John Mackenzie
Known for: Directing
Born: August 16, 1932
Died: June 8, 2011
Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
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Filmography
36 movies · 17 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
2007
5.5
British Film Forever
2007
6.6
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
2006
5.0
Quicksand
2003
4.7
When the Sky Falls
2000
6.2
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998
7.7
Looking After Jo Jo
1998
5.6
Deadly Voyage
1996
6.5
The Infiltrator
1995
5.3
Voyage
1993NR
Speaking our Language
1993
NR
Sean Connery: Private
1993
5.5
Ruby
1992
5.9
The Last of the Finest
1990
3.8
The Late Show
1988
6.3
The Fourth Protocol
1987
5.6
Act of Vengeance
1986
6.5
A Sense of Freedom
1985
6.7
The Innocent
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
5.8
The Honorary Consul
1983NR
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
19827.0
Say No to Strangers
1981
7.2
The Long Good Friday
1980
7.8
The Racing Game
1979
9.0
Just a Boys' Game
1979
7.7
Red Shift
1978
NR
Talkin' Blues
1977
7.2
The Elephants' Graveyard
1976
NR
Double Dare
1976
NR
A Passage to England
19757.0
The Wild West Show
1975
8.4
Just Another Saturday
1975
NR
Taking Leave
1974
8.0
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974
NR
Shut Down
1973
7.0
Centre Play
1973NR
The Black Dog
1973
7.0
Made
1972
4.6
Country Matters
1972
6.8
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
7.5
One Brief Summer
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
7.0
There Is Also Tomorrow
1969NR
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969NR
The Jazz Age
1968
10.0
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
196810.0
The Voices in the Park
1967
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
19656.5
The Newcomers
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964