Ken Loach
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.
Directed (59)
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
Acting (43)
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
