Alan Dennis Metter was an American film director whose most notable credits include Back to School (1986) starring Rodney Dangerfield, and Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) with Sarah Jessica Parker. He also produced and directed the 1983 television special The Winds of Whoopie for Steve Martin. His other notable works include Moving (1988), Cold Dog Soup (1990), Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994), Billboard Dad (1998) and Passport to Paris (1999).