Ken Loach

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

50

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 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

  • Question Time

    Question Time

  • Square

    Square

  • Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

    Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

  • Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

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

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

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

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

  • Ken and Rosa

    Ken and Rosa

  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

  • Great Directors

    Great Directors

  • The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

    The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'

  • Os Maus Patriotas

    Os Maus Patriotas

  • Catastroika

    Catastroika

  • John Bishop: In Conversation with...

    John Bishop: In Conversation with...

  • Right to Work March

    Right to Work March

  • A Special Day

    A Special Day

  • A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

  • Making Kes

    Making Kes

  • Vittorio D.

    Vittorio D.

  • Carry On Ken

    Carry On Ken

  • Who Killed British Cinema?

    Who Killed British Cinema?

  • Censoring Palestine

    Censoring Palestine

  • Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

  • About Cinema

    About Cinema

  • Cannes Uncut

    Cannes Uncut

  • Reel Britannia

    Reel Britannia

  • Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra

    Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra

  • Thatcher's Not Dead

    Thatcher's Not Dead

  • Citizen Ken Loach

    Citizen Ken Loach

  • Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie

    Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie

  • Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent

    Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent

  • Il était une fois... « Rosetta »

    Il était une fois... « Rosetta »

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

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

  • We Are Many

    We Are Many

  • Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

    Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

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

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

  • Victoria Wood: The Secret List

    Victoria Wood: The Secret List

  • What Do You Know About Me

    What Do You Know About Me

  • Carry On Ken

    Carry On Ken

  • A Bolsa ou a Vida

    A Bolsa ou a Vida

  • The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

    The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

  • Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte

    Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte

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

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

  • C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando

    C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando

  • Uomini in Marcia

    Uomini in Marcia

  • CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

  • To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

    To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

  • Greg Davies: Looking for Kes

    Greg Davies: Looking for Kes

  • I Get Knocked Down

    I Get Knocked Down

  • How to Make a Ken Loach Film

    How to Make a Ken Loach Film

  • The Great NHS Heist

    The Great NHS Heist