Alan J. Pakula

Alan J. Pakula
Pakula in 1990
Born	(1928-04-07)April 7, 1928 The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Died	November 19, 1998(1998-11-19) (aged 70) Melville, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1957–1998
Notable work	Klute The Parallax View All the President's Men Comes a Horseman Starting Over Sophie's Choice Presumed Innocent The Pelican Brief
Spouses	Hope Lange ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1971)​ Hannah Cohn Boorstin ​ ​ (m. 1973)​

Alan Jay Pakula (/pəˈkuːlə/; 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).

He is the subject of the 2023 documentary, Alan Pakula: Going for Truth, directed by Matthew Miele and featuring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Harrison Ford, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen, and Carl Bernstein, among others.^[1]