"British film director" . "Alan William Parker"@en . . "1944Z"^^ . . "1944-02-14Z"^^ . . . "1971Z"^^ . . "Sir Alan Parker"@en . "Parker, Alan William"@en . . . "Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14 February 1944) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.Parker is noted for having a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres."@en . .