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Alan Metter

Alan Metter

American film director (1942–2020)


Alan Dennis Metter (December 19, 1942 – June 7, 2020)[1] was an American film director whose most notable credits include Back to School starring Rodney Dangerfield, and Girls Just Want to Have Fun with Sarah Jessica Parker. He also produced and directed the 1983 television special The Winds of Whoopie for Steve Martin. In 1988, he was set to direct Atuk, based on the Mordecai Richler novel The Incomparable Atuk, with Sam Kinison as the title character. The production was shut down early into filming.

Selected filmography


References

  1. "Alan Metter, Director of Rodney Dangerfield's 'Back to School,' Dies at 77". The Hollywood Reporter. 19 June 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.



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