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Ken Loach

Highest Rated: 100% Kes (1969)

Lowest Rated: 50% Poor Cow (1967)

Birthday: Jun 17, 1936

Birthplace: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK

Like the Italian neo-realists (especially Vittorio De Sica) who served as his inspiration, Ken Loach has acquired a reputation as the leading socially conscious director working in Britain. A quiet, soft-spoken man, he hardly seems the "dean of leftist movie makers" (as he was dubbed by the New York Times in June 1998). The son of a working-class factory worker, Loach served in the Royal Air Force, studied law and then worked in theater, first as an understudy and later touring Birmingham in a repertory company. To make end meet, he picked up work as a teacher.

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Highest rated movies

100% 91% Kes
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100% 84% Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
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100% 91% Raining Stones
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97% 88% Sweet Sixteen
Watchlist 92% 85% I, Daniel Blake Watchlist 92% 85% Film, the Living Record of Our Memory Watchlist
91% I Get Knocked Down
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90% 83% The Navigators
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90% 87% The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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90% 83% Riff-Raff
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Ken Loach

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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bad Patriots Self - 2024
82% 75% The Old Oak Director $229.7K 2023
91% No Score Yet I Get Knocked Down Self - 2022
92% 85% Film, the Living Record of Our Memory Self $8.7K 2021
88% 82% Sorry We Missed You Director $28.3K 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who Killed British Cinema? Unknown (Character) - 2018
70% No Score Yet Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life Self - 2017
92% 85% I, Daniel Blake Director $258.2K 2016
100% 84% Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach Self - 2016
83% 70% We Are Many Self - 2014
77% 61% Jimmy's Hall Director $560.3K 2014
67% 65% The Spirit of '45 Director,
Writer 		- 2013
88% 78% The Angels' Share Director $304.4K 2012
73% 53% Route Irish Director - 2010
66% 43% Great Directors Self $17.9K 2009
84% 78% Looking for Eric Director $55.8K 2009
86% 71% It's a Free World Director,
Producer 		- 2007
90% 87% The Wind That Shakes the Barley Director $1.8M 2006
83% 76% Tickets Director - 2005
88% 77% Ae Fond Kiss ... Director - 2004
77% 66% 11-09-01: September 11 Director,
Writer 		$120.0K 2002
97% 88% Sweet Sixteen Director $304.7K 2002
90% 83% The Navigators Director $1.9K 2001
67% 78% Bread and Roses Director $536.5K 2000
89% 86% My Name Is Joe Director $346.7K 1998
88% 80% Carla's Song Director $18.4K 1996
79% 94% Land and Freedom Director $74.2K 1995
82% 84% Ladybird, Ladybird Director $137.2K 1994
100% 91% Raining Stones Director $7.2K 1993
90% 83% Riff-Raff Director $292.5K 1991
86% 71% Hidden Agenda Director $69.2K 1990
No Score Yet 55% Fatherland Director - 1986
No Score Yet 58% Looks and Smiles Director - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Question of Leadership Director,
Producer 		- 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gamekeeper Director,
Writer 		- 1980
No Score Yet 73% Black Jack Director,
Writer 		- 1979
80% 87% Wednesday's Child Director - 1971
100% 91% Kes Director - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Golden Vision Director - 1968
50% 79% Poor Cow Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1967
No Score Yet 91% Cathy Come Home Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1965