Ken Loach Biography

Awards

• 1968Crystal Globe-Best Film: nominated
• 1970Crystal Globe-: winner
• 1971BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 1971BAFTA Film Award-Best Direction: nominated
• 1971Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 1971Award of the City of Valladolid-: winner
• 1971Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best British Screenplay: winner
• 1972FIPRESCI Prize-Forum of New Film: winner
• 1972Interfilm Award - Recommendation-Forum of New Cinema: winner
• 1972OCIC Award - Recommendation-Forum of New Film: winner
• 1974Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 1976BAFTA TV Award-Best Drama Series/Serial: nominated
• 1979FIPRESCI Prize-Parallel Section: winner
• 1979Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 1980Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 1981Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 1981Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention-: winner
• 1981Young Cinema Award-: winner
• 1986UNICEF Award-: winner
• 1986Golden Lion-: nominated
• 1990Jury Prize-: winner
• 1990Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention-: winner
• 1990Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 1990Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 1991SACD Prize-Directors' Fortnight: nominated
• 1991FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 1991Silver Spike-Best Film: winner
• 1991Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 1991Youth Jury Award-Best Film: winner
• 1992European Silver Ribbon-: nominated
• 1993Jury Prize-: winner
• 1993Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 1993Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): nominated
• 1993Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): nominated
• 1993Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 1994Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
• 1994Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Competition: winner
• 1994Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
• 1994César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 1994Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Film: winner
• 1994Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 1994European Silver Ribbon-: winner
• 1994ALFS Award-British Director of the Year: winner
• 1994Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 1995Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 1995Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-: winner
• 1995FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 1995Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 1995Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): nominated
• 1996Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
• 1996César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
• 1996Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 1996Coral-Best Work of a Non-Latin American Director on a Latin America Subject: winner
• 1996Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
• 1996Sant Jordi-Best Spanish Film (Mejor Película Española): winner
• 1996The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal-: winner
• 1996Golden Lion-: nominated
• 1997Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
• 1997Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
• 1997BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 1997Special Mention-: winner
• 1997Prize of the Trade Union 'IG Medien'-: winner
• 1998British Independent Film Award-Best British Director of an Independent Film: winner
• 1998Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 1998Audience Award-: winner
• 1998Golden Spike-Best Film: winner
• 1999Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
• 1999Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film): winner
• 1999Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): winner
• 1999ALFS Award-British Director of the Year: nominated
• 1999Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2000Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2000FIPRESCI Prize-Best European Film (Melhor Filme Europeu): winner
• 2000Jury Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2001British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2001Phoenix Prize-: winner
• 2001Children and Cinema Award-: winner
• 2001Golden Lion-: nominated
• 2002BAFTA TV Award-Best Single Drama: nominated
• 2002British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2002Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2002European Film Award-European Director: nominated
• 2002FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 2002Golden Spike-Best Film: winner
• 2002UNESCO Award-: winner
• 2002FIPRESCI Prize-Best Short Film: winner
• 2003César-Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne): nominated
• 2003César-Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne): nominated
• 2003Emden Film Award-: nominated
• 2003Jury Award-Best International Film: winner
• 2003Audience Award-Best Feature-Length Fiction Film: winner
• 2004Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas-: winner
• 2004Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Competition: winner
• 2004Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
• 2004Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2004Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2004Emden Film Award-: nominated
• 2004FICE Award-Best European Director (Migliore Regista Europeo): winner
• 2004Propeller of Motovun-: winner
• 2004Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2004Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 2005César-Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne): winner
• 2006Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2006British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2006Palme d'Or-: winner
• 2006Lino Brocka Award-International Competition: nominated
• 2006European Film Award-European Director: nominated
• 2007Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): nominated
• 2007IFTA Award-Best Film: winner
• 2007Silver Ribbon-Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo): nominated
• 2007ALFS Award-British Director of the Year: nominated
• 2007Eagle-Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski): nominated
• 2007Golden Giraldillo-Best Film: winner
• 2007Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
• 2007SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2007EIUC Award-: winner
• 2008Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2009Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2009Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-: winner
• 2009Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 2009Top Film-Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties: winner
• 2010Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2011Magritte Award-Best Co-Production (Meilleur coproduction): winner
• 2012BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2012Jury Prize-: winner
• 2012Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2012Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): nominated
• 2012Most Popular Feature Film-: nominated
• 2012Audience Award-European Film: winner
• 2013Politiken's Audience Award-: nominated
• 2013César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 2013Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): nominated
• 2013Audience Award-Best in World Cinema: winner
• 2014Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2016British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention-: winner
• 2016Palm DogManitarian Award-: winner
• 2016Palme d'Or-: winner
• 2016Krzysztof Kieslowski Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2016DFCC-Best Director: nominated
• 2016European University Film Award-: winner
• 2016European Film Award-European Director: nominated
• 2016European Film Award-European Film: nominated
• 2016Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2016Audience Award-: winner
• 2016Variety Piazza Grande Award-: nominated
• 2016Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2016Audience Award-: winner
• 2016Audience Award - First Place-: winner
• 2016Most Popular International Feature-: winner
• 2017Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated
• 2017David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
• 2017BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding British Film of the Year: winner
• 2017Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2017CinEuphoria-Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award: winner
• 2017CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
• 2017Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
• 2017César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
• 2017Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2017Empire Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2017Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): nominated
• 2017Hellenic Film Academy Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2017Eagle-Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski): nominated
• 2017Golden Space Needle Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Audience Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2018Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
• 2018Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): nominated
• 2019Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2019Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 2019Youth Jury Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2019International Student Jury Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2019Art Cinema Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2019Youth Jury Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Best European Film: winner
• 2019Audience Award-City of Donostia Audience Award: nominated
• 2019Golden Silk Road Award-Best Film: winner
• 2019Joe Pollack and Joe Williams Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2020BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding British Film of the Year: nominated
• 2020Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2020Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2020Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): winner
• 2020Nikkan Sports Film Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2021Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
• 2021David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
• 2021Gaudí Award-Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea): winner
• 2021Gopo Award-Best European Film (Cel mai bun film european): winner
• 2021Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-Special Presentations: winner
• 2023Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2023Audience Choice Award: Best Film-: winner
• 2023Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2023Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution-Best Film: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-Prix du public UBS: winner
• 2023Golden Tower-Best Film: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-: winner
• 2023Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2024BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding British Film of the Year: nominated
• 2024Lumiere Award-Best International Coproduction (Meilleure coproduction internationale): nominated
• 2024Bridging the Borders Award - Special Mention-: winner
• 2024Local Jury Award-: nominated