Alan G. Parker Explained

Alan G. Parker should not be confused with Alan Parker.

Alan G. Parker is a British documentary film director best known for his films Who Killed Nancy?, Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut and It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond. He has also written several books about rock musicians and their lives.

Early life and career

Parker was born in Lancashire, England. As a child, he was diagnosed with macrocephaly.^[1]

Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Parker worked as a press officer via Judy Totton Publicity and later in the catalogue department of EMI Records in London. At EMI, Parker worked with various punk and rock bands such as Buzzcocks, The Stranglers and Stiff Little Fingers. During that time, he also wrote for magazines and published books about Sid Vicious, the Clash and Stiff Little Fingers.

In 2009 Parker directed Who Killed Nancy?^[2] and Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The Lawyers Cut,^{[3] [4]} which was nominated for six Emmy awards. Parker also directed the documentary It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond, released in 2017.^[5]

Films

• Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
• Love Kills – The Story of Sid and the Pistols (2007) (documentary included in a 2007 DVD reissue of Sid and Nancy)
• Monty Python – Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) (2009)
• The David Essex Story
• Hello Quo (about Status Quo) (2012)^[6]
• Rebel Truce – The History of the Clash (2007)^[7]
• Never Mind the Sex Pistols (2005)
• The Making of All Mod Cons (contributor) (2006)
• It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017)

Books

• The Who by Numbers: The Story of the Who Through Their Music (2009):
• Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent (2007):
• Cum On, Feel the Noize: The Story of Slade (2006):
• Vicious: Too Fast to Live (2004):
• Stiff Little Fingers: Song by Song (2003):
• The Clash: Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg (2003):
• John Lennon & the FBI Files (2003):
• Satellite: Sex Pistols (1999):
• Sid’s Way: Sid Vicious (1991):

Notes and References

1. News: Kaley . Jason . July 23, 2018 . INTERVIEW: My long and winding road with rock stars . .
2. News: Catsoulis . Jeannette . 2010-07-29 . Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious’s Worst Moment . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-06 . 0362-4331.
3. Web site: Monty Python reunite to tell life stories . 2022-12-06 . www.telegraph.co.uk.
4. Web site: BBC Programme Index . 2022-12-06 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
5. Web site: Dalton . Stephen . 2017-05-15 . ‘It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper and Beyond’: Film Review . 2022-12-06 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
6. Web site: Status Quo Will Reunite After 25 Years to Celebrate the Release of Hello Quo - the Definitive Documentary on the Rock Band | the Fan Carpet .
7. News: Goodman . Tim . December 15, 2010 . Rebel truce: the history of the clash: there's plenty to enjoy for fans, but the punk legends deserve a more thorough doc . . Gale General OneFile.