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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