Ken Loach

Directing·Jun 17, 1936·Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK

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Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936; Nuneaton) is a retired British film director, screenwriter and producer. His humanist values and socialist political views are 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.

Film	Credit
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues2025 · Self	Self
CCensoring Palestine2024 · Self	Self
Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots2024 · HIMSELF	HIMSELF
The Bad Patriots2024 · Actor	Actor
Uomini in Marcia2024 · Actor	Actor
The Old Oak2023 · Director	Director
Cannes Uncut2023 · Self	Self
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte2023 · Self	Self
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie2023 · (himself)	(himself)
I Get Knocked Down2023 · Self	Self
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando2022 · Sé stesso	Sé stesso
Thatcher's Not Dead2022 · Self	Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory2022 · Self	Self
A Bolsa ou a Vida2021 · Self	Self
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"2021 · himself	himself
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today2020 · Self – Director	Self – Director
The Great NHS Heist2019 · Himself	Himself
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes2019 · Self	Self
Sorry We Missed You2019 · Director	Director
Who Killed British Cinema?2018 · Self	Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel2018 · Self	Self
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema2018 · Actor	Actor
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017 · Self	Self
HHow to Make a Ken Loach Film2016 · self	self
I, Daniel Blake2016 · Director	Director
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun2016 · Self	Self
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn2016 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach2016 · Self - Film Director	Self - Film Director
About Cinema2015 · Self	Self
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »2015 · Self	Self
We Are Many2014 · Self	Self
Jimmy's Hall2014 · Director	Director
IIdyll2014 · Writer	Writer
The Spirit of '452013 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent2012 · Himself	Himself
The Angels' Share2012 · Director	Director
A Special Day2012 · Self	Self
Catastroika2012 · Self	Self
Route Irish2011 · Director	Director
Making Kes2010 · Self	Self
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra2009 · Himself	Himself
What Do You Know About Me2009 · Self	Self
Vittorio D.2009 · Self	Self
Looking for Eric2009 · Director	Director
Great Directors2009 · Self	Self
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight2008 · Self	Self
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director	Director
It's a Free World...2007 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer