Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Ken Loach
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Related Questions
Read Next
Bag end on Bagshot row from the movies Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in Hobbiton, New Zealand, Australia
You Ought to Be in Pictures: 8 Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit
Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun(1986) directed by Tony Scott.
Can You Guess the Movie by the Scene?
Discover
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
Venus, view of the northern hemisphere based on observations made by the Magellan spacecraft. The Maxwell Montes, Venus' highest mountain range, is the bright spot just below the center of the image. The Montes, and the dark areas above and to its left,a
5 Weird Facts About Venus
Lead image for "A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps"
A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona
Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?
Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration
Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Ken Loach: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Ken-Loach
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Kenneth Loach
Born June 17, 1936 (age 88) • England
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (2003)
Notable Works “Bread and Roses” • “Cathy Come Home” • “I, Daniel Blake” • “Kes” • “Ladybird Ladybird” • “Land and Freedom” • “Poor Cow” • “Raining Stones” • “Riff-Raff” • “Sorry We Missed You” • “The Angels’ Share” • “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” • “Which Side Are You On?”
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
British actor and director
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
American director
Joy Batchelor
British director and animator
Roy Ward Baker
British director
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Fennell
British actress and director
Mary Poppins
Robert Stevenson
American director
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
British actor, writer, and director
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
British actor and director
High Sierra
Ida Lupino
American actress, director, and screenwriter
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist
John Boorman
John Boorman
British director
Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry
English film and theater director
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
British actor, director, and writer
Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
British director and producer
Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
British actor and director
Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle
British filmmaker
Terry Gilliam
American director
Lewis Allen
British-born director
Dev Patel
Dev Patel
British actor