Ken Loach
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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.
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
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Kes (1970)
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Land and Freedom (1995)
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I, Daniel Blake (2016)
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Sorry We Missed You (2019)
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To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
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Poor Cow (1967)
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Sweet Sixteen (2002)
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The Old Oak (2023)
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Route Irish (2011)
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Riff-Raff (1991)
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The Angels' Share (2012)
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Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
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Carla's Song (1996)
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Hidden Agenda (1990)
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September 11 (2002)
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Bread and Roses (2000)
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Looking for Eric (2009)
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Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
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Raining Stones (1993)
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McLibel (2005)
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Black Jack (1979)
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Jimmy's Hall (2014)
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My Name Is Joe (1998)
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The Navigators (2001)
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Tickets (2005)
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It's a Free World... (2007)
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Family Life (1971)
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A Question of Leadership (1981)
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Fatherland (1986)
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In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn (2016)
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In Two Minds (1967)
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Up the Junction (1965)
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Cathy Come Home (1966)
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The Save the Children Fund Film (1971)
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The Gamekeeper (1980)
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The Spirit of '45 (2013)
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The Big Flame (1969)
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The Coming Out Party (1965)
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The Red and the Blue (1983)
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Time to Go (1989)
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A Tap on the Shoulder (1965)
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The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)
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Which Side Are You On? (1985)
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Wear a Very Big Hat (1965)
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The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People (1977)
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Auditions (1980)
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The Flickering Flame (1996)
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Three Clear Sundays (1965)
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Looks and Smiles (1981)
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The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality (1977)
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The Golden Vision (1968)
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A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership (1995)
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The Arthur Legend (1991)
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The Rank and File (1971)
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Talk About Work (1971)
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End of the Battle... Not the End of the War (1985)
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Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club (1998)
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The View from the Woodpile (1989)
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