About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1932-08-16
Place of birth:
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Website:
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John Mackenzie

Overview

John Mackenzie was a British 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

Acting
2006 Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday Actor Himself 59
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Directing
2003 Quicksand Directing Director 58
Average
2000 When the Sky Falls Directing Director 58
Average
1998 Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within Directing Director 59
Average
1998 Looking After Jo Jo Directing Director 70
Good
1996 Deadly Voyage Directing Director 58
Average
1995 The Infiltrator Directing Director 59
Average
1993 Voyage Directing Director 58
Average
1992 Ruby Directing Director 58
Average
1990 The Last of the Finest Directing Director 59
Average
1987 The Fourth Protocol Directing Director 59
Average
1986 Act of Vengeance Directing Director 59
Average
1985 The Innocent Directing Director 59
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1983 The Honorary Consul Directing Director 58
Average
1982 Paul McCartney - Take It Away Directing Director N/A
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1981 Say No to Strangers Directing Director 59
Average
1980 The Long Good Friday Directing Director 63
Fair
1979 Just a Boys' Game Directing Director 59
Average
1979 A Sense of Freedom Directing Director 59
Average
1978 Red Shift Directing Director 59
Average
1977 Talkin' Blues Directing Director N/A
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1977 Apaches Directing Director 59
Average
1976 The Elephants' Graveyard Directing Director 59
Average
1976 Double Dare Directing Director N/A
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1975 A Passage to England Directing Director N/A
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1975 Just Another Saturday Directing Director 59
Average
1974 Taking Leave Directing Director N/A
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1974 The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil Directing Director N/A
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1973 Shut Down Directing Director N/A
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1972 Made Directing Director 59
Average
1971 Unman, Wittering and Zigo Directing Director 59
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1970 One Brief Summer Directing Director 58
Average
1969 There Is Also Tomorrow Directing Director N/A
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1968 Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It Directing Director N/A
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1967 The Voices in the Park Directing Director N/A
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