parker, has died. he was 76. he directed a diverse range of films including bugsy malone, midnight express and evita.is report contains flashing images. 1976 — bugsy malone, a joyous gangster musical with a cast of children armed with splurge guns. # i see your face justa smiling... the commitments, the ups and downs of playing soul in dublin. i had to see if you could play before i paid for them. i get sick and tired of going to the funerals of black men who have been murdered by white men! mississippi burning, an oscar—winning thriller of racial injustice. you would be ha rd—pressed to see much that linked them, other than the name of the man who brought them to the screen, alan parker. we see a different world, whether it be from whatever country the film might have been about, you know, predominantly american cinema and british films, obviously, but it was just that magical place in the dark, and i can't think of anything in my childhood that actually excited me more than actually going to the movies. he had made his name making adverts, perhaps his most famous the cinzano ads with joan collins.