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      Ken Loach

      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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      THE NAVIGATORS, Ken Loach, 2001. (c) First Look Films. HIDDEN AGENDA, director Ken Loach, 1990, (c) Hemdale THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, director Ken Loach (front), cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, on set, 2006. ©Pathe IT'S A FREE WORLD..., director Ken Loach, on set, 2007. ©IFC Films CARLA'S SONG, director Ken Loach on set, 1996, (c) Shadow Distribution SWEET SIXTEEN, Martin Compston, director Ken Loach on the set, 2002, (c) Lions Gate LADYBIRD LADYBIRD, Vladimir Vega, Crissy rock, director Ken Loach on set, 1994, (c) Samuel Goldwyn I, DANIEL BLAKE, FROM LEFT: DAVE JOHNS, HAYLEY SQUIRES, DYLAN MCKIERNAN, DIRECTOR KEN LOACH, ON SET, 2016. PH: JOSS BARRATT/© SUNDANCE SELECTS THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, director Ken Loach (center), on set, 2006. ©Pathe IT'S A FREE WORLD..., director Ken Loach (center), Leslaw Zurek (right), on set, 2007. ©IFC Films THE ANGELS' SHARE, director Ken Loach (eyeglasses), on set, 2012. ph: Joss Barratt/©Sundance Selects THE ANGELS' SHARE, from left on set: director Ken Loach, screenwriter Paul Laverty, 2012. ph: Joss Barratt/©Sundance Selects IT'S A FREE WORLD..., director Ken Loach (right), on set, 2007. ©IFC Films LOOKING FOR ERIC, from left: director Ken Loach, Eric Cantona, 2009. Ph: Joss Barrett/©Icon Film Distribution IT'S A FREE WORLD..., director Ken Loach (foreground), on set, 2007. ©IFC Films TICKETS, directors Abbas Kiarostami, Ermanno Olmi, Ken Loach, 2005. (c) Medusa Distribution/ Courtesy: Everett Colleciton. AE FOND KISS..., Eva Birthistle, director Ken Loach on set, 2004, (c) Castle Hill CARLA'S SONG, director Ken Loach, Robert Carlyle on set, 1996, (c) Shadow Distribution CARLA'S SONG, director Ken Loach (left) on set, 1996, (c) Shadow Distribution CARLA'S SONG, director Ken Loach on set, 1996, (c) Shadow Distribution
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      82% 78% The Old Oak Director $94.8K 2023
      91% No Score Yet I Get Knocked Down Self - 2022
      93% 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
      89% 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
      71% 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
      75% 84% Ladybird, Ladybird Director $137.2K 1994
      100% 91% Raining Stones Director $7.2K 1993
      90% 83% Riff-Raff Director $292.5K 1991
      86% 72% 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