Ken Loach
Directing
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), 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
Directing70
movieThe Old Oak
2023
Director
movieSorry We Missed You
2019
Director
movieI, Daniel Blake
2016
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movieJimmy's Hall
2014
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movieThe Spirit of '45
2013
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movieThe Angels' Share
2012
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movieRoute Irish
2011
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movieLooking for Eric
2009
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movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
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movieIt's a Free World...
2007
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movieMcLibel
2005
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movieTickets
2005
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movieAe Fond Kiss...
2004
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movieSweet Sixteen
2002
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movieSeptember 11
2002
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movieThe Navigators
2001
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movieBread and Roses
2000
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movieMy Name Is Joe
1998
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movieThe Flickering Flame
1996
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movieCarla's Song
1996
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movieLand and Freedom
1995
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tvModern Times
1995
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movieLadybird Ladybird
1994
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movieRaining Stones
1993
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movieRiff-Raff
1991
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movieThe Arthur Legend
1991
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movieHidden Agenda
1990
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movieTime to Go
1989
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tvDispatches
1987
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movieFatherland
1986
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Split Screen
1986
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movieWhich Side Are You On?
1985
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movieLooks and Smiles
1981
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Auditions
1980
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movieThe Gamekeeper
1980
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movieBlack Jack
1979
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tvDays of Hope
1975
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Full House
1972
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movieTalk About Work
1971
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movieFamily Life
1971
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movieThe Rank and File
1971
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tvPlay for Today
1970
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movieKes
1970
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movieThe Big Flame
1969
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tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
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movieThe Golden Vision
1968
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moviePoor Cow
1967
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movieIn Two Minds
1967
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movieCathy Come Home
1966
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movieThe Coming Out Party
1965
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movieUp the Junction
1965
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movieThree Clear Sundays
1965
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tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
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tvDiary of a Young Man
1964
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Teletale
1963
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tvZ-Cars
1962
Director
Acting54
tvFaut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Self - Guest
movieThe Great NHS Heist
2019
Himself
movieVersus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
Self - Film Director
tvSquare
2012
Self
movieKen and Rosa
2001
Himself
tvQuestion Time
1979
Self - Panellist
Writing12
Idyll
2014
Writer
movieSeptember 11
2002
Writer
movieThe Flickering Flame
1996
Screenplay
movieThe Gamekeeper
1980
Writer
movieBlack Jack
1979
Writer
movieKes
1970
Screenplay
moviePoor Cow
1967
Screenplay
movieCathy Come Home
1966
Screenplay
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Writer
Production7
movieIt's a Free World...
2007
Producer
movieWhich Side Are You On?
1985
Producer
Auditions
1980
Producer
Forgotten Spaceman
Executive Producer
Crew2
moviePalestine 36
2025
Thanks
movieThe Limey
1999
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