Ken Loach
Directing • Born 1936-06-17
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 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.
Filmography
52 credits
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Movie • 2022
Self
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
Movie • 2023
(himself)
Cannes Uncut
Movie • 2023
Self
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
Movie • 2023
Self
Catastroika
Movie • 2012
Self
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
Movie • 2012
Himself
I Get Knocked Down
Movie • 2023
Self
Thatcher's Not Dead
Movie • 2022
Self
We Are Many
Movie • 2014
Self
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
Movie • 2008
Self
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Movie • 1990
Self
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
Movie • 2022
Sé stesso
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Movie • 1986
Self
About Cinema
Movie • 2015
Self
Uomini in Marcia
Movie • 2024
Ken and Rosa
Movie • 2001
Himself
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Movie • 2016
Self - Film Director
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
Movie • 2015
Self
Great Directors
Movie • 2009
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Movie • 2017
Self
Vittorio D.
Movie • 2009
Self
Right to Work March
Movie • 1972
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Movie • 2018
A Special Day
Movie • 2012
Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
Movie • 2018
Self
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
Movie • 2009
Himself
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Movie • 1985
Self
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Movie • 2019
Self
The Great NHS Heist
Movie • 2019
Himself
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Movie • 2018
Self
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Movie • 2020
Self – Director
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Movie • 2016
Self
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
Movie • 2021
himself
Carry On Ken
Movie • 2006
What Do You Know About Me
Movie • 2009
Self
Making Kes
Movie • 2010
Self
A Bolsa ou a Vida
Movie • 2021
Self
Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots
Movie • 2024
HIMSELF
Citizen Ken Loach
Movie • 1997
Self
Censoring Palestine
Movie • 2024
Self
How to Make a Ken Loach Film
Movie • 2016
self
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
Movie • 2025
Self
The Bad Patriots
Movie • 2024
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV • 2011
Self
Reel Britannia
TV • 2022
Self
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
TV • 2016
Self
Square
TV • 2012
Self
Question Time
TV • 1979
Self - Panellist
Carry On Ken
TV • 2006
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
TV • 2020
Self
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
TV • 2025
Self