Alan J. Pakula

16 films directed

Biography

Alan Jay Pakula (April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982).

Pakula was also notable for directing his "paranoia trilogy": Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974) and All the President's Men (1976).

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Most directed genres

Recurring actors

The career in numbers

US$ 211 mi Total budget from 9 film(s) with data
US$ 770 mi Total box office from 15 film(s) with data
US$ 23 mi Average budget from 9 film(s) with data
US$ 51 mi Average box office from 15 film(s) with data
6.6 Average rating from 10 film(s) with data
3.5× Return on investment from 9 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
The Devil's Own	1997	US$ 90 mi	US$ 141 mi	6.2
The Pelican Brief	1993	US$ 45 mi	US$ 195 mi	6.6
Consenting Adults	1992	US$ 18 mi	US$ 22 mi	5.4
Presumed Innocent	1990	US$ 22 mi	US$ 221 mi	6.8
See You in the Morning	1989	—	US$ 5 mi	6.0
Orphans	1987	—	US$ 252,430	5.7
Dream Lover	1986	—	US$ 502,237	4.4
Sophie's Choice	1982	US$ 12 mi	US$ 30 mi	7.3
Rollover	1981	—	US$ 10 mi	5.1
Starting Over	1979	US$ 10 mi	US$ 36 mi	6.4
Comes a Horseman	1978	—	US$ 10 mi	6.1
All the President's Men	1976	US$ 9 mi	US$ 71 mi	7.7
The Parallax View	1974	US$ 3 mi	US$ 3 mi	6.8
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing	1973	—	—	6.1
Klute	1971	US$ 3 mi	US$ 13 mi	6.8
The Sterile Cuckoo	1969	—	US$ 14 mi	5.6