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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
June 17, 1936
Place of Birth
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Kenneth Charles Loach
- 켄 로치
- Kenneth Loach
- 肯·洛奇
- Кен Лоуч
- 堅盧治
- کن لوچ
Ken Loach
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
2025
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The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
2025
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Self
Censoring Palestine
2024
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HIMSELF
Os Maus Patriotas
2024
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Uomini in Marcia
2024
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Self - Guest
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
2023
6.2
Self
Cannes Uncut
2023
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Self
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
2023
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(himself)
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
2023
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Self
I Get Knocked Down
2023
Credits
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
as Self
2025
1.0
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
as Self
2025
0.0
🎬
Censoring Palestine
as Self
2024
0.0
Os Maus Patriotas
as HIMSELF
2024
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Uomini in Marcia
2024
0.0
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
2023
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Cannes Uncut
as Self
2023
6.2
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
as Self
2023
8.0
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
as (himself)
2023
0.0
I Get Knocked Down
as Self
2023
7.5
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
as Sé stesso
2022
6.2
Thatcher's Not Dead
as Self
2022
7.6
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022
8.1
Reel Britannia
as Self
2022
8.7
A Bolsa ou a Vida
as Self
2021
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Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
as himself
2021
8.0
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
as Self
2020
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Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
as Self
2020
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The Great NHS Heist
as Himself
2019
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Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
as Self
2019
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Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
2018
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018
6.5
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018
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Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017
5.2
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How to Make a Ken Loach Film
as self
2016
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To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
2016
6.0
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
as Self
2016
7.0
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Film Director
2016
6.6
About Cinema
as Self
2015
8.2
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
as Self
2015
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We Are Many
as Self
2014
6.7
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
as Himself
2012
6.0
A Special Day
as Self
2012
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Catastroika
as Self
2012
6.6
Square
as Self
2012
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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
7.7
Making Kes
as Self
2010
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Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
as Himself
2009
7.5
What Do You Know About Me
as Self
2009
7.0
Vittorio D.
as Self
2009
6.3
Great Directors
as Self
2009
5.9
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
as Self
2008
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Carry On Ken
2006
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Carry On Ken
2006
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Ken and Rosa
as Himself
2001
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Citizen Ken Loach
as Self
1997
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The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
as Self
1990
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A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
as Self
1986
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Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
1985
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Question Time
as Self - Panellist
1979
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Right to Work March
1972
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