Ken Loach
Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936; Nuneaton) is a British film director, screenwriter and producer. His socially critical directing style is evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (Poor Cow, 1967), homelessness (Cathy Come Home, 1966), and labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991, and The Navigators, 2001). 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.
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
(Self)
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
((himself))
Cannes Uncut
(Self)
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
(Self)
Catastroika
(Self)
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
(Himself)
I Get Knocked Down
(Self)
Thatcher's Not Dead
(Self)
We Are Many
(Self)
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
(Self)
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
(Self)
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
(Sé stesso)
A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
(Self)
About Cinema
(Self)
Uomini in Marcia
Ken and Rosa
(Himself)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
(Self - Film Director)
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
(Self)
Great Directors
(Self)
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life
(Self)
Vittorio D.
(Self)
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach
(Interviewee)
Right to Work March
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
A Special Day
(Self)
Who Killed British Cinema?
(Self)
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
(Himself)
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
(Self)
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
(Self)
The Great NHS Heist
(Himself)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
(Self)
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
(Self)
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
(Self)
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
(himself)
Carry on Ken
What Do You Know About Me
(Self)
Making Kes
(Self)
A Bolsa ou a Vida
(Self)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
(Self)
Reel Britannia
(Self)
John Bishop: In Conversation With...
(Himself)
Square
(Self)
Question Time
(Self - Panellist)
Carry On Ken
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
(Self)
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
(Self - Guest)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
(Director)
Sweet Sixteen
(Director)
Ae Fond Kiss...
(Director)
11’09”01—September 11
(Director)
Carla's Song
(Director)
The Flickering Flame
(Director)
The Flickering Flame
(Screenplay)
My Name Is Joe
(Director)
It's a Free World...
(Director)
Kes
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
The Navigators
(Director)
Land and Freedom
(Director)
Bread and Roses
(Director)
Raining Stones
(Director)
Hidden Agenda
(Director)
Looking for Eric
(Director)
Ladybird Ladybird
(Director)
Black Jack
(Director)
Looks and Smiles
(Director)
Family Life
(Director)
Poor Cow
(Director)
Tickets
(Director)
The Angels' Share
(Director)
Riff-Raff
(Director)
Route Irish
(Director)
The Gamekeeper
(Director)
The Old Oak
(Director)
Fatherland
(Director)
The Spirit of '45
(Director)
Which Side Are You On?
(Director)
Jimmy's Hall
(Director)
Cathy Come Home
(Director)
The End of Arthur's Marriage
(Director)
In Two Minds
(Director)
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
(Director)
The Golden Vision
(Director)
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
(Director)
Auditions
(Producer)
A Question of Leadership
(Producer)
The Gamekeeper
(Writer)
McLibel
(Director)
The Big Flame
(Director)
Black Jack
(Writer)
I, Daniel Blake
(Director)
After a Lifetime
(Director)
A Tap on the Shoulder
(Director)
Three Clear Sundays
(Director)
The Coming Out Party
(Director)
The Rank and File
(Director)
A Misfortune
(Director)
Up the Junction
(Director)
The Save the Children Fund Film
(Director)
A Misfortune
(Writer)
Talk About Work
(Director)
The View from the Woodpile
(Director)
Time to Go
(Director)
Auditions
(Director)
A Question of Leadership
(Director)
End of the Battle... Not the End of the War
(Director)
The Red and the Blue
(Director)
Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club
(Director)
The Arthur Legend
(Director)
Cathy Come Home
(Screenplay)
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
(Director)
Kes
(Screenplay)
Wear a Very Big Hat
(Director)
A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
(Director)
Which Side Are You On?
(Producer)
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
(Writer)
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
(Producer)
The View from the Woodpile
(Producer)
The Spirit of '45
(Writer)
Idyll
(Writer)
Sorry We Missed You
(Director)
On Falling
(Executive Producer)
It's a Free World...
(Producer)
Poor Cow
(Screenplay)
11’09”01—September 11
(Writer)
The Wednesday Play
(Director)
Z-Cars
(Director)
Play for Today
(Director)
Days of Hope
(Director)
Diary of a Young Man
(Director)
Teletale
(Director)
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
(Director)
Full House
(Director)
Full House
(Writer)
Split Screen
(Director)
Dispatches
(Director)
Modern Times
(Director)