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Ken Loach
Birth at
17 June 1936
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Ken Loach is a British director. Ken comes from a mining family. While studying at Oxford, he signed up for an experimental theatre club. In 1961, he began to shoot for the BBC documentary series, telling about the lives of the homeless and caused an incredible resonance in society.
In 1968, Loach’s debut feature-length film was released on television. "Poor cow" The main role was played by Terence Stumpus. This debut was characterized by a combination of formal sophistication in the spirit of
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Ken Loach is a British director.
Ken comes from a mining family. While studying at Oxford, he signed up for an experimental theatre club. In 1961, he began to shoot for the BBC documentary series, telling about the lives of the homeless and caused an incredible resonance in society.
In 1968, Loach’s debut feature-length film was released on television.
"Poor cow" The main role was played by Terence Stumpus. This debut was characterized by a combination of formal sophistication in the spirit of the “new wave” with a grounding, nicknamed by film critics “the realism of the kitchen sink.”
Ken Loach was a representative of this direction along with Mike Lee throughout his creative career. He always had to avoid all intersections with Hollywood and follow the custom of social realism, which was instilled in British cinema by John Schlesinger.
The peak of the early work of the director was a film
Kes It was released in 1969. The British Film Institute decided to include this picture at the end of the XX century in the category of the best achievements of national cinema. In this film, Loach starred himself, demonstrating to the public that he has not only the talent of the director.
In 1990, after a long period of relative oblivion, Ken again attracted attention to his person with the film Behind the Veil of Secrecy, which was awarded by the jury of the Cannes Festival. Its theme is Irish separatism. The film.
"Godbug, fly to heaven" Released in 1995, it was also praised as part of the Berlin Festival. In 2003, Loach was awarded the Emperor of Japan Art Award.
In 2012, the comedy “Share of Angels” was released, which brought the director the jury prize of the 65th Cannes Film Festival.
Loach is patron of several charities, including Doorway, a homeless organization in Nuneaton. He also supports Drugs and Homelessness in Bath.