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.

Known For: Directing

Born: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK, 1936-06-17

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Right to Work March		0
2	1985	Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman	Self	0
3	1986	A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema	Self	0
4	1990	The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'	Self	0
5	1993	The South Bank Show: Ken Loach	Interviewee	60
6	1997	Citizen Ken Loach	Self	0
7	2001	Ken and Rosa	Himself	70
8	2006	Carry On Ken		0
9	2008	40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight	Self	0
10	2009	Great Directors	Self	59
11	2009	Vittorio D.	Self	63
12	2009	What Do You Know About Me	Self	70
13	2009	Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra	Himself	75
14	2010	Making Kes	Self	0
15	2012	Catastroika	Self	66
16	2012	A Special Day	Self	60
17	2012	Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent	Himself	60
18	2014	We Are Many	Self	67
19	2015	Il était une fois... « Rosetta »	Self	0
20	2015	About Cinema	Self	83
21	2016	Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach	Self - Film Director	66
22	2016	To Make a Comedy Is No Fun	Self	60
23	2016	How to Make a Ken Loach Film	self	0
24	2017	Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life	Self	52
25	2018	The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema		0
26	2018	CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel	Self	65
27	2018	Who Killed British Cinema?	Self	50
28	2019	Greg Davies: Looking for Kes	Self	70
29	2019	The Great NHS Heist	Himself	100
30	2020	Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today	Self	0
31	2021	Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"	himself	80
32	2021	A Bolsa ou a Vida	Self	0
33	2022	Film: The Living Record of Our Memory	Self	86
34	2022	Thatcher's Not Dead	Self	75
35	2022	C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando	Sé stesso	62
36	2023	I Get Knocked Down	Self	75
37	2023	Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie	(himself)	0
38	2023	Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte	Self	80
39	2023	Cannes Uncut	Self	58
40	2024	Uomini in Marcia		0
41	2024	Os Maus Patriotas	HIMSELF	0
42	2024	Censoring Palestine	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Question Time	Self - Panellist	55
2	2006	Carry On Ken		0
3	2011	The Story of Film: An Odyssey	Self	76
4	2012	Square	Self	0
5	2016	John Bishop: In Conversation with...	Self	70
6	2020	Victoria Wood: The Secret List	Self	70
7	2022	Reel Britannia	Self	85
8	2023	Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma	Self - Guest	0

Ken Loach

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