Alan Burke (18 November 1923 – 28 August 2007)[1][a][2][3] was an Australian writer and film director and producer.
[5] He did a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne where he was heavily involved in the dramatic society.
[6] He worked with the Melbourne Little Theatre, notably with Frank Thring, and toured Victoria with several shows.
[10] Burke went overseas for three years on a UNESCO fellowship, in England, Europe and the United States.
[13][14][15] In 1954 in England in attended a two-month BBC television training course run by Royston Morley.
He returned to Australia in 1956 at the request of Neil Hutchinson to work with the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust where he directed eight plays and an opera.
[19]He directed a production of Merchant of Venice starring Barry Creyton who later called Burke "a very gentle, erudite man.
"[20] The team of Lola Montez were commissioned by ATN7 in 1959 to write an original musical for television, Pardon Miss Westcott which was directed by David Cahill.
[22] He returned to directing theatre in 1982 with Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys.