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John Mackenzie (1932-2011)

Alias:
존 맥켄지

Birthplace:
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Born:
August 16, 1932

Died:
June 8, 2011

Biography from TheMovieDB

John Mackenzie was a British film director perhaps best known for the 1980 gangster film The Long Good Friday. Born in Edinburgh, Mackenzie worked in British film from the late 1960s, first as an assistant director to Ken Loach on productions such as Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, before becoming an independent director himself, going on to work in both the UK and the US.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1967  The Voices in the Park
1968  Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1969  There Is Also Tomorrow
1971  One Brief Summer
1971  Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1972  Made
1973  Shut Down
1974  Taking Leave
1974  The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1975  A Passage to England
1975  Just Another Saturday
1976  Double Dare
1976  The Elephants' Graveyard
1977  Apaches
1977  Talkin' Blues
1978  Red Shift
1979  Just a Boys' Game
1980  The Long Good Friday
1981  Say No to Strangers
1982  Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1983  The Honorary Consul
1985  A Sense of Freedom
1985  The Innocent
1986  Act of Vengeance
1987  The Fourth Protocol
1990  The Last of the Finest
1992  Ruby
1993  Voyage
1995  The Infiltrator
1996  Deadly Voyage
1998  Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
2000  When the Sky Falls
2003  Quicksand

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TV Production

Director:
1969  ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1970  Play for Today
1998  Looking After Jo Jo

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