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Tony Garnett
Biography
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Production
Birthday
April 3, 1936
Day of Death
January 12, 2020
Age at Death
83 years old
Place of Birth
Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Popularity Score
0.4
Filmography
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Self – Producer (archive footage, 1993)
2020Movie
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Self
2019Movie
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Friend and Producer
2016Movie
Making Kes
Self
2010Movie
This Life +10
Producer
2007Movie
Carry On Ken
2006Movie
Buried
Executive Producer
2003TV
Attachments
Executive Producer
2000TV
Attachments
Creator
2000TV
The Cops
Executive Producer
1998TV
Hostile Waters
Producer
1997Movie
Beautiful Thing
Producer
1996Movie
This Life
Executive Producer
1996TV
Ballykissangel
Producer
1996TV
The Turnaround
Executive Producer
1995Movie
Sharman
Executive Producer
1995TV
Cardiac Arrest
Producer
1994TV
Born Kicking
Producer
1992Movie
Between the Lines
Producer
1992TV
Between the Lines
Executive Producer
1992TV
Fat Man and Little Boy
Producer
1989Movie
Earth Girls Are Easy
Producer
1988Movie
Follow That Bird
Producer
1985Movie
Handgun
Director
1983Movie
Handgun
Writer
1983Movie
Handgun
Producer
1983Movie
Probation
Producer
1982Movie
Old Chums
Producer
1982Movie
A Light Snack
Producer
1982Movie
Afternoon
Producer
1982Movie
The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Producer
1982Movie
Prostitute
Director
1980Movie
Prostitute
Producer
1980Movie
Prostitute
Writer
1980Movie
Black Jack
Producer
1979Movie
The Spongers
Producer
1978Movie
Law & Order
Producer
1978TV
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Producer
1977Movie
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Producer
1977Movie
Days of Hope
Producer
1975TV
Steven
Producer
1974Movie
Hard Labour
Producer
1973Movie
Blooming Youth
Producer
1973Movie
Right to Work March
1972Movie
The Save the Children Fund Film
Producer
1971Movie
Family Life
Producer
1971Movie
The Body
Producer
1970Movie
Kes
Producer
1970Movie
Kes
Screenplay
1970Movie
The Big Flame
Producer
1969Movie
The Gorge
Producer
1968Movie
The Golden Vision
Producer
1968Movie
The Sweet Body of Deborah
Producer
1968Movie
The Parachute
Producer
1968Movie
In Two Minds
Producer
1967Movie
Drums Along The Avon
Producer
1967Movie
The Voices in the Park
Producer
1967Movie
The Lump
Producer
1967Movie
Cathy Come Home
Producer
1966Movie
Stand Up, Nigel Barton
Story Editor
1965Movie
The Coming Out Party
Story Editor
1965Movie
Up the Junction
Story Editor
1965Movie
BBC Play of the Month
Producer
1965TV
The Rivals
Jimmy Vosler
1963Movie
Incident at Midnight
Brennan
1963Movie
Festival
Reg
1963TV
World in Action
1963TV
The Boys
James Alan "Ginger" Thompson
1962Movie
Studio 4
Gianmaria Bargigli
1962TV
An Age of Kings
1960TV