Ken Loach
Biography
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.
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Movies (43)
Palestine 36
Thanks (Crew)
2025
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
as Self
2025
Censoring Palestine
as Self
2024
Os Maus Patriotas
as HIMSELF
2024
Uomini in Marcia
2024
The Old Oak
Director (Directing)
2023
Cannes Uncut
as Self
2023
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
as Self
2023
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
as (himself)
2023
I Get Knocked Down
as Self
2023
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
as Sé stesso
2022
Thatcher's Not Dead
as Self
2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022
A Bolsa ou a Vida
as Self
2021
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
as himself
2021
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
as Self
2020
The Great NHS Heist
as Himself
2019
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
as Self
2019
Sorry We Missed You
Director (Directing)
2019
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
2018
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017
How to Make a Ken Loach Film
as self
2016
I, Daniel Blake
Director (Directing)
2016
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
2016
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
Director (Directing)
2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Film Director
2016
About Cinema
as Self
2015
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
as Self
2015
We Are Many
as Self
2014
Jimmy's Hall
Director (Directing)
2014
Idyll
Writer (Writing)
2014
The Spirit of '45
Director (Directing)
2013
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
as Himself
2012
The Angels' Share
Director (Directing)
2012
A Special Day
as Self
2012
Catastroika
as Self
2012
Route Irish
Director (Directing)
2011
Making Kes
as Self
2010
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
as Himself
2009
What Do You Know About Me
as Self
2009
Vittorio D.
as Self
2009
