Ken Loach
- Directing
- June 17, 1936 · Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Biography
Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936; Nuneaton) is a retired British film director, screenwriter and producer. His humanist values and socialist political views are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (Poor Cow, 1967), homelessness (Cathy Come Home, 1966), labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991; The Navigators, 2001), and revolutionary struggle (Land and Freedom, 1995; The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 2006). Kenneth Charles Loach was born on 17 June 1936 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, the son of Vivien (née Hamlin) and John Loach. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and at the age of 19 went to serve in the Royal Air Force. He read law at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated with a third-class degree. As a member of the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club he directed an open-air production of Bartholomew Fair for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, in 1959 (when he also took the role of the shady horse-dealer Dan Jordan Knockem). After Oxford, he began a career in the dramatic arts. Loach's film Kes (1969) was voted the seventh greatest British film of the 20th century in a poll by the British Film Institute. Two of his films, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016), received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making him one of only nine filmmakers to win the award twice.
Known for
Filmography
- Forgotten Spaceman · Executive producer
- Palestine 36 · Thanks
- Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius · Self
- The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues · Self
- Censoring Palestine · Self
- Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots · Self
- The Bad Patriots
- Uomini in Marcia
- The Old Oak · Director
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma · Self
- Cannes Uncut · Self
- Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte · Self
- Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie · (himself)
- I Get Knocked Down · Self
- C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando · Sé stesso
- Thatcher's Not Dead · Self
- Film: The Living Record of Our Memory · Self
- Reel Britannia · Self
- A Bolsa ou a Vida · Self
- Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake" · Self
- Victoria Wood: The Secret List · Self
- Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today · Self
- The Great NHS Heist · Self
- Greg Davies: Looking for Kes · Self
- Sorry We Missed You · Director
- Who Killed British Cinema? · Self
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel · Self
- The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life · Self
- How to Make a Ken Loach Film · Self
- I, Daniel Blake · Director
- To Make a Comedy Is No Fun · Self
- In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn · Director, Writer
- John Bishop: In Conversation with... · Self
- Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach · Self
- About Cinema · Self
- Il était une fois... « Rosetta » · Self
- We Are Many · Self
- Jimmy's Hall · Director
- Idyll · Writer
- The Spirit of '45 · Director, Writer
- Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent · Self
- The Angels' Share · Director
- A Special Day · Self
- Catastroika · Self
- Square · Self
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey · Self
- Route Irish · Director
- Making Kes · Self
- Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra · Self
- What Do You Know About Me · Self
- Vittorio D. · Self
- Looking for Eric · Director
- Great Directors · Self
- 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight · Self
- To Each His Own Cinema · Director
- It's a Free World... · Director, Producer
- British Film Forever
- Making Reel History · Self
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley · Director
- Carry On Ken
- Carry On Ken
- McLibel · Director
- Tickets · Director
- Ae Fond Kiss... · Director
- Sweet Sixteen · Director
- September 11 · Director, Writer
- Ken and Rosa · Self
- The Navigators · Director
- Bread and Roses · Director
- The Limey · Thanks
- My Name Is Joe · Director
- Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club · Director
- Citizen Ken Loach · Self
- The Flickering Flame · Director, Screenplay
- Carla's Song · Director
- Land and Freedom · Director
- Modern Times · Director
- A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership · Director
- Ladybird Ladybird · Director