Alan J. Pakula

"Alan J. Pakula, the director of such film classics as Klute, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice, and Presumed Innocent (and the producer of To Kill a Mockingbird) is widely recognized as one of the finest filmmakers of the twentieth century. In addition to his achievements as director and producer, he wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for Sophie's Choice and Presumed Innocent. His death in a freak automobile accident in 1998 may have deprived filmgoers of another cinematic milestone, because he was working on a biopic about Franklin D. Roosevelt that he believed would be one of his…