Bugsy Malone, The Commitments, and Midnight Express, has died aged 76.The news was announced by a representative, who said he had died on Friday (July 31) “after a lengthy illness.”Parker, who was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain, is survived by his wife Lisa Moran-Parker, five children and seven grandchildren.Born in 1944 in Islington, London, Parker began his career in advertising as a copywriter but quickly graduated to writing and directing commercials.
After directing the 1974 TV film The Evacuees, he made his feature film debut with Bugsy Malone in 1976.Getting Hollywood’s attention with the Jodie Foster-starring children’s musical, he was then hired to direct the Oliver Stone scripted Midnight Express, which.
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