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 (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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
Character:Self
Release Date:17/05/2025
Censoring Palestine
Character:Self
Release Date:18/12/2024
Os Maus Patriotas
Character:HIMSELF
Release Date:24/10/2024
Uomini in Marcia
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Release Date:01/06/2024
Cannes Uncut
Character:Self
Release Date:12/06/2023
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
Character:Self
Release Date:02/06/2023
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
Character:(himself)
Release Date:09/02/2023
I Get Knocked Down
Character:Self
Release Date:03/02/2023
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
Character:Sé stesso
Release Date:05/12/2022
Thatcher's Not Dead
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2022
A Bolsa ou a Vida
Character:Self
Release Date:13/08/2021
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
Character:himself
Release Date:12/05/2021
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2020
The Great NHS Heist
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/11/2019
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/2019
Who Killed British Cinema?
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2018
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Character:Self
Release Date:16/09/2018
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
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Release Date:02/03/2018
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2017
How to Make a Ken Loach Film
Character:self
Release Date:31/12/2016
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Character:Self - Film Director
Release Date:30/06/2016
About Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:15/09/2015
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2015
We Are Many
Character:Self
Release Date:08/06/2014
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
Character:Himself
Release Date:05/12/2012
A Special Day
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2012
Catastroika
Character:Self
Release Date:26/04/2012
Making Kes
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2010
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
Character:Himself
Release Date:23/10/2009
What Do You Know About Me
Character:Self
Release Date:16/10/2009
Vittorio D.
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2009
Great Directors
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2009
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/2008
Carry On Ken
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Release Date:01/01/2006
Ken and Rosa
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/10/2001
Citizen Ken Loach
Character:Self
Release Date:02/07/1997
The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/1990
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1986
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1985
Right to Work March
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Release Date:19/10/1972
Television Appearances
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
Character:Self
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Character:Self - Guest
Reel Britannia
Character:Self
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
Character:Self
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
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Square
Character:Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Character:Self
Carry On Ken
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Question Time
Character:Self - Panellist
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