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Ken Loach Biography (1936-)

Born June 17, 1936, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England; son of John and Vivien (maiden name, Hamlin) Loach; married Lesley Ashton, 1962; children: Stephen, Nicholas (deceased, 1971), Hannah, James, Emma. Addresses: Office: Parallax Pictures, 7 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8LS, England.; Contact: c/o Sixteen Films, 187 Wardour St., 2nd Floor, London W1F 8ZB, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, screenwriter, producer

Birth Details

June 17, 1936

Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• Poor Cow, National General, 1968
• (As Kenneth Loach) Kes, United Artists, 1970
• Family Life (also known as Wednesday's Child), Kestrel Films, 1971
• Black Jack, Kestrel Films, 1979
• (As Kenneth Loach) Looks and Smiles, Black Lion Films/Kestrel Films, 1982
• Fatherland (also known as Singing the Blues in Red and Vaterland), Film Four International, 1987
• Hidden Agenda, Hemdale, 1990
• Riff-Raff, Fine Line/New Line Cinema, 1991
• Raining Stones, Film Four International, 1993
• Ladybird, Ladybird, Parallax Pictures, 1994
• A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership (also known as ClauseIV: The Movie), 1995
• Land and Freedom (also known as Terra e liberta and Tierra y libertad), Parallax Pictures, 1995
• Carla's Song (also known as La cancion de Carla), Shadow Distribution, 1996
• My Name Is Joe (also known as Mi nombre es Joe and MeinName ist Joe), Artisan Entertainment, 1998
• Bread and Roses (also known as Pan y rosas), Lions Gate Films, 2000
• The Navigators (also known as La cuadrilla), First Look Pictures Releasing, 2002
• Sweet Sixteen, Lions Gate Films, 2002
• (Segment "United Kingdom") 11'09"01--September 11 (also known as 11 minutes 9 secondes 1 image and Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre), 2002
• Film Appearances
• Himself, Citizen Ken Loach (documentary), 1997
• Television Director
• Movies
• Diary of a Young Man, BBC, 1964
• The Golden Vision, 1968
• In Black and White (also known as The Save the Children Fund Film), 1969
• After a Lifetime, 1971
• The Price of Coal, 1977
• Auditions, 1980
• The Gamekeeper, ATV Network, 1980
• The Red and the Blue, 1983
• The View from the Woodpile, 1988
• Dispatches: Arthur Scargill, 1991
• The Flickering Flame, 1996
• Miniseries
• Days of Hope, 1975
• Television Work
• Specials
• Director, Questions of Leadership, BBC, 1983
• Director and producer, Which Side Are You On? (documentary), LWT,1984
• Television Director
• Episodic
• "Three Clear Sundays," The Wednesday Play, 1965
• "The End of Arthur's Marriage," The Wednesday Play, 1965
• "Up the Junction," The Wednesday Play, 1965
• "Coming Out Party," The Wednesday Play, 1965
• "Cathy Come Home," BBC, The Wednesday Play, 1966
• "In Two Minds," The Wednesday Play, 1966
• "The Big Flame," The Wednesday Play, 1968
• "The Rank and the File," Play for Today: The Rank and the File, 1971
• Also directed episodes of Z Cars, BBC.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Nell Dunn) Poor Cow (adapted from Dunn's novel of the same title), National General, 1968
• (With Tony Garnett and Barry Hines) Kes (adapted from Hines's novel, A Kestrel for a Knave), United Artists, 1970
• Black Jack (adapted from Leon Garfield's novel of the same title),Kestrel Films, 1979
• (Segment "United Kingdom") 11'09"01--September 11 (also known as 11 minutes 9 secondes 1 image and Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre), 2002
• Teleplays
• (With Hines) The Gamekeeper (adapted from Hines's novel of the same title), ATV Network, 1980

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Cineaste, winter, 1998, pp. 22-27
• Empire, December, 1998, p. 62
• Film Comment, March/April, 1988, pp. 38-46
• Filmmaker, February, 1999, pp. 52-55
• The Economist, January 19, 2002, p. 35