Howard Alk
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Howard Alk (1930 – January 1982) was a Chicago-based filmmaker.
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Career [edit]
Alk enrolled in the University of Chicago at the age of 14.[1] He was a member of the Compass Players cabaret troupe and one of the founders (along with fellow U of C graduates Bernard Sahlins and Paul Sills) of The Second City.[1][2][3] Alk had previously worked with Sills at the Gate of Horn.[1] According to Sahlins, Alk coined the group's name.[4] He left the group in the early 1960s.[1]
Alk was a longtime friend and collaborator of Bob Dylan, whom he met in 1963.[5] The two worked together on the films Eat the Document, Hard Rain, and Renaldo and Clara.[4]
He also worked on American Revolution 2 (1969), The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971), and Janis, among other films.
Death [edit]
In January 1982,[nb 1] Alk was found dead at Rundown Studios, Dylan's studio in Santa Monica, California.[7][8] Although the coroner ruled his death to be due to an accidental heroin overdose,[8] various sources report his death to be a suicide.[4][6][7] Alk's wife, Jones, believed he intentionally killed himself.[8]
Films [edit]
- Cry of Jazz (1959) -- editor
- And This is Free (1964) -- editor
- Dont Look Back (1967) -- assistant director
- Festival -- editor
- You Are What You Eat (1968) -- editor
- American Revolution 2 (1969) -- director
- The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) -- director
- Eat the Document (1972) -- cinematographer, editor
- Janis (1974) -- director
- Hard Rain (1976) -- cinematographer, editor
- Renaldo and Clara (1978) -- cinematographer, editor
Notes [edit]
- ^ Heylin states that Alk was found dead on New Year's Day 1982, but Sounes notes that he was found on January 3, 1982.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d Mike Thomas (December 10, 2009). "Excerpt: 'The Second City Unscripted'". NPR.
- ^ "The Cambridge guide to American theatre - Don B. Wilmeth - Google Boeken". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "Theatrical improvisation: short form, long form, and sketch-based improv - Jeanne Leep - Google Boeken". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ a b c Patrick Friel (January 6, 2008). "Second City cinéaste". TimeOut Chicago.
- ^ "Nothing to Turn Off: The Films and Video of Bob Dylan - Google Boeken". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ a b "Across the Great Divide: the Band and America - Barney Hoskyns - Google Boeken". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ a b Heylin, Clinton (2000) [1991]. "1980-1982: In the Summertime". Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited. New York: HarperCollins Publisher, Inc. p. 545. ISBN 0-688-16593-1. Retrieved September 11, 2011
- ^ a b c Sounes, Howard (2001). "Faith". Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan. Grove Press. p. 350. ISBN 0-8021-3891-8, 9780802138910 Check
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