Alan Clarke

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

1. Scum (1979) — Director
2. Made in Britain (1983) — Director
3. Elephant (1993) — Director
4. The Firm (1989) — Director
5. Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) — Director
6. Penda's Fen (1974) — Director
7. Scum (1977) — Director
8. Road (1987) — Director
9. Christine (1987) — Director
10. Contact (1985) — Director
11. Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985) — Director
12. Baal (1982) — Director
13. Play for Today (1970) — Director
14. Nina (1978) — Director
15. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Director
16. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Director
17. The Hallelujah Handshake (1970) — Director
18. Screen Two (1985) — Director
19. Horace (1972) — Director
20. Funny Farm (1975) — Director
21. Stars of the Roller State Disco (1984) — Director
22. The Love-Girl and the Innocent (1973) — Director
23. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Director
24. The Edwardians (1972) — Director
25. The Gold Robbers (1969) — Director
26. Under the Age (1972) — Director
27. Psy-Warriors (1981) — Director
28. George's Room (1967) — Director
29. The Company of Five (1968) — Director
30. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Director
31. Fast Hands (1976) — Director
32. Diane (1975) — Director
33. To Encourage the Others (1972) — Director
34. The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969) — Director
35. A Follower for Emily (1974) — Director
36. Sovereign's Company (1970) — Director
37. Shelter (1967) — Director
38. Stella (1968) — Director
39. Bukovsky (1977) — Director
40. ScreenPlay (1986) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Bukovsky (1977) — Self - Interviewer (voice)
2. Director: Alan Clarke (1991)
3. Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016) — Self (archive footage)
4. Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020) — Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)