Happy Birthday, Alan J. Pakula! Born today in 1928 as Alan Jay Pakula, this American writer, producer and film director is known for making many psychologically penetrating and celebrated films.
Pakula began his career by producing American film and television director Robert Mulligan's 1962 American black and white drama/mystery film 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
The following year, Pakula was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. This occurred at the 35th Academy Awards in early April 1963.
Pakula was also notable for directing his "paranoia trilogy": This included the 1971 American neo-noir crime thrill film 'Klute', the 1974 American political thriller film 'The Parallax View' and the 1976 American drama/political thriller film 'All the President's Men'.
For the latter, Pakula was nominated again for Best Director at the 49th Academy Awards in late March 1977.
Five years later, Pakula wrote, co-produced and directed the 1982 American drama/romance film 'Sophie's Choice'. Starring Meryl Streep, the film had been adapted from American novelist and essayist William Styron's eponymous 1979 bildungsroman war story fiction novel.
The following year, Pakula was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. This occurred at the 55th Academy Awards in April 1983.
On November 19, 1998, Pakula got in a traffic collision on the Long Island Expressway in Melville, New York. He was killed instantly. Pakula was 70.
A driver in front of him struck a metal pipe, which went through Pakula's windshield, struck him in the head, and caused him to swerve off the road and into a fence.
A driver in front of him struck a metal pipe, which went through Pakula's windshield, struck him in the head, and caused him to swerve off the road and into a fence.
Pakula had been active from 1962–1993.
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