Ken Loach

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-06-17 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK

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...

Acting

2023

2012

2014

2015

2001

Ken and Rosa

as Himself

2016

2009

2009

2012

2019

2010

Making Kes

as Self

2024

Production

2002

Sweet Sixteen

as Director

2004

Ae Fond Kiss...

as Director

1996

Carla's Song

as Director

1996

1996

1998

My Name Is Joe

as Director

2007

1970

Kes

as Director

2007

2001

The Navigators

as Director

1995

Land and Freedom

as Director

2000

Bread and Roses

as Director

1993

Raining Stones

as Director

1990

Hidden Agenda

as Director

2009

Looking for Eric

as Director

1994

1979

Black Jack

as Director

1981

Looks and Smiles

as Director

1971

Family Life

as Director

1967

Poor Cow

as Director

2005

Tickets

as Director

2012

1991

Riff-Raff

as Director

2011

Route Irish

as Director

1980

The Gamekeeper

as Director

2023

The Old Oak

as Director

1986

Fatherland

as Director

2013

1985

2014

Jimmy's Hall

as Director

1966

Cathy Come Home

as Director

1967

In Two Minds

as Director

1968

1980

1980

Auditions

as Producer

2005

McLibel

as Director

1969

The Big Flame

as Director

1979

Black Jack

as Writer

2016

I, Daniel Blake

as Director

1971

After a Lifetime

as Director

1965

1965

1965

Up the Junction

as Director

1965

1971

1973

A Misfortune

as Director

1973

A Misfortune

as Writer

1971

Talk About Work

as Director

1983

1989

Time to Go

as Director

1991

1980

Auditions

as Director

1966

Cathy Come Home

as Screenplay

1970

Kes

as Screenplay

1965

2013

2014

Idyll

as Writer

1985

2019

2007

1967

Poor Cow

as Screenplay

1999

The Limey

as Thanks

2007

Happy Ending

as Director

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