for Emily ... (Director)
1973
- Man Above Men ... (Director)
- The Love-Girl and the Innocent ... (Director)
- Achilles Heel ... (Director)
1972
- The Edwardians ... (Director)
- Horace ... (Director)
- Horatio Bottomley ... (Director)
- To Encourage the Others ... (Director)
- A Life Is Forever ... (Director)
- Under the Age ... (Director)
1971
- Everybody Say Cheese ... (Director)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Director)
- The Hallelujah Handshake ... (Director)
- Sovereign's Company ... (Director)
- I Can't See My Little Willie ... (Director)
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre ... (Director)
- The Gold Robbers ... (Director)
- The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel ... (Director)
- The Comic ... (Director)
- The Ladies: Joan ... (Director)
- The Piano Tuner ... (Director)
- The Ladies: Doreen ... (Director)
1968
- The Company of Five ... (Director)
- Stand by Your Screen ... (Director)
- The Fifty-Seventh Saturday ... (Director)
- Thief ... (Director)
- Stella ... (Director)
- Got Yourself Sorted Out at All? ... (Director)
- Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We? ... (Director)
- Gareth ... (Director)
- Nothing's Ever Over ... (Director)
- Goodnight Albert ... (Director)
- Sally Go Round the Moon ... (Director)
1967
- George's Room ... (Director)
- The Gentleman Caller ... (Director)
- Shelter ... (Director)
- Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To? ... (Director)
- A Man Inside ... (Director)
1966
- The Informer ... (Director)
- Seven Deadly Sins ... (Assistant Unit Manager)
1965
- BBC Play of the Month ... (Director)