Directing
Ken Loach
PS, FR, EN, IT cinema · 107 credits
Born
17 June 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Also known as Kenneth Charles Loach · 켄 로치 · Kenneth Loach · 肯·洛奇 · Кен Лоуч · 堅盧治
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
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
as (himself)
Cannes Uncut
as Self
The Old Oak
Director
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
as Self – Director
The Great NHS Heist
as Himself
Sorry We Missed You
Director
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Film Director
I, Daniel Blake
Director
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
Director, Writer, Producer
About Cinema
as Self
We Are Many
as Self
Jimmy's Hall
Director
The Spirit of '45
Director, Writer
Catastroika
as Self
A Special Day
as Self
The Angels' Share
Director
Route Irish
Director
Making Kes
as Self
Great Directors
as Self
Vittorio D.
as Self
Looking for Eric
Director
It's a Free World...
Director, Producer
Tickets
Director
McLibel
Director
Ae Fond Kiss...
Director
Sweet Sixteen
Director
September 11
Director, Writer
Ken and Rosa
as Himself
The Navigators
Director
Bread and Roses
Director
The Limey
Thanks
My Name Is Joe
Director
Carla's Song
Director
The Flickering Flame
Director, Screenplay
Land and Freedom
Director
A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
1995
A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
Director
Ladybird Ladybird
Director
Raining Stones
Director
Riff-Raff
Director
Hidden Agenda
Director
The View from the Woodpile
Director, Producer
Time to Go
Director
Fatherland
Director
Which Side Are You On?
Director, Producer
The Red and the Blue
Director
Looks and Smiles
Director
A Question of Leadership
Producer, Director
The Gamekeeper
Director, Writer
Auditions
1980
Auditions
Producer, Director
Black Jack
Director, Writer
Family Life
Director
The Rank and File
Director
Talk About Work
Director
Kes
Director, Screenplay
The Big Flame
Director
The Golden Vision
Director
Poor Cow
Director, Screenplay
In Two Minds
Director
Cathy Come Home
Director
Three Clear Sundays
Director
The Coming Out Party
Director
Up the Junction
Director
