Alan Metter
Film director

Alan Metter

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Film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
Film director
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
19 August 1933(Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA)
Death:
7 June 2020(Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA)
Star sign:
Leo
Education:
University of Arizona
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Alan Dennis Metter (December 19, 1942 – June 7, 2020) 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.

Selected filmography

  • The Winds of Whoopie (1983) (TV)
  • Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
  • Back to School (1986)
  • Moving (1988)
  • Cold Dog Soup (1990)
  • Working Tra$h (1990) (TV)
  • Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
  • Billboard Dad (1998)
  • The Jersey (1999) (TV)
  • Passport to Paris (1999)
  • The Growing Pains Movie (2000) (TV)