Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 28, 1935
Died
Jul 24, 1990
Place of Birth
Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Credits
79 titles
Alan Clarke
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.
Known For
Filmography
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self (archive footage)
Director: Alan Clarke
The Firm
Director
Elephant
Director
Road
Director
Christine
Director
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Director
ScreenPlay
Director
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Director
Alive from Off Center
Director
Screen Two
Director
Contact
Director
Waterbag
Producer
Stars of the Roller State Disco
Director
The British Desk
Director
Made in Britain
Director
Tales Out of School
Director
Brief Encounters
Director
Baal
Director
Psy-Warriors
Director
Beloved Enemy
Director
Vodka Cola
Producer
Scum
Director
Nina
Director
Danton's Death
Director
Scum
Director
Bukovsky
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Fast Hands
Director
Plays for Britain
Director
Diane
Writer
Funny Farm
Director
A Follower for Emily
Director
Penda's Fen
Director
Playhouse
Director
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Director
Man Above Men
Director
Achilles Heel
Director
Horatio Bottomley
Director
The Edwardians
Director
A Life Is Forever
Director
To Encourage the Others
Director
Horace
Director
Under the Age
Director
Everybody Say Cheese
Director
The Hallelujah Handshake
Director
I Can't See My Little Willie
Director
Play for Today
Director
Sovereign's Company
Director
The Comic
Director