Ken Loach

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).

Locarno Festival