Ken Loach by Joos Vollebregt https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy General information en-us 2017-12-19 07:19:32 UTC 2020-12-01 13:34:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Looking For Eric (2009) https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975318562 - Eric Bishop is depressed. Doesn't have a wife, daughter thinks he's a loser and his stepsons are busy doing illegal stuff.
- Eric looks up to this soccer player, 'King' Cantona. Fantasises that Cantona gives him advice and stands by him.
Fun fact! Cantona plays himself and Steve Evets, the former base guitarist of The fall, plays Eric Bishop]]> 2020-12-01 12:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975318562 'Passport' https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975318991 Kenneth Loach
Born in Warwickshire, England on 17th June 1936
Married to Lesley Ashton in 1962
5 children]]> 2020-12-01 12:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975318991 60's https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975322777 Started working from 1962
In the 1960s Loach directed several docudramas for a television series called The Wednesday Play. 



]]> 2020-12-01 12:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975322777 https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975327856 He was a director. He mostly talked about social issues on television and later in theatre. 
He directed movies, plays and television shows.
He became interested in acting when he went to St. Peter’s College, Oxford. 
He was in the Royal Air Force for two years, after that he began his career. 
He was the director of BBC and also acted in theatre companies.
 

]]> 2020-12-01 12:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975327856 Loach is called the Legendary Film Director https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975338263 - Famous for his social realism. For example: he tries to humanize celebrities and says people are stronger as a team than they are alone (Looking For Eric).
- Has been nominated several times for an Oscar.
- Has won 104 (!) other awards for his movies.
- Has won a BAFTA-award for 'Looking For eric' ==> best supporting male role (John Henshaw who plays Meatballs).
- Ken Loach won a price at the Cannes Film Festival for 'Looking For Eric'. ]]> 2020-12-01 13:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975338263 I, Daniel Blake (2016) https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975357400 -   written by his long-time collaborator Paul Laverty
- Dave Johns as Daniel Blake
- a 59-year-old widower Daniel Blake
- after a heart attack, he needs help from the state for the first time in his life
-  Katie, a struggling single mother whom Daniel befriends
-  won the Palme d'Or, the Prix du public and the 2017 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film

]]> 2020-12-01 13:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975357400 Legendary director Ken Loach https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975361174 - socially critical directing style and socialist ideals
- has been awarded many honorary doctorates
- turned down the Turin Film Festival award, after learning that the National Museum of Cinema in Turin had outsourced cleaning and security services (workers lost their jobs)
- has been nominated for an Oscar
- won 104 awards for his movies

]]> 2020-12-01 13:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975361174 Fun Facts https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975361604 President of the Dramatic Society at Oxford University.

1971: The Save the Children Fund Film funded by charity, nearly destroyed by said charity

1977: refused an OBE (Order of the British Empire) because he disagreed with the ideals it represented 

Paid part of the money needed to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out on bail
]]> 2020-12-01 13:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975361604 Ken Loach https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975395303 2020-12-01 13:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975395303 Warwickshire https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975399219 2020-12-01 13:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975399219 Kenneth Loach also known as Ken Loach, born the 17th of June, 1936 in Warwickshire, England. At the present day he is 84 years old. Ken studied Law as S.t Peter college in oxford. Moreover he spent two years in the Royal Air Force. After he graduated and after he served in the military for two years, he got interested in acting and directing. He first started as an actor in a religious theatre and then directed for BBC television. Ken directed many documentaries and collaborated with many other directors such as Franny Armstrong and other famous directors.Nowadays, Loach lives with his wife, Lesley. They both have 5 children. One son called Jim Loach, who followed the footsteps of his dad and became a television and film director. His other son died in a car accident at a very young age. Another daughter became a documentary film maker and besides these three they have another son and daughter.Kenneth Loach also known as Ken Loach, born the 17th of June, 1936 in Warwickshire, England. At the present day he is 84 years old. Ken studied Law as S.t Peter college in oxford. Moreover he spent two years in the Royal Air Force. After he graduated and after he served in the military for two years, he got interested in acting and directing. He first started as an actor in a religious theatre and then directed for BBC television. Ken directed many documentaries and collaborated with many other directors such as Franny Armstrong and other famous directors.Nowadays, Loach lives with his wife, Lesley. They both have 5 children. One son called Jim Loach, who followed the footsteps of his dad and became a television and film director. His other son died in a car accident at a very young age. Another daughter became a documentary film maker and besides these three they have another son and daughter. https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975401793 2020-12-01 13:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/joosvollebregt/iu2jdfbm39xy/wish/975401793