Personal Info
Known For
Production
Known Credits
8
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 03, 1936 ( 84 years old )
Place of Birth
Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Tony Garnett
Tony Garnett is a British film and television producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his thirteen-year association with director Ken Loach, which started with The Wednesday Play and the groundbreaking Cathy Come Home amongst others, and continued into Play For Today and big screen features such as Kes. His other TV productions have included the controversial Law and Order and The Spongers and, with his company World Productions, Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, Cops, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. As a director, he helmed the films Prostitute and Handgun, and produced Hollywood movies such as Earth Girls are Easy and Sesame Street's Follow That Bird, and British cult LGBT classic Beautiful Thing. In 2016, he released his memoir, The Day the Music Died.
Known For
The Rivals
1963-05-01Incident at Midnight
1963-01-01The Boys
1962-08-31Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016-06-30Right to Work March
1972-10-19Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
2019-11-19Carry on Ken
2006-01-01Making Kes
2010-09-01