Alan Clarke
Born: 1935-10-28 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: 1990-07-24
Known For: Directing
Biography
Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Clarke primarily worked for TV, writing and directing plays for Rediffusion, LWT, and the BBC. On film, he made only three features, the best known of which is the 1979 youth prison drama Scum, in fact an expansion of a Play for Today production.
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
- Christine ... (Director)
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too ... (Director)
- Road ... (Director)
1986
- ScreenPlay ... (Director)
1985
- Screen Two ... (Director)
- Alive from Off Center ... (Director)
- Contact ... (Director)
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire ... (Director)
1984
- Waterbag ... (Producer)
- Stars of the Roller State Disco ... (Director)
- The British Desk ... (Director)
1983
- Made in Britain ... (Director)
- Tales Out of School ... (Director)
- Brief Encounters ... (Director)
1982
- Baal ... (Director)
1981
- Beloved Enemy ... (Director)
- Psy-Warriors ... (Director)
1980
- Vodka Cola ... (Director)
1979
- Scum ... (Director)
1978
- Nina ... (Director)
- Danton's Death ... (Director)
1976
- Plays for Britain ... (Director)
- Fast Hands ... (Director)
1975
- Funny Farm ... (Director)
- Diane ... (Director)
1974
- Playhouse ... (Director)
- Penda's Fen ... (Director)
- A Follower for Emily ... (Director)
1973
- Man Above Men ... (Director)
- Achilles Heel ... (Director)
- The Love-Girl and the Innocent ... (Director)
1972
- The Edwardians ... (Director)
- Horace ... (Director)
- Horatio Bottomley ... (Director)
- To Encourage the Others ... (Director)
- Under the Age ... (Director)
- A Life Is Forever ... (Director)
1971
- Everybody Say Cheese ... (Director)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Director)
- Sovereign's Company ... (Director)
- I Can't See My Little Willie ... (Director)
- The Hallelujah Handshake ... (Director)
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre ... (Director)
- Plays of Today ... (Director)
- The Gold Robbers ... (Director)
- The Comic ... (Director)
- The Ladies: Joan ... (Director)
- The Piano Tuner ... (Director)
- The Ladies: Doreen ... (Director)
- The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel ... (Director)
1968
- The Company of Five ... (Director)
- Thief ... (Director)
- Gareth ... (Director)
- Stella ... (Director)
- A Man of our Times ... (Director)
- Stand by Your Screen ... (Director)
- The Fifty-Seventh Saturday ... (Director)
- Nothing's Ever Over ... (Director)
- Sally Go Round the Moon ... (Director)
- Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We? ... (Director)
- Got Yourself Sorted Out at All? ... (Director)
- Goodnight Albert ... (Director)
1967
- Half Hour Story ... (Director)
- Shelter ... (Director)
- George's Room ... (Director)
- A Man Inside ... (Director)
- The Gentleman Caller ... (Director)
- Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To? ... (Director)
1966
- The Informer ... (Director)
- Seven Deadly Sins ... (Assistant Unit Manager)
1965
- BBC Play of the Month ... (Director)
- Thirty-Minute Theatre ... (Director)
1964
- The Wednesday Play ... (Director)