About

Known credits:
63
Birthday:
1936-04-03
Place of birth:
Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Website:
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Tony Garnett

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2019 Greg Davies: Looking for Kes Actor Self 59
Average
2016 Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach Actor Self - Friend and Producer 59
Average
2010 Making Kes Actor Self N/A
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2006 Carry on Ken Actor N/A
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1972 Right to Work March Actor N/A
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1963 The Rivals Actor 58
Average
1963 Incident at Midnight Actor Brennan 59
Average
1962 The Boys Actor James Alan "Ginger" Thompson 59
Average

Directing
1983 Handgun Directing Director 58
Average
1980 Prostitute Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
1983 Handgun Writing Writer 58
Average
1980 Prostitute Writing Writer 58
Average
1970 Kes Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1965 The Coming Out Party Writing Story Editor N/A
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1965 Stand Up, Nigel Barton Writing Story Editor N/A
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Production
2000 Attachments Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
1998 The Cops Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
1997 Hostile Waters Production Producer 58
Average
1996 Beautiful Thing Production Producer 64
Fair
1996 This Life Production Executive Producer 71
Good
1996 Ballykissangel Production Producer 69
Fair
1995 The Turnaround Production Executive Producer N/A
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1995 Sharman Production Executive Producer N/A
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1994 Cardiac Arrest Production Producer 69
Fair
1992 Born Kicking Production Producer N/A
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1992 Between the Lines Production Producer 67
Fair
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Production Producer 59
Average
1988 Earth Girls Are Easy Production Producer 57
Average
1985 Follow That Bird Production Producer 59
Average
1983 Handgun Production Producer 58
Average
1982 Afternoon Production Producer 58
Average
1982 A Light Snack Production Producer 59
Average
1982 Probation Production Producer 59
Average
1982 Old Chums Production Producer 58
Average
1982 The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final Production Producer 59
Average
1980 Prostitute Production Producer 58
Average
1979 Black Jack Production Producer 59
Average
1978 Law & Order Production Producer 69
Fair
1978 The Spongers Production Producer N/A
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1977 The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality Production Producer 59
Average
1977 The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People Production Producer 58
Average
1975 Days of Hope: 1926: General Strike Production Producer N/A
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1975 Days of Hope: 1924: A Miracle Production Producer N/A
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1975 Days of Hope: 1921: Every Pit In Britain Is Idle Production Producer N/A
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1975 Days of Hope: 1916: Joining Up Production Producer N/A
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1975 Days of Hope Production Producer 69
Fair
1973 Blooming Youth Production Producer N/A
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1973 Hard Labour Production Producer 59
Average
1971 Family Life Production Producer 60
Fair
1971 After a Lifetime Production Producer N/A
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1971 The Save the Children Fund Film Production Producer N/A
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1970 The Body Production Producer 58
Average
1970 Kes Production Producer 65
Fair
1969 The Big Flame Production Producer 59
Average
1968 The Golden Vision Production Producer 59
Average
1968 The Sweet Body of Deborah Production Producer 58
Average
1968 The Parachute Production Producer N/A
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1968 The Gorge Production Producer N/A
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1967 Drums Along The Avon Production Producer N/A
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1967 The Voices in the Park Production Producer N/A
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1967 In Two Minds Production Producer 58
Average
1967 The Lump Production Producer N/A
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1966 Cathy Come Home Production Producer 59
Average