ALAN PARKER - DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID 147542

ALAN PARKER
Reply card from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences regarding; Parker's attendance at the awards presentation and the Board of Governor's Ball!
Partly Printed DS: "Alan Parker" as Nominee, 6x4½. Los Angeles, California, no date. The upper box is checked, indicating that Parker and a guest would attend both functions. Parker was a nominee for the Best Director Academy Award in 1978 for Midnight Express and in 1988 for Mississippi Burning. This card probably relates to his nomination for the latter film. British director, producer, writer and actor Alan William Parker (born in 1944) was a successful advertising copywriter in London before he moved into features, first as a screenwriter and then as a director. He directed his first film, Our Cissy, in 1974 and his breakthrough film, Midnight Express, in 1978. Parker's other films include Bugsy Malone (1976), Fame (1980), Pink Floyd The Wall (1982), Angel Heart (1987), Evita (1996), Angela's Ashes (1999) and The Life of David Gale (2003). He has also directed music videos for Madonna, and Parker has appeared in four of his films (The Commitments, 1991; Evita; Angela's Ashes; and, The Life of David Gale) and he has been a guest on a number of TV documentaries and series. Parker, who was knighted in 2002, was a founding member of the Directors' Guild of Great Britain. Slightly creased at lower left blank corner, staple holes at upper left corner. Two red pencil check marks at upper portion. Fine condition.