Ken Loach
Directing
Born: June 17, 1936 (age 90) · Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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), labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991; The Navigators, 2001), and revolutionary struggle (Land and Freedom, 1995; The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 2006). 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.
Known for
I, Daniel Blake
2016
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
Sorry We Missed You
2019
The Angels' Share
2012
The Limey
1999
Kes
1970
The Old Oak
2023
Looking for Eric
2009
Land and Freedom
1995
Sweet Sixteen
2002
My Name Is Joe
1998
Jimmy's Hall
2014
Photos (2)
Movies (6)
TV Shows (3)
Self / Appearances (43)
Question Time
Self - Panellist · 3 eps
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · 1 eps
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self · 1 eps
Square
Self · 1 eps
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 1 eps
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
Self · 3 eps
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Film Director
Reel Britannia
Self · 4 eps
About Cinema
Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
We Are Many
Self
Vittorio D.
Self
Cannes Uncut
Self
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
Self · 2 eps
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
Self
Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots
HIMSELF
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Self
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
Himself
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
Self
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Self
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
himself
A Special Day
Self
Catastroika
Self
A Bolsa ou a Vida
Self
Thatcher's Not Dead
Self
What Do You Know About Me
Self
I Get Knocked Down
Self
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Self
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Self
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
Self
Great Directors
Self
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Self – Director
Making Kes
Self
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
Himself
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
(himself)
Citizen Ken Loach
Self
Ken and Rosa
Himself
The Great NHS Heist
Himself
Directing (64)
Play for Today
Director
The Wednesday Play
Director
Z-Cars
Director
Dispatches
Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Director
Modern Times
Director
Jimmy's Hall
Director
The Old Oak
Director
I, Daniel Blake
Director
Sorry We Missed You
Director
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Director
It's a Free World...
Director
The Angels' Share
Director
Kes
Director
Land and Freedom
Director
Days of Hope
Director
September 11
Director
Hidden Agenda
Director
Fatherland
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
Sweet Sixteen
Director
McLibel
Director
Diary of a Young Man
Director
Bread and Roses
Director
Riff-Raff
Director
Ladybird Ladybird
Director
My Name Is Joe
Director
Looking for Eric
Director
Ae Fond Kiss...
Director
Poor Cow
Director
Raining Stones
Director
The Spirit of '45
Director
Up the Junction
Director
Black Jack
Director
Route Irish
Director
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Director
Family Life
Director
The Red and the Blue
Director
The Big Flame
Director
The Coming Out Party
Director
Cathy Come Home
Director
Carla's Song
Director
Tickets
Director
The Navigators
Director
Looks and Smiles
Director
Which Side Are You On?
Director
A Tap on the Shoulder
Director
The Rank and File
Director
The Save the Children Fund Film
Director
Three Clear Sundays
Director
Wear a Very Big Hat
Director
A Question of Leadership
Director
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Director
The Gamekeeper
Director
In Two Minds
Director
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Director
The View from the Woodpile
Director
Talk About Work
Director
The Golden Vision
Director
Time to Go
Director
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
Director
End of the Battle... Not the End of the War
Director
The Flickering Flame
Director
The Arthur Legend
Director
Writing (9)
The Wednesday Play
Writer
Kes
Screenplay
September 11
Writer
Poor Cow
Screenplay
The Spirit of '45
Writer
Black Jack
Writer
The Gamekeeper
Writer
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
Writer
The Flickering Flame
Screenplay
