Biography
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.
Filmography
all 121
Movies 102
Director 73
self 38
TV Shows 19
Writer 1
Producer 1
The Old Oak (2023)
Cannes Uncut (2023)
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte (2023)
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie (2023)
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando (2022)
Thatcher's Not Dead (2022)
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory (2022)
Reel Britannia (2022)
A Bolsa ou a Vida (2021)
I Get Knocked Down (2021)
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake" (2021)
Victoria Wood: The Secret List (2020)
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020)
The Great NHS Heist (2019)
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes (2019)
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Who Killed British Cinema? (2018)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema (2018)
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun (2016)
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn (2016)
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2016)
John Bishop: In Conversation With... (2016)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
About Cinema (2015)
We Are Many (2014)
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Idyll (2014)
The Spirit of '45 (2013)
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent (2012)
Les rebelles du foot (2012)
The Angels' Share (2012)
A Special Day (2012)
Catastroika (2012)
Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture (2012)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Route Irish (2011)
Cheminots (2010)
Making Kes (2010)
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra (2009)
What Do You Know About Me (2009)
Vittorio D. (2009)
Looking for Eric (2009)
Great Directors (2009)
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight (2008)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
It's a Free World... (2007)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Carry on Ken (2006)
Carry On Ken (2006)
McLibel (2005)
Tickets (2005)
Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
11'09''01 September 11 (2002)
Ken and Rosa (2001)
The Navigators (2001)
Bread and Roses (2000)
My Name Is Joe (1998)
Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club (1998)
Citizen Ken Loach (1997)
The Flickering Flame (1996)
Carla's Song (1996)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Modern Times (1995)
A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership (1995)
Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach (1993)
Raining Stones (1993)
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1993)
Riff-Raff (1991)
The Arthur Legend (1991)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
The View from the Woodpile (1989)
Time To Go (1989)
Dispatches (1987)
Fatherland (1986)
Split Screen (1986)
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman (1985)
Which Side Are You On? (1985)
End of the Battle... Not the End of the War (1985)
The Red and the Blue (1983)
Looks and Smiles (1981)
A Question of Leadership (1981)
Auditions (1980)
The Gamekeeper (1980)
Question Time (1979)
Black Jack (1979)
The Price of Coal: Part 2 – Back To Reality (1977)
The Price of Coal: Part 1 – Meet the People (1977)
Days of Hope (1975)
A Misfortune (1973)
Right To Work March (1972)
Full House (1972)
Talk About Work (1971)
Family Life (1971)
After a Lifetime (1971)
The Rank and File (1971)
The Save The Children Fund Film (1971)
Play for Today (1970)
Kes (1970)
The Big Flame (1969)
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
The Golden Vision (1968)
Poor Cow (1967)
In Two Minds (1967)
Cathy Come Home (1966)
The Coming Out Party (1965)
The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)
Up the Junction (1965)
Three Clear Sundays (1965)
Wear a Very Big Hat (1965)
A Tap on the Shoulder (1965)
The Wednesday Play (1964)
Diary of a Young Man (1964)
Teletale (1963)
Z-Cars (1962)
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Happy Ending
On Falling
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1936-06-17 (87 years old)
Birth NameKenneth Charles Loach
Birth PlaceNuneaton, United Kingdom
ChildrenJim Loach
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsKenneth Charles Loach, 켄 로치, Kenneth Loach, 肯·洛奇, Кен Лоуч, 堅盧治
AwardsRobert-Bresson Award, Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema, Konrad Wolf Prize, European Film Academy Critics Award, César Award for Best Foreign Film, European University Film Award, Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, Academy Fellowship Award, European Film Award for Best Film, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, Honorary Golden Bear, Palme d'Or, Jury Prize, César Award for Best Film from the European Union, Praemium Imperiale
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