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.
Acting
TV
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
Movie
Catastroika
as Self
2012
Movie
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Film Director
2016
Movie
Great Directors
as Self
2009
Movie
We Are Many
as Self
2014
TV
Question Time
as Self - Panellist
1979
Movie
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022
Movie
Vittorio D.
as Self
2009
Movie
About Cinema
as Self
2015
Movie
Cannes Uncut
as Self
2023
Movie
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017
Movie
Thatcher's Not Dead
as Self
2022
Movie
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
2016
TV
Reel Britannia
as Self
2022
TV
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
as Self
2016
Movie
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
as Self
2023
Movie
I Get Knocked Down
as Self
2023
Movie
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
as Sé stesso
2022
Movie
A Special Day
as Self
2012
Movie
Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
as Himself
2009
Movie
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018
Movie
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
as himself
2021
Movie
What Do You Know About Me
as Self
2009
TV
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
as Self
2025
Crew
Movie
I, Daniel Blake
Director
2016
Movie
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Director
2006
Movie
Sorry We Missed You
Director
2019
Movie
The Angels' Share
Director
2012
Movie
The Limey
Thanks
1999
Movie
Kes
Director
1970
Movie
The Old Oak
Director
2023
Movie
Looking for Eric
Director
2009
Movie
Land and Freedom
Director
1995
Movie
Sweet Sixteen
Director
2002
Movie
My Name Is Joe
Director
1998
Movie
Jimmy's Hall
Director
2014