Mini-Biography:
Kenneth Loach was born on June 17, 1936 in Nuneaton. He is an English Director, known for 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002), Kes (1969), Fatherland (1986), Kenneth Loach's first movie on record is from 1967. His last motion picture on file dates from 2016.
Biographical Notes
Seine Karriere begann 1961 bei der BBC, wo er eine Serie von Doku-Dramen realisierte. Eines dieser Dramen, "Cathy Come Home" (1965), beschäftigt sich mit dem Problem städtischer Obdachlosigkeit. Er wurde der umstrittenste Film, der jemals von der BBC produziert wurde, und führte unmittelbar zu Gesetzesänderungen. Sein Kinodebüt gab Ken Loach 1968 mit "Poor Cow - geküsst und geschlagen", gefolgt von "Kes" (1970). Nach einer Durststrecke in den 80er Jahren gelang Loach 1990 mit dem in Nordirland angesiedelten Polit-Thriller "Geheimprotokoll" ein weiterer Erfolg. Der Film gewann den Jurypreis in Cannes. Darauf folgten unter anderem "Raining Stones" (1993), "Land and Freedom" (1995), "Carla's Song" (1996), "My Name is Joe" (1998) und "Bread and Roses" (2000). (ARTE Presse)
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
2016: To Make a Comedy Is No Fun : Jirí Menzel (Cast: Ken Loach), Directed by Robert Kolinsky, with Jirí Menzel, Werner Düggelin, Miloš Forman,
2016: I, Daniel Blake (Director), with Sharon Percy, Shaun Prendergast,
2012: The Angels' Share (Director), with , , ,
2010: Route Irish (Director),
2009: Looking For Eric (Director),
2007: It's a free world (Director), with , , ,
2006: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Director),
2004: Ae Fond Kiss ... (Director), with , , ,
2002: 11'09''01 - September 11 (Director), Directed by Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shohei Imamura, Alejandro González Inárritu, Claude Lelouch,
2002: The Navigators (Director), with Dean Andrews, Juliet Bates, Charlie Brown,
2002: Sweet Sixteen (Director), with Michelle Abercomby, Martin Compston, Annemarie Fulton,
2000: Bread and Roses (Director), with Benicio del Toro, George Lopez,
1998: My name is Joe (Director), with Louise Goodall, Scott Hannah, Anne-Marie Kennedy,
1996: Carla's Song (Director), with Oyanka Cabezas, Robert Carlyle, Alicia Devine,
1995: Land and Freedom (Tierra y Libertad) (Director), with Iciar Bollain, Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor,
1992: Raining Stones (Director), with Julie Brown, Bruce Jones, Gemma Phoenix,
1991: Riff Raff (Director),
1990: Hidden Agenda (Director), with Bernard Bloch, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif,
1986: Fatherland (Director),
1983: A question of choice (Director), with Gerhard Acktun, Nicolas Lansky,
1969: Kes (Director), with Bob Bowes, David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher,
1967: Poor Cow (Director), with John Bindon, , ,