Ken LOACH

Director

United Kingdom

Ken LOACH © Joss Barratt

Ken Loach was born in 1936 in Nuneaton. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and went on to study law at St. Peter’s Hall, Oxford. After a brief spell in the theatre, Loach was recruited by the BBC in 1963 as a television director. This launched a long career directing films for television and the cinema, from ‘Cathy Come Home’ and ‘Kes’ in the sixties to ‘Land and Freedom’, ‘Sweet Sixteen’, ‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’, ‘It’s A Free World…’, ‘Looking for Eric’, and ‘Angel’s Share’ in recent years.

Feature films

THE OLD OAK

In Competition - Feature Films, 2023Director

SORRY WE MISSED YOU

In Competition - Feature Films, 2019Director, Director

I, DANIEL BLAKE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2016Director

JIMMY’S HALL

In Competition - Feature Films, 2014Director

THE ANGELS’ SHARE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2012Director

ROUTE IRISH

In Competition - Feature Films, 2010Director

LOOKING FOR ERIC

In Competition - Feature Films, 2009Director

CHACUN SON CINÉMA

Out of Competition, 2007Director

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY

In Competition - Feature Films, 2006Director

SWEET SIXTEEN

In Competition - Feature Films, 2002Director

BREAD & ROSES

In Competition - Feature Films, 2000Director

MY NAME IS JOE

In Competition - Feature Films, 1998Director

LAND AND FREEDOM

In Competition - Feature Films, 1995Director

RAINING STONES

In Competition - Feature Films, 1993Director

HIDDEN AGENDA

In Competition - Feature Films, 1990Director

LOOKS AND SMILES

In Competition - Feature Films, 1981Director

THE GAMEKEEPER

Un Certain Regard, 1980Director, Screenplay

Awards

I, DANIEL BLAKE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2016
2016 Palme d'or
Director

THE ANGELS’ SHARE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2012
2012 Jury Prize
Director

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY

In Competition - Feature Films, 2006
2006 Palme d'or
Director

RAINING STONES

In Competition - Feature Films, 1993
1993 Jury Prize (Ex-Aequo)
Director

HIDDEN AGENDA

In Competition - Feature Films, 1990
1990 Jury Prize
Director

LOOKS AND SMILES

In Competition - Feature Films, 1981
1981 Prix du cinéma contemporain au Festival International du Film (Ex-Aequo)
Director