The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) has reported the very sad news that pioneering cinéma vérité filmmaker Allan King has passed away in Toronto after a battle with brain cancer. “Allan was simply ...

TORONTO -- Canadian filmmaker Allan King, who pioneered the use of direct interviews in 1950s TV documentaries, will be honored with a retrospective of his films at the Museum of Modern Art in May, it ...

Many young Americans know comedian Alan King’s work — they just don’t realize it. The observational style of King, who died this week of lung cancer at age 76, was a model for younger comedians such ...

Alan King, cigar-chomping Borscht Belt comic, actor and legit-pic-TV producer whose tirades against everyday suburban life grew into a career as a nightclub headliner and regular TV guest, and who ...