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Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Life and career. Clarke was born in Wallasey, Wirral, England. Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, including work for the famous play strands The Wednesday Play and Play for Today.
Harold Allan Clarke (born 5 April 1942) is an English rock singer, who was one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Hollies.
Allan John Clarke (born 31 July 1946), nicknamed "Sniffer", is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England.
Alan Clarke. Director: Screen Two. Liverpool native Alan Clarke got his start in the film business in Canada, where he studied acting and directing. Upon returning to England he got a job at ITV, then moved over to the BBC in 1969.
Mar 31, 2016 · Alan Clarke is the man who wasn’t there of British cinema. Though highly regarded by contemporaries such as Stephen Frears, Danny Boyle and Paul Greengrass, his reputation never quite garnered the same commercial reach or institutional support as those admirers.
Aug 3, 2015 · Fearless, unflinching, and often brutally graphic, Alan Clarke made films that rank among the most original—and controversial—in British cinematic history.
Aug 10, 2017 · “Elephant,” which was broadcast only once, on the BBC, was among the most alarming and experimental works shown on British television and the apotheosis of the career of its director, Alan...
Oct 28, 2022 · Including masterpieces such as 'Scum', 'Made in Britain' and 'Elephant', this is the ultimate beginner's guide to the six best films by Alan Clarke.
Mar 11, 2016 · The pact endured throughout his career. On TV, in a three- (later four-) channel Britain, Clarke’s fiercest, weirdest films went out to millions, rubbing shoulders in the schedules with quiz...
Dissent and Disruption: The Complete Alan Clarke. A multi-platform season at BFI Southbank and Mediatheques, on BFI Player and DVD. Scum (1977) “Alan Clarke is maybe my favourite filmmaker, the best of the British New Wave.” – Harmony Korine. “As a director you have to try to be like Alan Clarke – anonymous, subversive, compassionate, moral.”
