Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 17, 1936
Place of Birth
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Credits
129 titles
Ken Loach
Biography
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
Filmography
Forgotten Spaceman
Executive Producer
Palestine 36
Thanks
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
Self
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
Self
Censoring Palestine
Self
Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots
HIMSELF
The Bad Patriots
Uomini in Marcia
The Old Oak
Director
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
Cannes Uncut
Self
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
Self
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
(himself)
I Get Knocked Down
Self
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
Sé stesso
Thatcher's Not Dead
Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
Reel Britannia
Self
A Bolsa ou a Vida
Self
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
himself
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
Self
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Self – Director
The Great NHS Heist
Himself
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Self
Sorry We Missed You
Director
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
How to Make a Ken Loach Film
self
I, Daniel Blake
Director
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Self
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
Director
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Film Director
About Cinema
Self
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
Self
We Are Many
Self
Jimmy's Hall
Director
Idyll
Writer
The Spirit of '45
Director
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
Himself
The Angels' Share
Director
A Special Day
Self
Catastroika
Self
Square
Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
Route Irish
Director
Making Kes
Self
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
Himself