Person
John Mackenzie
Directing · 1932–2011 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Screen Two
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Play for Today
Director
The Wednesday Play
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Director
Centre Play
Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Director
Softly Softly: Task Force
Director
The Jazz Age
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W. Somerset Maugham
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The Honorary Consul
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Filmography
- 2007Paul McCartney: The McCartney YearsDirector
- 2007British Film Forever
- 2006Bloody Business: Making The Long Good FridayHimself
- 2003QuicksandDirector
- 2000When the Sky FallsDirector
- 1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor WithinDirector
- 1998Looking After Jo JoDirector
- 1996Deadly VoyageDirector
- 1995The InfiltratorDirector
- 1993VoyageDirector
- 1993Speaking our LanguageDirector
- 1993Sean Connery: PrivateEditor
- 1992RubyDirector
- 1990The Last of the FinestDirector
- 1988The Late Show
- 1987The Fourth ProtocolDirector
- 1986Act of VengeanceDirector
- 1985A Sense of FreedomDirector
- 1985The InnocentDirector
- 1985Screen TwoDirector
- 1983The Honorary ConsulDirector
- 1982Paul McCartney - Take It AwayDirector
- 1981Say No to StrangersDirector
- 1980The Long Good FridayDirector
- 1979The Racing GameDirector
- 1979Just a Boys' GameDirector
- 1978Red ShiftDirector
- 1977Talkin' BluesDirector
- 1976The Elephants' GraveyardDirector
- 1976Double DareDirector
- 1975A Passage to EnglandDirector
- 1975The Wild West ShowDirector
- 1975Just Another SaturdayDirector
- 1974Taking LeaveDirector
- 1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilDirector
- 1973Shut DownDirector
- 1973Centre PlayDirector
- 1973The Black DogDirector
- 1972MadeDirector
- 1972Country MattersDirector
- 1971Unman, Wittering and ZigoDirector
- 1971One Brief SummerDirector
- 1970Play for TodayDirector
- 1969Softly Softly: Task ForceDirector
- 1969There Is Also TomorrowDirector
- 1969W. Somerset MaughamDirector
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDirector
- 1968The Jazz AgeDirector
- 1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After ItDirector
- 1967The Voices in the ParkDirector
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreDirector
- 1965The NewcomersDirector
- 1964The Wednesday PlayDirector
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