Alan J. Pakula(1928-1998)

Producer
Director
Writer

Alan J. Pakula 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).

He also directed Presumed Innocent (1990), The Pelican Brief (1993) and The Devil's Own (1997), his last film.

From October 19, 1963, until 1971, Pakula was married to actress Hope Lange. He was married to his second wife, Hannah Pakula from 1973 until his death in 1998.

Pakula died on November 19, 1998, in a car accident, he was 70 years old.

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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 11 wins & 13 nominations total

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Known for

Sophie's Choice

7.5

Producer

1982

All the President's Men

7.9

Director

1976

Presumed Innocent

6.9

Director(directed by)

1990

To Kill a Mockingbird

8.3

Producer

1962

Credits

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Producer

The Pelican Brief
6.6
- producer
- 1993
Consenting Adults
5.7
- producer
- 1992
See You in the Morning
5.8
- producer
- 1989
Orphans
6.5
- producer
- 1987
Dream Lover
4.7
- producer
- 1986
Sophie's Choice
7.5
- producer
- 1982
Starting Over
6.4
- producer
- 1979
The Parallax View
7.1
- producer
- 1974
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
6.6
- producer (produced by)
- 1973
Klute
7.1
- producer
- 1971
The Sterile Cuckoo
6.6
- producer
- 1969
The Stalking Moon
6.6
- producer (produced by)
- 1968
Up the Down Staircase
7.3
- producer (produced by)
- 1967
Inside Daisy Clover
6.1
- producer
- 1965
Baby the Rain Must Fall
6.3
- producer
- 1965

Director

The Devil's Own
6.2
- Director
- 1997
The Pelican Brief
6.6
- Director
- 1993
Consenting Adults
5.7
- Director
- 1992
Presumed Innocent
6.9
- Director (directed by)
- 1990
See You in the Morning
5.8
- Director
- 1989
Orphans
6.5
- Director
- 1987
Dream Lover
4.7
- Director
- 1986
Sophie's Choice
7.5
- Director
- 1982
Rollover
5.4
- Director (directed by)
- 1981
Starting Over
6.4
- Director
- 1979
Comes a Horseman
6.3
- Director
- 1978
All the President's Men
7.9
- Director
- 1976
The Parallax View
7.1
- Director
- 1974
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
6.6
- Director (directed by)
- 1973
Klute
7.1
- Director
- 1971

Writer

Personal details

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Alternative name
- Alan Pakula
Height
- 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
Born
- April 7, 1928
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died
- November 19, 1998
- Melville, Long Island, New York, USA(road accident)
Spouses
Children
- Bob Boorstin
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Trivia
He was killed when a metal pipe smashed through the windshield of his black Volvo station wagon and struck him in the head. The seven-foot-long pipe was already in the roadway when another car gave it a glancing blow, sending it through Pakula's windshield. Then Pakula's car swerved across a service road and hit a fence. The accident happened about a quarter mile east of the Melville exit on the Long Island Expressway. He was taken to North Shore University Hospital at Plainview (Nassau County), where he was pronounced dead at 12:22 P.M.

Quotes
[on Liza Minnelli] One of the happiest times in my life was during The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), mostly because of Liza. I've never seen anybody get more joy out of working and it's contagious.