Alan Clarke
Directing
Born October 28, 1935 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Clarke primarily worked for TV, writing and directing plays for Rediffusion, LWT, and the BBC. On film, he made only three features, the best known of which is the 1979 youth prison drama Scum, in fact an expansion of a Play for Today production.
Filmography
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self (archive footage)
Elephant
Director: Alan Clarke
The Firm
Road
Christine
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
ScreenPlay
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Alive from Off Center
Contact
Screen Two
Waterbag
Stars of the Roller State Disco
Made in Britain
Tales Out of School
Baal
Psy-Warriors
Beloved Enemy
Scum
Nina
Danton's Death
Scum
Bukovsky
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Fast Hands
Plays for Britain
Diane
Funny Farm
A Follower for Emily
Penda's Fen
Playhouse
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Man Above Men
Achilles Heel
Horatio Bottomley
The Edwardians
A Life Is Forever
To Encourage the Others
Horace
Under the Age
Everybody Say Cheese
The Hallelujah Handshake
I Can't See My Little Willie
Play for Today
Sovereign's Company
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
The Gold Robbers
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
The Company of Five
George's Room
The Gentleman Caller
Half Hour Story
The Informer
BBC Play of the Month
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Wednesday Play