John Mackenzie
Born: 1932-08-16 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died: 2011-06-08
Known For: Directing
Biography
John Mackenzie was a Scottish film director perhaps best known for the 1980 gangster film The Long Good Friday. Born in Edinburgh, Mackenzie worked in British film from the late 1960s, first as an assistant director to Ken Loach on productions such as Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, before becoming an independent director himself, going on to work in both the UK and the US.
Filmography
2007
- British Film Forever
- Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years ... (Director)
2006
- Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday as Himself
2003
- Quicksand ... (Director)
2000
- When the Sky Falls ... (Director)
1998
- Looking After Jo Jo ... (Director)
- Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within ... (Director)
1996
- Deadly Voyage ... (Director)
1995
- The Infiltrator ... (Director)
1993
- Sean Connery: Private ... (Editor)
- Voyage ... (Director)
- Speaking our Language ... (Director)
1992
- Ruby ... (Director)
1990
- The Last of the Finest ... (Director)
1988
1987
- The Fourth Protocol ... (Director)
1986
- Act of Vengeance ... (Director)
1985
- Screen Two ... (Director)
- The Innocent ... (Director)
- A Sense of Freedom ... (Director)
1983
- The Honorary Consul ... (Director)
1982
- Paul McCartney - Take It Away ... (Director)
1981
- Say No to Strangers ... (Director)
1980
- The Long Good Friday ... (Director)
1979
- The Racing Game ... (Director)
- Just a Boys' Game ... (Director)
1978
- Red Shift ... (Director)
1977
- Talkin' Blues ... (Director)
1976
- The Elephants' Graveyard ... (Director)
- Double Dare ... (Director)
1975
- The Wild West Show ... (Director)
- Just Another Saturday ... (Director)
- A Passage to England ... (Director)
1974
- Taking Leave ... (Director)
- The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil ... (Director)
1973
- Centre Play ... (Director)
- Shut Down ... (Director)
- The Black Dog ... (Director)
1972
- Country Matters ... (Director)
- Made ... (Director)
1971
- Unman, Wittering and Zigo ... (Director)
- One Brief Summer ... (Director)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Director)
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre ... (Director)
- Softly Softly: Task Force ... (Director)
- W. Somerset Maugham ... (Director)
- There Is Also Tomorrow ... (Director)
1968
- The Jazz Age ... (Director)
- Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It ... (Director)
1967
- The Voices in the Park ... (Director)
1965
- Thirty-Minute Theatre ... (Director)
- The Newcomers ... (Director)
1964
- The Wednesday Play ... (Director)