Tony Garnett
Known for: Production
Born: April 3, 1936
Died: January 12, 2020
Place of birth: Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
48 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
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Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020
7.0
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
2019
6.6
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
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Making Kes
2010
8.1
This Life +10
2007
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Carry On Ken
2006
8.0
Buried
20035.8
Attachments
2000
5.0
The Cops
1998
6.1
Hostile Waters
1997
7.2
Beautiful Thing
1996
7.3
This Life
1996
7.2
Ballykissangel
1996
5.0
The Turnaround
1995
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Sharman
1995
7.0
Cardiac Arrest
1994
9.0
Born Kicking
1992
5.5
Between the Lines
1992
6.2
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
5.6
Earth Girls Are Easy
1988
6.4
Follow That Bird
1985
5.8
Handgun
1983
5.8
Afternoon
19825.9
A Light Snack
1982
5.9
Probation
1982
5.9
Old Chums
1982
6.0
The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
1982
5.5
Prostitute
1980
7.0
Black Jack
1979
7.3
Law & Order
1978
10.0
The Spongers
1978
5.8
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977
6.0
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977
7.0
Days of Hope
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Steven
1974
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Blooming Youth
1973
6.7
Hard Labour
1973
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Right to Work March
1972
7.3
Family Life
1971
7.0
The Save the Children Fund Film
1971
4.6
The Body
1970
7.4
Kes
1970
6.8
The Big Flame
1969
6.4
The Golden Vision
1968
5.6
The Sweet Body of Deborah
1968
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The Parachute
1968
8.0
The Gorge
1968
10.0
Drums Along The Avon
196710.0
The Voices in the Park
1967
7.0
In Two Minds
1967
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The Lump
1967
7.0
Cathy Come Home
1966
8.0
The Coming Out Party
1965
9.0
Stand Up, Nigel Barton
1965
7.0
Up the Junction
1965
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
19658.0
Festival
1963
6.0
The Rivals
1963
7.0
Incident at Midnight
1963
7.0
World in Action
1963
7.5
The Boys
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Studio 4
1962
5.3
An Age of Kings
1960