Ken Loach è nato nel 1936 a Nuneaton. Ha frequentato la King Edward VI Grammar School e ha proseguito la sua formazione studiando legge alla St. Peter's Hall di Oxford. Dopo un breve periodo in teatro, nel 1963 è stato assunto dalla BBC come regista televisivo. Ciò ha dato avvio a una lunga carriera di regista di film per la televisione e il cinema, da Cathy Come Home (1966) e Kes (1969) a Terra e libertà (1995), Sweet Sixteen (2002), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Palma d'oro al Festival di Cannes nel 2006), Il mio amico Eric (2009), La 'parte' degli angeli (2012), Io, Daniel Blake (Palma d'oro al Festival di Cannes e Prix du Public UBS al Locarno Film Festival nel 2016) e Sorry We Missed You (2019).
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 (1966) and Kes (1969) to Land and Freedom (1995), Sweet Sixteen (2002), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival in 2006), Looking for Eric (2009), The Angels’ Share (2012), I, Daniel Blake (Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival and Prix du Public UBS at Locarno Film Festival in 2016) and Sorry We Missed You (2019).
Filmography
2019 Sorry We Missed You
2016 I, Daniel Blake
2014 Jimmy's Hall
2013 The Spirit of '45 2012 The Angels' Share
2011 Route Irish
2009 Looking for Eric
2007 It's a Free World
2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2004 Just a Kiss
2002 Sweet Sixteen
2001 The Navigators
2000 Bread and Roses
1998 My Name is Joe
1996 Carla's Song
1995 Land and Freedom
1994 Ladybird
1993 Raining Stones
1991 Riff-Raff
1990 Hidden Agenda
1986 Fatherland
1981 Looks and Smiles
1979 Black Jack
1971 Family Life
1969 Kes
1967 Poor Cow