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
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
- Voyage ... (Director)
1992
- Ruby ... (Director)
1990
- The Last of the Finest ... (Director)
1987
- The Fourth Protocol ... (Director)
1986
- Act of Vengeance ... (Director)
1985
- 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
- Just a Boys' Game ... (Director)
1978
- Red Shift ... (Director)
1977
- Talkin' Blues ... (Director)
1976
- The Elephants' Graveyard ... (Director)
- Double Dare ... (Director)
1975
- A Passage to England ... (Director)
- Just Another Saturday ... (Director)
1974
- The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil ... (Director)
- Taking Leave ... (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)
- There Is Also Tomorrow ... (Director)
1968
- The Jazz Age ... (Director)
- Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It ... (Director)
1967
- The Voices in the Park ... (Director)