Known For
Production
Born
Apr 03, 1936
Died
Jan 12, 2020
Place of Birth
Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Credits
63 titles
Tony Garnett
Biography
Tony Garnett is a British film and television producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his thirteen-year association with director Ken Loach, which started with The Wednesday Play and the groundbreaking Cathy Come Home amongst others, and continued into Play For Today and big screen features such as Kes. His other TV productions have included the controversial Law and Order and The Spongers and, with his company World Productions, Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, Cops, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. As a director, he helmed the films Prostitute and Handgun, and produced Hollywood movies such as Earth Girls are Easy and Sesame Street's Follow That Bird, and British cult LGBT classic Beautiful Thing. In 2016, he released his memoir, The Day the Music Died.
Known For
Filmography
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Self – Producer (archive footage, 1993)
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Friend and Producer
Making Kes
Self
This Life +10
Producer
Carry On Ken
Buried
Executive Producer
Attachments
Executive Producer
The Cops
Executive Producer
Hostile Waters
Producer
Beautiful Thing
Producer
This Life
Executive Producer
Ballykissangel
Producer
Sharman
Executive Producer
The Turnaround
Executive Producer
Cardiac Arrest
Producer
Born Kicking
Producer
Between the Lines
Producer
Fat Man and Little Boy
Producer
Earth Girls Are Easy
Producer
Follow That Bird
Producer
Handgun
Director
Afternoon
Producer
A Light Snack
Producer
Probation
Producer
Old Chums
Producer
The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Producer
Prostitute
Director
Black Jack
Producer
Law & Order
Producer
The Spongers
Producer
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Producer
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Producer
Days of Hope
Producer
Steven
Producer
Blooming Youth
Producer
Hard Labour
Producer
Right to Work March
Family Life
Producer
The Save the Children Fund Film
Producer
The Body
Producer
Kes
Producer
The Big Flame
Producer
The Golden Vision
Producer
The Sweet Body of Deborah
Producer
The Parachute
Producer
The Gorge
Producer
Drums Along The Avon
Producer
The Voices in the Park
Producer
In Two Minds
Producer