Ken Loach
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.
Acted in
Os Maus Patriotas
2024
as HIMSELF
Uomini in Marcia
2024
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
2023
as Self - Guest
Cannes Uncut
2023
as Self
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
2023
as Self
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
2023
as (himself)
I Get Knocked Down
2023
as Self
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
2022
as Sé stesso
Thatcher's Not Dead
2022
as Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022
as Self
Reel Britannia
2022
as Self
A Bolsa ou a Vida
2021
as Self
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
2021
as himself
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
2020
as Self
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020
as Self
The Great NHS Heist
2019
as Himself
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
2019
as Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
as Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
as Self
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
as Self
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life
2016
as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Film Director
About Cinema
2015
as Self
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
2015
as Self
We Are Many
2014
as Self
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
2012
as Himself
A Special Day
2012
as Self
Catastroika
2012
as Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
Making Kes
2010
as Self
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
2009
as Himself
What Do You Know About Me
2009
as Self
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self
Great Directors
2009
as Self
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008
as Self
Carry on Ken
2006
Carry On Ken
2006
Ken and Rosa
2001
as Himself
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach
1993
as Interviewee
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
1990
as Self
A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
1986
as Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
as Self
Right to Work March
1972