Ken Loach

Known For: Directing
Born: June 17, 1936
Place of Birth: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK

Ken Loach

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 Kno…

Filmography

Palestine 36

2025 · Thanks

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius

2025 · Self

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

2025 · Self

Censoring Palestine

Censoring Palestine

2024 · Self

Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots

2024 · HIMSELF

The Bad Patriots

2024

Uomini in Marcia

2024

The Old Oak

2023 · Director

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

2023 · Self - Guest

Cannes Uncut

2023 · Self

Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte

2023 · Self

Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie

2023 · (himself)

I Get Knocked Down

2023 · Self

C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando

2022 · Sé stesso

Thatcher's Not Dead

2022 · Self

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

2022 · Self

Reel Britannia

2022 · Self

A Bolsa ou a Vida

2021 · Self

Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"

2021 · himself

Victoria Wood: The Secret List

2020 · Self

Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today

2020 · Self – Director

The Great NHS Heist

2019 · Himself

Greg Davies: Looking for Kes

2019 · Self

Sorry We Missed You

2019 · Director

Who Killed British Cinema?

2018 · Self

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

2018 · Self

The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema

2018

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

2017 · Self

How to Make a Ken Loach Film

How to Make a Ken Loach Film

2016 · self

I, Daniel Blake

2016 · Director

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

2016 · Self

In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn

2016 · Director, Writer, Producer

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

2016 · Self

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2016 · Self - Film Director

About Cinema

2015 · Self

Il était une fois... « Rosetta »

2015 · Self

We Are Many

2014 · Self

Jimmy's Hall

2014 · Director

Idyll

2014 · Writer

The Spirit of '45

2013 · Director, Writer

Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent

2012 · Himself

The Angels' Share

2012 · Director

A Special Day

2012 · Self

Catastroika

2012 · Self

Square

2012 · Self

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011 · Self

Route Irish

2011 · Director

Making Kes

2010 · Self

Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra

2009 · Himself

What Do You Know About Me

2009 · Self

Vittorio D.

2009 · Self

Looking for Eric

2009 · Director

Great Directors

2009 · Self

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

2008 · Self

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · Director

It's a Free World...

2007 · Director, Producer

British Film Forever

2007

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006 · Director

Carry On Ken

2006

Carry On Ken

2006

McLibel

2005 · Director

Tickets

2005 · Director

Ae Fond Kiss...

2004 · Director

Sweet Sixteen

2002 · Director

September 11

2002 · Director, Writer

Ken and Rosa

2001 · Himself

The Navigators

2001 · Director

Bread and Roses

2000 · Director

The Limey

1999 · Thanks

My Name Is Joe

1998 · Director

Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club

Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club

1998 · Director

Citizen Ken Loach

1997 · Self

The Flickering Flame

1996 · Director, Screenplay

Carla's Song

1996 · Director

Land and Freedom

1995 · Director

Modern Times

1995 · Director

A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership

A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership

1995 · Director

Ladybird Ladybird

1994 · Director

Raining Stones

1993 · Director

Riff-Raff

1991 · Director

The Arthur Legend

1991 · Director

Hidden Agenda

1990 · Director

The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

1990 · Self

The View from the Woodpile

1989 · Director, Producer

Time to Go

1989 · Director

Dispatches

1987 · Director

Fatherland

1986 · Director

Split Screen

1986 · Director

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

1986 · Self

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

1985 · Self

Which Side Are You On?

1985 · Director, Producer

End of the Battle... Not the End of the War

1985 · Director

Television

1985

The Red and the Blue

The Red and the Blue

1983 · Director

Looks and Smiles

1981 · Director

A Question of Leadership

1981 · Producer, Director

Auditions

1980 · Producer, Director

The Gamekeeper

1980 · Director, Writer

Question Time

1979 · Self - Panellist

Black Jack

1979 · Director, Writer

The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

1977 · Director

The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

1977 · Director

Days of Hope

1975 · Director

Right to Work March

1972

Full House

1972 · Director, Writer

Talk About Work

1971 · Director

Family Life

1971 · Director

The Rank and File

1971 · Director

The Save the Children Fund Film

1971 · Director

Play for Today

1970 · Director

Kes

1970 · Director, Screenplay

The Big Flame

1969 · Director

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969 · Director

The Golden Vision

1968 · Director

Poor Cow

1967 · Director, Screenplay

In Two Minds

1967 · Director

Cathy Come Home

1966 · Director, Screenplay

The Coming Out Party

1965 · Director

The End of Arthur's Marriage

1965 · Director

Up the Junction

1965 · Director

Three Clear Sundays

1965 · Director

Wear a Very Big Hat

Wear a Very Big Hat

1965 · Director

A Tap on the Shoulder

A Tap on the Shoulder

1965 · Director

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Director, Writer

Diary of a Young Man

1964 · Director

Teletale

1963 · Director

Z-Cars

1962 · Director

Forgotten Spaceman

Forgotten Spaceman

— · Executive Producer

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