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Alan J. Pakula

Alan J. Pakula

Born: 1928-04-07 • New York City, New York, USA

Alan Jay Pakula (/pəˈkuːlə/; April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Associated with the New Hollywood movement, his best-known works include his critically acclaimed "paranoia trilogy": the neo-noir mystery Klute (1971), the conspiracy thriller The Parallax View (1974), and the Watergate scandal drama All the President's Men (1976). His other notable films included Comes a Horseman (1978), Starting Over (1979), Sophie's Choice (1982), Presumed Innocent (1990), and The Pelican Brief (1993).

Pakula received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for All the President's Men and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice. He was also nominated for Best Picture for producing To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Additionally, he was a BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Directors Guild of America Award nominee.

Pakula's films often dealt with psychological and political themes. His obituary in The New York Times stated Pakula made "different kinds of movies, all of them intended to entertain, but the thread connecting many of them was a style that emphasized and explored the psychology and motivations of his characters." He was the subject of the 2023 documentary Alan Pakula: Going for Truth.

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Filmography
Citizen Jane Fonda poster
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020 • Self (archive footage)
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis poster
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
2020 • Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Fearful Symmetry poster
Fearful Symmetry
1998 • Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey poster
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 • Self
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' poster
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
1976 • Self
'Klute' in New York poster
'Klute' in New York
1971 • Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years poster
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 • Self (uncredited)