Alan Clarke

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Alan Clarke

Directing October 28, 1935

Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK

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…

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Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
Screen Two

Screen Two

7.1 1985 TV Show
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

5.2 1964 TV Show
Playhouse

Playhouse

7.0 1974 TV Show
Scum

Scum

7.1 1979 Movie
ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

7.0 1969 TV Show
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.3 1965 TV Show
Made in Britain

Made in Britain

7.0 1983 Movie
Elephant

Elephant

6.5 1989 Movie
ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

6.0 1986 TV Show
The Firm

The Firm

6.6 1989 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2020
    Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today

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

  2. 2016
    Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1991
    Director: Alan Clarke

    Movie

  4. 1989
    The Firm

    Movie Director

  5. 1989
    Elephant

    Movie Director

  6. 1987
    Road

    Movie Director

  7. 1987
    Christine

    Movie Director

  8. 1987
    Rita, Sue and Bob Too

    Movie Director

  9. 1986
    ScreenPlay

    TV show Director

  10. 1985
    Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

    Movie Director

  11. 1985
    Alive from Off Center

    TV show Director

  12. 1985
    Screen Two

    TV show Director

  13. 1985
    Contact

    Movie Director

  14. 1984
    Waterbag

    Movie Producer

  15. 1984
    Stars of the Roller State Disco

    Movie Director

  16. 1984
    The British Desk

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1983
    Made in Britain

    Movie Director

  2. 1983
    Tales Out of School

    TV show Director

  3. 1983
    Brief Encounters

    Movie Director

  4. 1982
    Baal

    Movie Director

  5. 1981
    Psy-Warriors

    Movie Director

  6. 1981
    Beloved Enemy

    Movie Director

  7. 1980
    Vodka Cola

    Movie Director

  8. 1979
    Scum

    Movie Director

  9. 1978
    Nina

    Movie Director

  10. 1978
    Danton's Death

    Movie Director

  11. 1977
    Scum

    Movie Director

  12. 1977
    Bukovsky

    Movie Self - Interviewer (voice)

  13. 1976
    Fast Hands

    Movie Director

  14. 1976
    Plays for Britain

    TV show Director

  15. 1975
    Diane

    Movie Director

  16. 1975
    Funny Farm

    Movie Director

  17. 1974
    A Follower for Emily

    Movie Director

  18. 1974
    Penda's Fen

    Movie Director

  19. 1974
    Playhouse

    TV show Director

  20. 1973
    The Love-Girl and the Innocent

    Movie Director

  21. 1973
    Man Above Men

    Movie Director

  22. 1973
    Achilles Heel

    Movie Director

  23. 1972
    Horatio Bottomley

    Movie Director

  24. 1972
    The Edwardians

    TV show Director