John Mackenzie Biography (1932-)

Born 1932 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director

Birth Details

1932

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• One Brief Summer, Cinevision, 1969
• Unman, Wittering and Zigo, Paramount, 1971
• Made, EMI, 1972
• The Long Good Friday, Embassy, 1982
• Beyond the Limit (also known as The Honorary Consul), Paramount, 1983
• The Innocent, TVS Ltd./Tempest Films, 1984
• A Sense of Freedom, Hand Made/Island, 1985
• The Fourth Protocol, Lorimar, 1987
• The Last of the Finest (also known as Street Legal and Blue Heat), Orion, 1990
• Ruby, Triumph Releasing, 1992
• When the Sky Falls, Trimark Video, 2000
• Quicksand, Overseas Film Group, 2000
• Film Assistant Director
• Up the Junction, 1967
• Cathy Come Home, 1967
• Television Director
• Movies
• The Cheviot, BBC, 1973
• The Stag and the Black, BBC, 1973
• Black Oil, BBC, 1973
• Shutdown, BBC, 1974
• Just Another Saturday, 1975
• A Passage to England, BBC, 1976
• Red Shift, BBC, 1977
• Just a Boy's Game, BBC, 1979
• Act of Vengeance, HBO, 1986
• Voyage (also known as Cruise of Fear), USA, 1993
• The Infiltrator (also known as In Hitler's Shadow), HBO, 1995
• Deadly Voyage, HBO, 1996
• Looking After Jo, 1998
• Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within, Showtime, 1998
• Miniseries
• Country Matters I, 1974
• The Racing Game, 1979
• Specials
• Double Dare (also known as Play for Today: Double Dare), 1976
• "Horses for Courses," The Racing Game, Series II, 1981
• Also directed Profile of a Gentleman, BBC; Rain, BBC; Bangelstein Boys, BBC; Sense of Freedom, BBC; Elephants Graveyard, BBC; and Talkin' Blues, BBC.