British director Alan Parker has died at 76 after a long illness, family members have announced. Creator of an extremely large work, from Bugsy Malone (Du rififi chez les mômes) to Evita , via The Road to Wellville (In the good care of Doctor Kellogg) or Birdy , the director has been consecrated worldwide for what will remain as one of the flagship films of the 1970s: Midnight Express.
Twice nominated for the Oscars in the best director category (for Midnight Express in 1978 and Mississippi Burning in 1988), he won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 for Birdy . He also shone in musical films like Fame, Pink Floyd- The Wall or Evita , in which he starred Madonna.