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Alan Pakula

Director

Birthday April 7, 1928

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Nov 19, 1998 (70)

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About

Director and screenwriter who was nominated for an Academy Award for writing the script to To Kill a Mocking Bird and then again for directing All The President's Men.

Before Fame

He was an assistant at Warner Brothers, working in the cartooning department before becoming a writer.

Trivia

He died in a bizarre and unlikely car accident, where a driver in front of him hit a metal pipe, which went directly into his windshield, killing him instantly.

Family Life

He was married twice: once to actress Hope Lange; next to Hannah Boorstin.

Associated With

He wrote the film Klute, which won actress Jane Fonda her first Academy Award.