
Directing
Born June 17, 1936 · Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
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.

The Old Oak
2023

Sorry We Missed You
2019

I, Daniel Blake
2016

In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
2016

Jimmy's Hall
2014

The Spirit of '45
2013

The Angels' Share
2012

Route Irish
2011

Looking for Eric
2009

To Each His Own Cinema
2007

It's a Free World...
2007

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006

McLibel
2005

Tickets
2005

Ae Fond Kiss...
2004

Sweet Sixteen
2002

September 11
2002

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

The Flickering Flame
1996

Carla's Song
1996

Land and Freedom
1995
A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
1995

Ladybird Ladybird
1994

Raining Stones
1993

Riff-Raff
1991

The Arthur Legend
1991

Hidden Agenda
1990

The View from the Woodpile
1989

Time to Go
1989

Fatherland
1986

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

Black Jack
1979

The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977

The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977

Talk About Work
1971

Family Life
1971

The Rank and File
1971

The Save the Children Fund Film
1971

Kes
1970

The Big Flame
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 Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
2025
Censoring Palestine
2024

Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots
2024

The Bad Patriots
2024

Uomini in Marcia
2024

Cannes Uncut
2023

Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
2023

Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
2023

I Get Knocked Down
2023

C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
2022

Thatcher's Not Dead
2022

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022

A Bolsa ou a Vida
2021

Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
2021

Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020

The Great NHS Heist
2019

Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
2019

Who Killed British Cinema?
2018

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018

The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
How to Make a Ken Loach Film
2016

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016

About Cinema
2015

Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
2015

We Are Many
2014