Alan Marshall was a British film producer born in 1938 who entered the film industry in 1962. In 1975, he co-founded a production company with director Alan Parker. Some of their most successful and acclaimed films included Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Shoot the Moon, Fame, Birdy, and Angel Heart. Marshall also had long and successful collaborations with directors Paul Verhoeven and Adrian Lyne, producing worldwide box office hits like Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers, Hollow Man, and Jacob's Ladder. Over his career, Marshall's films won four Academy Awards and numerous other awards, cementing his status as a highly successful producer.
2. • Alan Marshall was born in England in
1938. At the age of 24 he entered the
British film industry and graduated to
the big league in 1975 when he
founded a production company with
director Alan Parker who he met when
both worked at a London advertising
agency.
3. • Marshall's first producer credit
appeared on 1976's "Bugsy Malone"
which became both, a critical and a
commercial success for the two
filmmakers. Only two years later he
received an Academy Award
nomination for the outstanding
"Midnight Express", directed by Alan
Parker.
4. • In the following years Marshall produced
not less than five additional Parker movies
including such cult classics as "Shoot the
Moon", "The Wall", "Fame", "Birdy" and
"Angel Heart", starring Mickey Rourke and
Robert De Niro. Marshall became a
resident in the United States late 1989
whilst finishing the post-production of
Jacobs Ladder
5. • In 1992 another creative
collaboration began with
Director Paul Verhoeven on
"Basic Instinct" which grossed
over $400M around the globe.
Since then they have worked
together on such world wide
box office successes as
"Starship Troopers" and "Hollow
Man".
6. • Marshall's additional productions include such classics as "Jacob's
Ladder" directed by Adrian Lyne and "Cliffhanger" directed by
Renny Harlin starring Sylvester Stallone. He also produced
"Another Country" directed by Marek Kanievska as well as the
infamous "Showgirls" directed by Paul Verhoeven.
7. • The films produced by Alan Marshall have won to
date four Academy Awards, from eighteen
nominations, along with winning eight Golden
Globes and twelve BAFTA's.
• In 1985 along with Alan Parker, Marshall received
the British Film and Television Academy's "Micheal
Balcon Award" for his outstanding contribution to
Cinema.