Alan J. Pakula

★ Directing #392

1928 - 1998 (age 70) • Directing

Born: 4/7/1928 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 11/19/1998 (age 70)

Known for: Directing

Alan J. Pakula

★ Directing #392

Alan Jay Pakula (April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982).

Known For

To Kill a Mockingbird

80%

Producer

1962

All the President's Men

77%

Director

1976

The Pelican Brief

66%

Director

1993

The Devil's Own

62%

Director

1997

Sophie's Choice

73%

Screenplay

1982

Presumed Innocent

68%

Director

1990

Klute

68%

Producer

1971

The Parallax View

68%

Director

1974

Citizen Jane Fonda

72%

2020

Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

65%

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2020

Fearful Symmetry

53%

Self

1998

The Devil's Own

62%

Director

1997

The Pelican Brief

66%

Director

1993

The Pelican Brief

66%

Screenplay

1993

The Pelican Brief

66%

Producer

1993

Consenting Adults

54%

Producer

1992

Consenting Adults

54%

Director

1992

Presumed Innocent

68%

Director

1990

Presumed Innocent

68%

Screenplay

1990

See You in the Morning

60%

Director

1989

See You in the Morning

60%

Writer

1989

See You in the Morning

60%

Producer

1989

Orphans

57%

Director

1987

Orphans

57%

Producer

1987

Dream Lover

44%

Director

1986

Dream Lover

44%

Producer

1986

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

58%

Self

1985

Sophie's Choice

73%

Screenplay

1982

Sophie's Choice

73%

Director

1982

Sophie's Choice

73%

Producer

1982

Rollover

51%

Director

1981

Starting Over

64%

Director

1979

Starting Over

64%

Producer

1979

Comes a Horseman

61%

Director

1978

All the President's Men

77%

Director

1976

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

33%

Self

1976