
Alan Clarke
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 28 October 1935 · Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
- Died
- 24 July 1990
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.
Known for
Acting 4
- 2020Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today as Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)
- 2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light as Self (archive footage)
- 1991Director: Alan Clarke
- 1977Bukovsky as Self - Interviewer (voice)
Directing 57
- 1989The Firm · director
- 1989Elephant · director
- 1987Road · director
- 1987Christine · director
- 1987Rita, Sue and Bob Too · director
- 1985Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire · director
- 1985Contact · director
- 1984Stars of the Roller State Disco · director
- 1984The British Desk · director
- 1983Made in Britain · director
- 1983Brief Encounters · director
- 1982Baal · director
- 1981Psy-Warriors · director
- 1981Beloved Enemy · director
- 1980Vodka Cola · director
- 1979Scum · director
- 1978Nina · director
- 1978Danton's Death · director
- 1977Scum · director
- 1977Bukovsky · director
- 1976Fast Hands · director
- 1975Diane · director
- 1975Funny Farm · director
- 1974A Follower for Emily · director
- 1974Penda's Fen · director
- 1973The Love-Girl and the Innocent · director
- 1973Man Above Men · director
- 1973Achilles Heel · director
- 1972Horatio Bottomley · director
- 1972A Life Is Forever · director
- 1972To Encourage the Others · director
- 1972Horace · director
- 1972Under the Age · director
- 1971Everybody Say Cheese · director
- 1970The Hallelujah Handshake · director
- 1970I Can't See My Little Willie · director
- 1970Sovereign's Company · director
- 1969The Comic · director
- 1969The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel · director
- 1969The Ladies: Doreen · director
- 1969The Ladies: Joan · director
- 1969The Piano Tuner · director
- 1968Gareth · director
- 1968Stand by Your Screen · director
- 1968Thief · director
- 1968Nothing's Ever Over · director
- 1968The Fifty-Seventh Saturday · director
- 1968Stella · director
- 1968Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We? · director
- 1968Goodnight Albert · director
- 1968Got Yourself Sorted Out at All? · director
- 1968Sally Go Round the Moon · director
- 1967George's Room · director
- 1967Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To? · director
- 1967The Gentleman Caller · director
- 1967A Man Inside · director
- 1967Shelter · director
Writing 4
- 1987Christine · writer
- 1978Danton's Death · writer
- 1975Diane · writer
- 1973The Love-Girl and the Innocent · adaptation
Production 3
- 1984Waterbag · producer
- 1980Vodka Cola · producer
- 1977Bukovsky · producer




