A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Kenneth Charles Loach
Kenneth Loach
Кен Лоуч
堅盧治
肯·洛奇
켄 로치
Birthplace:
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Born:
June 17, 1936
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.
Director:
1965 A Tap on the Shoulder
1965 The Coming Out Party
1965 The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965 Three Clear Sundays
1965 Up the Junction
1965 Wear a Very Big Hat
1966 Cathy Come Home
1967 In Two Minds
1967 Poor Cow
1968 The Golden Vision
1969 The Big Flame
1970 Kes
1971 After a Lifetime
1971 Family Life
1971 Talk About Work
1971 The Rank and File
1971 The Save the Children Fund Film
1973 A Misfortune
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1979 Black Jack
1980 Auditions
1980 The Gamekeeper
1981 A Question of Leadership
1981 Looks and Smiles
1983 The Red and the Blue
1985 End of the Battle... Not the End of the War
1985 Which Side Are You On?
1986 Fatherland
1989 The View from the Woodpile
1989 Time to Go
1990 Hidden Agenda
1991 Riff-Raff
1991 The Arthur Legend
1993 Raining Stones
1994 Ladybird Ladybird
1995 A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
1995 Land and Freedom
1996 Carla's Song
1996 The Flickering Flame
1998 Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club
1998 My Name Is Joe
2000 Bread and Roses
2001 The Navigators
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Sweet Sixteen
2004 Ae Fond Kiss...
2005 McLibel
2005 Tickets
2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2007 Happy Ending
2007 It's a Free World...
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2009 Looking for Eric
2011 Route Irish
2012 The Angels' Share
2013 The Spirit of '45
2014 Jimmy's Hall
2016 I, Daniel Blake
2016 In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
2019 Sorry We Missed You
2023 The Old Oak
Producer:
1965 A Tap on the Shoulder
1965 The Coming Out Party
1965 The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965 Three Clear Sundays
1965 Up the Junction
1965 Wear a Very Big Hat
1966 Cathy Come Home
1967 In Two Minds
1967 Poor Cow
1968 The Golden Vision
1969 The Big Flame
1970 Kes
1971 After a Lifetime
1971 Family Life
1971 Talk About Work
1971 The Rank and File
1971 The Save the Children Fund Film
1973 A Misfortune
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1979 Black Jack
1980 Auditions
1980 The Gamekeeper
1981 A Question of Leadership
1981 Looks and Smiles
1983 The Red and the Blue
1985 End of the Battle... Not the End of the War
1985 Which Side Are You On?
1986 Fatherland
1989 The View from the Woodpile
1989 Time to Go
1990 Hidden Agenda
1991 Riff-Raff
1991 The Arthur Legend
1993 Raining Stones
1994 Ladybird Ladybird
1995 A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
1995 Land and Freedom
1996 Carla's Song
1996 The Flickering Flame
1998 Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club
1998 My Name Is Joe
2000 Bread and Roses
2001 The Navigators
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Sweet Sixteen
2004 Ae Fond Kiss...
2005 McLibel
2005 Tickets
2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2007 Happy Ending
2007 It's a Free World...
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2009 Looking for Eric
2011 Route Irish
2012 The Angels' Share
2013 The Spirit of '45
2014 Jimmy's Hall
2016 I, Daniel Blake
2016 In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
2019 Sorry We Missed You
2023 The Old Oak
???? On Falling
Screenplay:
1965 A Tap on the Shoulder
1965 The Coming Out Party
1965 The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965 Three Clear Sundays
1965 Up the Junction
1965 Wear a Very Big Hat
1966 Cathy Come Home
1967 In Two Minds
1967 Poor Cow
1968 The Golden Vision
1969 The Big Flame
1970 Kes
1971 After a Lifetime
1971 Family Life
1971 Talk About Work
1971 The Rank and File
1971 The Save the Children Fund Film
1973 A Misfortune
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1979 Black Jack
1980 Auditions
1980 The Gamekeeper
1981 A Question of Leadership
1981 Looks and Smiles
1983 The Red and the Blue
1985 End of the Battle... Not the End of the War
1985 Which Side Are You On?
1986 Fatherland
1989 The View from the Woodpile
1989 Time to Go
1990 Hidden Agenda
1991 Riff-Raff
1991 The Arthur Legend
1993 Raining Stones
1994 Ladybird Ladybird
1995 A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
1995 Land and Freedom
1996 Carla's Song
1996 The Flickering Flame
1998 Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club
1998 My Name Is Joe
2000 Bread and Roses
2001 The Navigators
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Sweet Sixteen
2004 Ae Fond Kiss...
2005 McLibel
2005 Tickets
2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2007 Happy Ending
2007 It's a Free World...
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2009 Looking for Eric
2011 Route Irish
2012 The Angels' Share
2013 The Spirit of '45
2014 Jimmy's Hall
2016 I, Daniel Blake
2016 In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
2019 Sorry We Missed You
2023 The Old Oak
???? On Falling
Writer:
1965 A Tap on the Shoulder
1965 The Coming Out Party
1965 The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965 Three Clear Sundays
1965 Up the Junction
1965 Wear a Very Big Hat
1966 Cathy Come Home
1967 In Two Minds
1967 Poor Cow
1968 The Golden Vision
1969 The Big Flame
1970 Kes
1971 After a Lifetime
1971 Family Life
1971 Talk About Work
1971 The Rank and File
1971 The Save the Children Fund Film
1973 A Misfortune
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1979 Black Jack
1980 Auditions
1980 The Gamekeeper
1981 A Question of Leadership
1981 Looks and Smiles
1983 The Red and the Blue
1985 End of the Battle... Not the End of the War
1985 Which Side Are You On?
1986 Fatherland
1989 The View from the Woodpile
1989 Time to Go
1990 Hidden Agenda
1991 Riff-Raff
1991 The Arthur Legend
1993 Raining Stones
1994 Ladybird Ladybird
1995 A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
1995 Land and Freedom
1996 Carla's Song
1996 The Flickering Flame
1998 Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club
1998 My Name Is Joe
2000 Bread and Roses
2001 The Navigators
2002 11'09''01 September 11
2002 Sweet Sixteen
2004 Ae Fond Kiss...
2005 McLibel
2005 Tickets
2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2007 Happy Ending
2007 It's a Free World...
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2009 Looking for Eric
2011 Route Irish
2012 The Angels' Share
2013 The Spirit of '45
2014 Idyll
2014 Jimmy's Hall
2016 I, Daniel Blake
2016 In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
2019 Sorry We Missed You
2023 The Old Oak
???? On Falling
Director:
1962 Z-Cars
1963 Teletale
1964 Diary of a Young Man
1964 The Wednesday Play
1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1970 Play for Today
1972 Full House
1975 Days of Hope
1986 Split Screen
1987 Dispatches
1995 Modern Times
Writer:
1962 Z-Cars
1963 Teletale
1964 Diary of a Young Man
1964 The Wednesday Play
1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1970 Play for Today
1972 Full House
1975 Days of Hope
1986 Split Screen
1987 Dispatches
1995 Modern Times
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