Alan Clarke(1935-1990)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Liverpool native Alan Clarke got his start in the film business in
Canada, where he studied acting and directing. Upon returning to
England he got a job at ITV, then moved over to the BBC in 1969. He
worked mostly in television, but he made a couple of feature films that
got attention for their portrayal of the gritty and occasionally
violent life of the British working class, notably
Scum (1979) and
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987),
about aimless, sex-obsessed teenagers in a housing project. Another of
his slice-of-life films was the hard-hitting made-for-TV movie
Made in Britain (1983),
with an early performance by Tim Roth
as a violent, racist skinhead.
Alan Clarke died of cancer in 1990
Alan Clarke died of cancer in 1990
