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Ken Loach

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89 Years Old

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.

Born

Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK on 17th June 1936

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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Victoria Wood: The Secret List
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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
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Who Killed British Cinema?
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Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
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Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra
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A Bolsa ou a Vida
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Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
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About Cinema
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I Get Knocked Down
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Right to Work March
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A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
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Great Directors
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
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Il était une fois... « Rosetta »
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A Special Day
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Ken and Rosa
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Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent
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The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
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40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
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C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
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Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake"
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The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
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Making Kes
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The Great NHS Heist
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Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte
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Citizen Ken Loach
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Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
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Os Maus Patriotas
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