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Alan Poul is a Actor, Director and Associate Producer American born on 1 may 1954 at Philadelphia (USA)

Alan Poul

Alan Poul
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Birth name Alan Mark Poul
Nationality USA
Birth 1 may 1954 (70 years) at Philadelphia (USA)

Alan Mark Poul (born May 1, 1954) is an American film and television producer and director.

Best films

Black Rain (1989)
(Associate Producer)

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Filmography of Alan Poul (12 films)

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Actor

Witch Hunt
Witch Hunt (1994)

Directed by Paul Schrader, Beeban Kidron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Horror, Crime
Actors Dennis Hopper, Cillian Murphy, Penelope Ann Miller, Sienna Miller, Eric Bogosian, Chris O'Dowd
Roles Senator's Aide
Rating55% 2.7730052.7730052.7730052.7730052.773005
À la fin des années 1960 à Londres, l'histoire d'amour entre Louise Ferrier (Miller) et Richard Neville (Murphy), le rédacteur en chef d' Oz, jusqu'au procès pour obscénité contre le magazine...
Witch Hunt
Witch Hunt (1994)
, 1h40
Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft, Giant monster films, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Dennis Hopper, Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Bogosian, Debi Mazar, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Julian Sands
Roles Senator's Aide
Rating55% 2.752122.752122.752122.752122.75212
Hopper stars as 1950s hardboiled private detective H. Phillip Lovecraft, in a fictional universe where magic is real, monsters and mythical beasts stalk the back alleys, zombies are used as cheap labor, and everyone—except Lovecraft—uses magic every day. Yet, cars, telephones and other modern technology also exist in this world.
Light of Day, 1h42
Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean, Thomas G. Waites, Cherry Jones
Roles Cashier
Rating56% 2.8001952.8001952.8001952.8001952.800195
Fox and Jett play a brother and sister who are lead performers in a rock band, The Barbusters, in Cleveland, Ohio. The sister, Patti Rasnick, is an unmarried mother and has a troubled relationship with her own mother, who is deeply religious. Estranged from her parents and struggling to make ends meet, Patti decides to dive headlong into a carefree rock music lifestyle. The brother, Joe Rasnick, pulls away from rock music to provide some stability for his young nephew. It takes a family crisis to bring Patti back home and force her to face the prickly past with her mother.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, 2h
Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Seafaring films, Poésie, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada, Roy Scheider, Hiroshi Mikami, Jun Negami, Haruko Katō
Roles American Reporter
Rating78% 3.9478553.9478553.9478553.9478553.947855
The film sets in on November 25 1970, the last day in Mishima's life. He is shown finishing a manuscript. Then, he puts on a uniform he designed for himself and meets with four of his most loyal followers from his private army.

Director

The Back-Up Plan, 1h40
Directed by Alan Poul
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Eric Christian Olsen, Anthony Anderson, Linda Lavin, Michaela Watkins
Rating53% 2.660392.660392.660392.660392.66039
Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) has given up on finding the man of her dreams and decided to become a single mother and undergoes artificial insemination. The same day she meets Stan (Alex O'Loughlin) when they both try to hail the same taxi. They run into each other twice more at a farmers market and a pet store. Stan convinces Zoe to go on a no-obligations date. Zoe is still uncertain whether she is pregnant or not and if she should tell Stan. The night she takes the test, Stan takes her for a romantic dinner in a garden. Things don't turn out as well as planned when he spills the wine and a fire occurs. At the end of the night Stan asks her to come to his farm during the weekend and Zoe finds out that she is pregnant.

Producer

Woman on Top, 1h24
Directed by Fina Torres
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Mark Feuerstein, John de Lancie, Anne Ramsay
Roles Producer
Rating53% 2.6596152.6596152.6596152.6596152.659615
All her life, Isabella has suffered from motion sickness. Because of her illness she couldn't play much with other children. She stayed at home and learned how to cook, becoming a renowned chef as an adult. She fell in love with Toninho and they opened a restaurant together, with Isabella stuck in the kitchen and Toninho out front taking the credit.
Thursday
Thursday (1998)
, 1h27
Directed by Skip Woods
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova, James LeGros, Paula Marshall, Michael Jeter
Roles Producer
Rating70% 3.548113.548113.548113.548113.54811
The movie opens in a Los Angeles convenience store one late Monday night, where a small-time drug dealer named Nick (Aaron Eckhart) is trying to decide what coffee brand to buy. His ex-lover Dallas (Paulina Porizkova) and fellow hitman Billy Hill (James LeGros) are getting impatient and tell him to hurry up. Conflicts between Nick and the cashier (Luck Hari) ensue, resulting in Dallas shooting the cashier dead. Though the three attempt to cover up the crime, they are forced to also shoot a police officer (Bari K. Willerford) when he discovers blood on the ground.
Los Locos
Los Locos (1997)

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Origin Canada
Genres Western
Actors Mario Van Peebles, Melora Walters, René Auberjonois, Danny Trejo, Paul Lazar, Jean Frances Speegle Howard
Roles Executive Producer
Rating48% 2.42222.42222.42222.42222.4222
During the 1800s in the Wild West, a gunman by the name of Chance is hired to escort emotionally challenged people across the desert safely.
Til There Was You, 1h53
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston, Craig Bierko, Christine Ebersole
Roles Producer
Rating48% 2.4002052.4002052.4002052.4002052.400205
Gwen Moss (Jeanne Tripplehorn) has spent the better part of her life waiting for the man of her dreams, unaware she briefly bumped into him at school as children and has had several close encounters ever since. She aspires to have a life like her longtime friend Debbie (Jennifer Aniston), a successful doctor with a beautiful home but a marriage that may not be as perfect as it seems on the surface.
Candyman
Candyman (1992)
, 1h39
Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Vanessa Williams, Kasi Lemmons, Bernard Rose
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.3493253.3493253.3493253.3493253.349325
Helen Lyle, a graduate student, conducts research on urban legends, and, in the process, learns of a local legend known as Candyman. The legend claims that Candyman can be summoned by saying his name five times while facing a mirror, whereupon he will murder the summoner with his hook-hand. Later that evening, Helen and her friend Bernadette, skeptical of Candyman's existence, call Candyman's name into the mirror in Helen's bathroom, but nothing happens.
Black Rain
Black Rain (1989)
, 2h
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Yakuza films, Road movies, Chase films, Gangster films
Actors Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Yūsaku Matsuda, Tomisaburō Wakayama
Roles Associate Producer
Rating65% 3.299873.299873.299873.299873.29987
Nick Conklin is a New York City police officer facing possible criminal charges; Internal Affairs believes Nick was involved with his partner who was caught taking criminal money in a corruption scandal. Nick is divorced from his wife, who has custody of their two children. Nick also has financial difficulties.
Light of Day, 1h42
Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean, Thomas G. Waites, Cherry Jones
Roles Associate Producer
Rating56% 2.8001952.8001952.8001952.8001952.800195
Fox and Jett play a brother and sister who are lead performers in a rock band, The Barbusters, in Cleveland, Ohio. The sister, Patti Rasnick, is an unmarried mother and has a troubled relationship with her own mother, who is deeply religious. Estranged from her parents and struggling to make ends meet, Patti decides to dive headlong into a carefree rock music lifestyle. The brother, Joe Rasnick, pulls away from rock music to provide some stability for his young nephew. It takes a family crisis to bring Patti back home and force her to face the prickly past with her mother.