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Ken Loach
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.
As director
The Old Oak
Sorry We Missed You
I, Daniel Blake
In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn
Jimmy's Hall
The Spirit of '45
The Angels' Share
Route Irish
Looking for Eric
It's a Free World...
To Each His Own Cinema
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Tickets
McLibel
Ae Fond Kiss...
Sweet Sixteen
September 11
The Navigators
Bread and Roses
My Name Is Joe
Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club
Carla's Song
The Flickering Flame
Land and Freedom
A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership
Ladybird Ladybird
Raining Stones
Riff-Raff
The Arthur Legend
Hidden Agenda
As actor
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
Uomini in Marcia
Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots
Censoring Palestine
The Bad Patriots
Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie
Cannes Uncut
Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
I Get Knocked Down
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Thatcher's Not Dead
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
A Bolsa ou a Vida
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
The Great NHS Heist
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Who Killed British Cinema?
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
How to Make a Ken Loach Film
About Cinema
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
We Are Many
Catastroika
Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
A Special Day