Ken Loach
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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DirectingBirthday
June 17, 1936Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
101Place of birth
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UKAlso known as
Kenneth Charles Loach, 켄 로치, Kenneth Loach, 肯·洛奇, Кен Лоуч, 堅盧治![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/vGtkrPgNeK3xkbbKTQ4vWD1VsEm.jpg)
Cast credits
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Catastroika
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We Are Many
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eIDwcA0x1i9j2mYv8Aftx0b3BBe.jpg)
About Cinema
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Ken and Rosa
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/r8REKftAwQDC7IDPTxluTwYUbCR.jpg)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Film Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4KEvR64QKYdB6BkqkOFjlEonXRS.jpg)
Great Directors
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pFbnywRKOgfL43gSy1dNzHKEqmC.jpg)
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/buelvf5hVPoJc56SM0MXbgRF9Af.jpg)
Vittorio D.
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Right To Work March
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The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
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A Special Day
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/r4tiPG0GYeHNWbAKwg2M7pUF19.jpg)
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1c5kTg3Ps83zQO5vBToJ9B9uSon.jpg)
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
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Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/imvARSpJmIAdW5P8DJsBuTcyubG.jpg)
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/uiDSliEbteIB0TPEUfv1ESkNqzI.jpg)
The Great NHS Heist
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yEZlCsrvjWJRJjsK0KfsROaJ1mE.jpg)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kMf954ENxUnw7kOa4EX5nuf6l0E.jpg)
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pP2ZG66W8VTcK1lxu7oOz0bJbYZ.jpg)
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
SelfCrew credits
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dJxamdQOXYNmRmSGnsBAKrGjGCN.jpg)
Ae Fond Kiss...
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/p5h50WEZQ4pRFffnSULqL4cEuLp.jpg)
Sweet Sixteen
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gbOFmoHalRCZgePhSJLH1ChIn2q.jpg)
11'09''01 September 11
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jQtbHH07alTI1knOmt8ZabU6p3c.jpg)
Carla's Song
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/uabgugo6QEKY9jokQO00SLtEDF9.jpg)
The Flickering Flame
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mf21jW15cjoe95yIW1DvlYUN4YO.jpg)
It's a Free World...
Director, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/e9awu6tsCyWPAUA2eEoelFSTbcb.jpg)
My Name Is Joe
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/r1FMq75irhsQBVGjXhPU4xA9SDo.jpg)
Kes
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6FG82fsfyNengK2IrANFrjedW9E.jpg)
The Navigators
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1bTniamnmxv8TY3AUrxddrNy9rV.jpg)
To Each His Own Cinema
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jkvy3C4bOK0K8wZbPRL0kJL8ks0.jpg)
Bread and Roses
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tkkfaTOTgeQ8iq0yQn4y8MvGkG8.jpg)
Raining Stones
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/u5QRqW0vFYMHFzeQJ4oFgJtu5Xp.jpg)
Land and Freedom
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ceaYwvuTMfgRu7XCrLHmeK1LDzN.jpg)
Hidden Agenda
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fTHUY0E1FYMFKiQ8UDKx793LtW0.jpg)
Looking for Eric
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/91KSK1xKdVEIDASKRo9ahBFCtM2.jpg)
Ladybird Ladybird
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bYXm5MiaWFMrFHOO7PXsVaf8nvj.jpg)
Black Jack
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1nPFkUkZD77boMxurjPZUE5QPyJ.jpg)
Looks and Smiles
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/v98xRe6kJu6NEHwktzTZIqDZe8t.jpg)
Family Life
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/w7ANsKsrbphsx21hGVRGZl1tydj.jpg)
Poor Cow
Director, Screenplay