Ken Loach
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Ken Loach is an English film director and screenwriter who has been making movies since the 1960s. His work is considered significant in cinema for bringing realistic stories about ordinary people's lives to the screen, particularly focusing on social and political issues in British society.
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- Born
- 1936
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Chômage, précarité
- Ken Rōchi
- I, Daniel Blake
- Hidden agenda
- I, Daniel Blake
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Directing · Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
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,…
Known for
- The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues — Self2025
- Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius — Self2025
- Uomini in Marcia2024
- Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots — HIMSELF2024
- Censoring Palestine — Self2024
- The Bad Patriots2024
- Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie — (himself)
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Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a retired English filmmaker. His socially critical directing style and socialist views are 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).
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 ten filmmakers to win the award twice. He also holds the record for the most films screened in the main competition at Cannes with 15.