Ken Loach
Personal Info
Known 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 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
Acting
(2024)
(2024)
Os Maus Patriotas
as HIMSELF
(2024)
Censoring Palestine
as Self
(2023)
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
as (himself)
(2023)
Cannes Uncut
as Self
(2023)
(2023)
I Get Knocked Down
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
Thatcher's Not Dead
as Self
(2022)
(2021)
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
as himself
(2021)
A Bolsa ou a Vida
as Self
(2020)
(2019)
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
as Self
(2019)
The Great NHS Heist
as Himself
(2018)
(2018)
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
(2018)
(2017)
(2016)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Film Director
(2016)
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
(2016)
How to Make a Ken Loach Film
as self
(2015)
About Cinema
as Self
(2015)
(2014)
We Are Many
as Self
(2012)
Catastroika
as Self
(2012)
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
as Himself
(2012)
A Special Day
as Self
(2010)
Making Kes
as Self
(2009)
Great Directors
as Self
(2009)
Vittorio D.
as Self
(2009)
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
as Himself
(2009)
What Do You Know About Me
as Self
(2008)
(2006)
(2001)
Ken and Rosa
as Himself
(1997)
Citizen Ken Loach
as Self
(1993)
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach
as Interviewee
(1990)
(1986)
(1985)
(1972)
Crew
(2025)
On Falling
Executive Producer
(2023)
The Old Oak
Director
(2019)
Sorry We Missed You
Director
(2016)
I, Daniel Blake
Director
(2016)
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
Director, Writer, Producer
(2014)
Jimmy's Hall
Director
(2014)
Idyll
Writer
(2013)
The Spirit of '45
Director, Writer
(2012)
The Angels' Share
Director
(2011)
Route Irish
Director
(2009)
Looking for Eric
Director
(2007)
It's a Free World...
Director, Producer
(2007)
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
(2007)
Happy Ending
Director
(2006)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Director
(2005)
Tickets
Director
(2005)
McLibel
Director
(2004)
Ae Fond Kiss...
Director
(2002)
Sweet Sixteen
Director
(2002)
11’09”01—September 11
Director, Writer
(2001)
The Navigators
Director
(2000)
Bread and Roses
Director
(1999)
The Limey
Thanks
(1998)
My Name Is Joe
Director
(1998)
(1996)
Carla's Song
Director
(1996)
The Flickering Flame
Director, Screenplay
(1995)
Land and Freedom
Director
(1995)
(1994)
Ladybird Ladybird
Director
(1993)
Raining Stones
Director
(1991)
Riff-Raff
Director
(1991)
The Arthur Legend
Director
(1990)
Hidden Agenda
Director
(1989)
The View from the Woodpile
Director, Producer
(1989)
Time to Go
Director
(1986)
Fatherland
Director
(1985)
Which Side Are You On?
Director, Producer
(1985)
(1983)
The Red and the Blue
Director
(1981)
Looks and Smiles
Director
(1981)
A Question of Leadership
Producer, Director
(1980)
The Gamekeeper
Director, Writer
(1980)
Auditions
Producer, Director
(1979)
Black Jack
Director, Writer
(1977)
(1977)
(1973)
A Misfortune
Director, Writer
(1971)
Family Life
Director
(1971)
Talk About Work
Director
(1971)
After a Lifetime
Director
(1971)
The Save the Children Fund Film
Director
(1971)
The Rank and File
Director
(1970)
Kes
Director, Screenplay
(1969)
The Big Flame
Director
(1968)
The Golden Vision
Director
(1967)
Poor Cow
Director, Screenplay
(1967)
In Two Minds
Director
(1966)
Cathy Come Home
Director, Screenplay
(1965)
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Director
(1965)
A Tap on the Shoulder
Director
(1965)
Three Clear Sundays
Director
(1965)
The Coming Out Party
Director
(1965)
Up the Junction
Director
(1965)
Wear a Very Big Hat
Director