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Aliases: Kenneth Charles Loach , 켄 로치 , Kenneth Loach , 肯·洛奇 , Кен Лоуч , 堅盧治 , کن لوچ

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 109

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

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, 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.

Most Famous Work

Play for Today
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6

Play for Today

(1970) Director
The Wednesday Play
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5

The Wednesday Play

(1964) Director
I, Daniel Blake
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8

I, Daniel Blake

(2016) Director
Z-Cars
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7

Z-Cars

(1962) Director
Dispatches
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7

Dispatches

(1987) Director
Sorry We Missed You
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7

Sorry We Missed You

(2019) Director
Days of Hope
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6

Days of Hope

(1975) Director
Jimmy's Hall
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7

Jimmy's Hall

(2014) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 N/A
2023 Self
Self
(himself)
Self
2022 Sé stesso
Self
Self
Self
2021 Self
himself
2020 Self
Himself
2019 Himself
Self
2018 Self
Self
N/A
2016 Self
Self
Himself
Self - Film Director
2015 Self
Self
2014 Self
2012 Himself
Self
Self
Self
2011 Self
2010 Self
2009 Himself
Self
Self
Self
2008 Self
2006 N/A
N/A
2001 Himself
1993 Interviewee
1990 Self
1986 Self
1985 Self
1979 Self - Panellist
1972 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
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2019 Director
2016 Director
Director
2014 Director
2013 Director
2012 Director
2011 Director
2009 Director
2007 Director
Director
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2006 Director
2005 Director
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2002 Director
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2001 Director
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Director
1996 Director
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1995 Director
Director
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1986 Director
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1985 Director
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1975 Director
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1972 Director
1971 Director
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1970 Director
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1967 Director
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1964 Director
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1962 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Production


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