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 as an actor, Loach was recruited by the BBC in 1963 as a trainee television director.
This launched a long career directing films and documentaries for television and the cinema, from Cathy Come Home and Kes in the Sixties to Land and Freedom and Sweet Sixteen through to The Wind that Shakes the Barley and Route Irish in recent years.

Selected Filmography

2010 - ROUTE IRISHDVD Blu-ray
2009 - LOOKING FOR ERIC
2007 - IT’S A FREE WORLD…
2006 - THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
2005 - TICKETSDVD
2004 - AE FOND KISS
2002 - SWEET SIXTEEN
2002 - 11'09''01 - September 11 [short]
2001 - THE NAVIGATORS
2000 - BREAD AND ROSES
1998 - MY NAME IS JOE
1996 - CARLA'S SONG
1995 - LAND AND FREEDOMDVD
1994 - LADYBIRD LADYBIRD
1993 - RAINING STONES
1991 - RIFF-RAFF
1990 - HIDDEN AGENDA
1986 - FATHERLAND
1981 - LOOKS AND SMILES
1980 - THE GAMEKEEPER
1979 - BLACK JACK
1971 - FAMILY LIFE
1969 - KES
1967 - POOR COW