LONDON — Filmmaker Alan Parker, one of Britain's most successful directors whose movies included “Bugsy Malone,” “Midnight Express” and “Evita,” has died at 76, his family said. Parker's diverse body of work includes “Fame,” Mississippi Burning, “The Commitments and “Angela’s Ashes.” Together his movies won 10 Academy Awards and 19 British Academy Film Awards. In a statement, the family said Parker died Friday in London after a long illness. Parker was born in London in in 1944 and, like many other aspiring British directors including Ridley Scott, began his career in advertising. He moved into television with critically acclaimed 1974 drama “The Evacuees,” which won an international Emmy Award

Source: International New York Times July 31, 2020 16:26 UTC