Allan Moyle is a Canadian-born film director. The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
His first major film wasTimes Square (1980). During the editing of the film he clashed with producer Robert Stigwood who reportedly wanted dialogue scenes removed and replaced with more musical sequences, so that the accompanying soundtrack recording coudl be expanded to a double-album. Moyle refused to make the cuts so Stigwood fired him and made the cuts himself. Times Square is a 1980 movie starring Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, and Tim Curry. ... Robert Stigwood (born April 16, 1934 in Adelaide, Australia) is a British music producer, primarily for film and stage. ...
Moyle has since directed Pump Up the Volume (1990), The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992), Empire Records (1995), New Waterford Girl (1999) - for which he won the Best Direction Canadian Comedy Award in 2001, and the made-for-TV movies Jailbait (2000) and Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story (2004). Pump Up the Volume can refer to: Pump Up the Volume, a 1990 film. ... The Gun in Betty Lous Handbag is a 1992 Hollywood comedy film directed by Allan Moyle. ... Empire Records is a 1995 dramedy about a group of record store employees. ... New Waterford Girl is a Canadian comedy film, released in 1999. ... The Canadian Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony celebrating notable Canadian comedians for achievements in live, TV and film comedy over the previous year. ... The slang term jailbait denotes a sexually desirable younger person, usually female, who has not yet reached the age of consent. ...
AllanMoyle is the Canadian-born director who fled south in the 1970s, drawn to higher-energy centres of creativity.
AllanMoyle is not the sum of his parts but rather a part of his sums.
Formal education was not Moyle's forte; although, it is difficult to say if this was because he intrinsically knew more than his instructors or because, for an individual who enjoys a modicum of outrage in his life, university presented too easy a target audience.