Alan G. Parker

Alan G. Parker is an Emmy-nominated British documentary film director best known for his films Who Killed Nancy?, Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The Lawyers Cut and It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond. He also wrote a number of books about rock musicians and their lives.

Not to be confused with Alan Parker.

Early life and career

Parker was born in Lancashire, England. As child he was diagnosed with macrocephaly.[1]

Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Parker worked as a press officer and spent a number of years in the catalogue department at EMI Records in London. At EMI, Parker worked with various punk and rock bands such as the Buzzcocks, Public Image Ltd and Stiff Little Fingers. During that time he also wrote for magazines and published books about Sid Vicious, The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers.[1]

In 2009 he directed Who Killed Nancy?[2] and made Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The Lawyers Cut,[3][4] the latter being nominated for six Emmy awards.[1] Parker also directed the documentary It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond, released in 2017.[5]

Films directed
  • Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
  • Love Kills (2007) (documentary included in a 2007 DVD-reissue of Sid and Nancy)
  • Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) (2009)
  • The David Essex Story
  • Hello Quo - The Official Status Quo Movie (2012)[6]
  • Rebel Truce - The History of The Clash (2007)[7]
  • Never Mind the Sex Pistols (2005)
  • The Making of All Mod Cons - The Jam (dir. Don Letts, contributor) (2006)
  • It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017)

Books published
  • The Who by Numbers: The Story of The Who Through Their Music, 2009 ISBN 1900924919
  • Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent, 2007 ISBN 0752875469
  • Cum On, Feel the Noize: The Story of Slade, 2006 ISBN 1844421511
  • Vicious: Too Fast to Live, 2004 ISBN 1840681101
  • Stiff Little Fingers: Song by Song, 2003 ISBN 186074513X
  • The Clash: Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg, 2003 ISBN 0953572498
  • John Lennon & The FBI Files, 2003 ISBN 1860745229
  • Satellite: Sex Pistols, 1999 ISBN 0953572439
  • Sid’s Way: Sid Vicious, 1991 ISBN 071192483X
  • Hardcore Superstar: Traci Lords

Young Flesh Required: Sex Pistols 2011

References
  1. Kaley, Jason (23 July 2018). "INTERVIEW: My long and winding road with rock stars". Lancashire Telegraph.
  2. Catsoulis, Jeannette (29 July 2010). "Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious's Worst Moment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. "Monty Python reunite to tell life stories". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  5. Dalton, Stephen (15 May 2017). "'It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper and Beyond': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  6. "Status Quo Will Reunite After 25 Years to Celebrate the Release of Hello Quo - the Definitive Documentary on the Rock Band | the Fan Carpet".
  7. Goodman, Tim (15 December 2010). "Rebel truce: the history of the clash: there's plenty to enjoy for fans, but the punk legends deserve a more thorough doc". Hollywood Reporter – via Gale General OneFile.
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