Biography
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.
Directed 53
1980s
- 1989
The Firm
Director
Elephant
Director
- 1987
Road
Director
Christine
Director
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Director
- 1986
- 1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Director
Alive from Off Center
Director
Contact
Director
- 1984
Stars of the Roller State Disco
Director
- 1983
Made in Britain
Director
Tales Out of School
Director
- 1982
Baal
Director
- 1981
Psy-Warriors
Director
Beloved Enemy
Director
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Nina
Director
Danton's Death
Director
- 1977
Scum
Director
Bukovsky
Director
- 1976
Fast Hands
Director
Plays for Britain
Director
- 1975
Diane
Director
Funny Farm
Director
- 1974
A Follower for Emily
Director
Penda's Fen
Director
- 1973
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Director
Man Above Men
Director
Achilles Heel
Director
- 1972
Horatio Bottomley
Director
A Life Is Forever
Director
To Encourage the Others
Director
Horace
Director
Under the Age
Director
- 1971
Everybody Say Cheese
Director
- 1970
The Hallelujah Handshake
Director
I Can't See My Little Willie
Director
Sovereign's Company
Director
1960s
- 1969
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
Director
The Gold Robbers
Director
- 1968
The Company of Five
Director
- 1967
George's Room
Director
The Gentleman Caller
Director
Half Hour Story
Director
- 1966
The Informer
Director
- 1965
- 1964
Wrote 6
1980s
- 1987
Christine
Writer
- 1986
1970s
- 1978
Danton's Death
Writer
- 1975
Diane
Writer
- 1973
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Adaptation
1960s
- 1965
Produced 2
1980s
- 1984
Waterbag
Producer
1970s
- 1977
Bukovsky
Producer
Acted in 1
1990s
- 1991
Director: Alan Clarke
Movie
Appearances3
2020s
- 2020
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)
2010s
- 2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1977
Bukovsky
Self - Interviewer (voice)