Full Name James Loach Children 2 Parents Lesley Ashton, Ken Loach Years active 1996–present Movies Oranges and Sunshine | Nationality British Role Film director Residence London Name Jim Loach | |
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Born 6 June 1969 (age 55) ( 1969-06-06 ) London, England Occupation Film and television director Siblings Emma Loach, Hannah Loach, Stephen Loach, Nicholas Loach Nephews Samuel Levey, Jacob Levey, Benjamin Levey Similar People | ||
Grandparents John Loach, Vivien Hamlin | ||
Euronews cinema jim loach s film debut oranges and sunshine
James Loach (born 6 June 1969) is an English film director. He is the son of the film director Ken Loach.
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- Euronews cinema jim loach s film debut oranges and sunshine
- Oranges and sunshine interview with director jim loach
- Biography
- References
Oranges and sunshine interview with director jim loach
Biography
Loach was born in London, and studied philosophy at University College, London, intending to pursue a career in journalism. He joined the BBC where he worked as a researcher for Sue Lawley and Anne Robinson. He turned to directing in 1996 while working on the Granada TV current affairs programme World in Action. He went on to direct several episodes of Coronation Street in 2000, and subsequently directed episodes of Footballers' Wives, Bad Girls, Waterloo Road, Shameless, HolbyBlue and Hotel Babylon.
His first feature film Oranges and Sunshine was released on 1 April 2011. The film starred Emily Watson as Margaret Humphreys, the social worker who exposed the scandal of child migration. It co-starred Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.
Work on a second film collaboration, Hinterland, with Rona Munro, is reportedly underway.
In 2012, Loach directed Life of Crime, a thriller written by Declan Croghan. It centred on a young police officer's obsession with the killer of a young girl. Hayley Atwell played the lead part, supported by Richard Coyle and Con O'Neill. It transmitted on ITV to positive reviews in May 2013.
In June 2015, Loach started production on his second film, Measure of a Man. The film is based on the coming-of-age novel One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte. The screenplay is by David Scearce, and the cast includes Donald Sutherland, Judy Greer, Luke Wilson and Blake Cooper.