Ken Loach

Directing · Born 1936-06-17 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK

Biography

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,…

Filmography

• Film: The Living Record of Our Memory as Self
• Cannes Uncut as Self
• Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte as Self
• Catastroika as Self
• Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent as Himself
• I Get Knocked Down as Self
• Thatcher's Not Dead as Self
• We Are Many as Self
• C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando as Sé stesso
• About Cinema as Self