Ken Loach

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 RiffRaff 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 Peters College Oxford and graduated with a thirdclass degree As a member of the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club he directed an openair production of Bartholomew Fair for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford in 1959 when he also took the role of the shady horsedealer Dan Jordan Knockem After Oxford he began a career in the dramatic arts Loachs 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 dOr at the Cannes Film Festival making him one of only nine filmmakers to win the award twice

D.O.B: 1936-06-17
Place of Birth: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Profession: Directing

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