
Alan J. Pakula
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday7 April 1928
Died19 November 1998 (age 70)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits33
Biography
Alan Jay Pakula (/pəˈkuːlə/; April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Associated with the New Hollywood movement, his best-known works include his critically acclaimed "paranoia trilogy": the neo-noir mystery Klute (1971), the conspiracy thriller The Parallax View (1974), and the Watergate scandal drama All the President's Men (1976). His other notable films included Comes a Horseman (1978), Starting Over (1979), Sophie's Choice (1982), Presumed Innocent (1990), and The Pelican Brief (1993). Pakula received Academy Award nominations for Bes…

Citizen Jane Fonda
2020

Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
2020 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Fearful Symmetry
1998 · Self

The Devil's Own
1997 · Director

The Pelican Brief
1993 · Screenplay

The Pelican Brief
1993 · Producer

The Pelican Brief
1993 · Director

Consenting Adults
1992 · Producer

Consenting Adults
1992 · Director

Presumed Innocent
1990 · Director

Presumed Innocent
1990 · Screenplay

See You in the Morning
1989 · Writer

See You in the Morning
1989 · Director

See You in the Morning
1989 · Producer

Orphans
1987 · Producer

Orphans
1987 · Director

Dream Lover
1986 · Director

Dream Lover
1986 · Producer

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Self

Sophie's Choice
1982 · Screenplay

Sophie's Choice
1982 · Director

Sophie's Choice
1982 · Producer

Rollover
1981 · Director

Starting Over
1979 · Director

Starting Over
1979 · Producer

Comes a Horseman
1978 · Director

All the President's Men
1976 · Director

Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
1976 · Self

The Parallax View
1974 · Director

The Parallax View
1974 · Producer

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973 · Director

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973 · Producer

'Klute' in New York
1971 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self

Klute
1971 · Producer

Klute
1971 · Director

The Sterile Cuckoo
1969 · Director

The Sterile Cuckoo
1969 · Producer

The Stalking Moon
1968 · Producer

The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest

Up the Down Staircase
1967 · Producer

Inside Daisy Clover
1966 · Producer

Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965 · Producer

Love with the Proper Stranger
1963 · Producer

To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Producer

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Self (uncredited)

Fear Strikes Out
1957 · Producer

The Oscars
1953 · Self
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