<b>The</b> famous British director Alan Parker passed away at the age of 76 after a long struggle with the disease. Allen has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director twice for 1978's Midnight Express and Mississippi Is Burning in 1988, and his other works include "Dragon Snake Bully", "Lost Wall", "Angel Heart", "Dreamcatcher", "Lady Peron", "Angel's Child" and so on.
Born on February 14, 1944 in London, England, Allen began as an advertising writer and later as an advertising director. In 1976, he officially started his film directorial career with his feature film debut "Dragon Snake Bully", which is a "gangster" music film for all children, which is strange and unforgettable.
Dragon Snake Bully, Judy Foster
After the film's success, Allen began to try something completely different, with 1978's Midnight Express, written by Oliver Stone and about American drug dealers locked up in Turkish prisons, receiving six Oscar nominations, including "Best Picture" and Allen's "Best Director" (both losing to "The Deer Hunter"). The film is rough, brutal, and disturbing, and symbolizes Allen's greatest trait as a director—his ability to successfully switch between different genres.
Midnight Express
These conversions were staggering, and the box office success of 1980's "Fame and Fame," a song and dance film centered around New York's High School of the Performing Arts, later spawned an American drama. The theme of 1982's "Shooting Moon" is divorce, and the couple is played by Albert Finney (Poirot Detective!). with Diane Keaton.
In the same year, the music film "The Wall", based on Pink Floyd's rock album of the same name, "The Wall", was also released, which was anxious and surreal. 1984's Birdman, starring Nicolas Cage and Matthew Morion as two Vietnam Veterans, suffers from a mental world and is critically acclaimed.
"The Wall"
In 1987, Allen released his new book Angel Heart, perhaps his most underrated film, with unparalleled performances by Mickey Locke and Robert De Niro, which combines both black and horror in a suffocating atmosphere.
Allen's most famous work is 1988's Mississippi Is Burning, in which three black civil rights activists were killed in Mississippi, where racial prejudice is rife, and two white FBI agents were ordered to investigate the truth. The film received seven Oscar nominations, including "Best Picture" and Allen's "Best Director" (both of which were lost to Rain Man this time).
Mississippi is Burning, "Cohen Sister-in-Law" Francis McDormand
In the 1990s, Allen's work included the cheerful soul musical comedy Dreamcatcher, madonna starring in the Argentine First Lady biopic "Lady Perón", and the big-screen adaptation of Angel's Child. Allen's last directing work was 2003's The Life of David Gore, starring Kevin Spacey.
In 2002, Allen was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and in 2013 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Academy Awards. After his death, he left behind his wife, 5 children, and 7 grandchildren.
"Madame Perón"