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Producer
Tony Garnett
- Born April 3, 1936 in Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
- Died January 12, 2020
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.
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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
Kes1970
Earth Girls Are Easy1988
Beautiful Thing1996
Fat Man and Little Boy1989
Follow That Bird1985
Family Life1971
Hostile Waters1997
This Life1996
Filmography
- 2020Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for TodayFilmSelf – Producer (archive footage, 1993)
- 2019Greg Davies: Looking for KesFilmSelf
- 2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken LoachFilmSelf - Friend and Producer
- 2010Making KesFilmSelf
- 2007This Life +10FilmProducer
- 2006Carry On KenFilm
- 2003BuriedSeriesExecutive Producer
- 2000AttachmentsSeriesExecutive Producer, Creator
- 1998The CopsSeriesExecutive Producer
- 1997Hostile WatersFilmProducer
- 1996Beautiful ThingFilmProducer
- 1996This LifeSeriesExecutive Producer
- 1996BallykissangelSeriesProducer
- 1995The TurnaroundFilmExecutive Producer
- 1995SharmanSeriesExecutive Producer
- 1994Cardiac ArrestSeriesProducer
- 1992Between the LinesSeriesProducer, Executive Producer
- 1992Born KickingFilmProducer
- 1989Fat Man and Little BoyFilmProducer
- 1988Earth Girls Are EasyFilmProducer
- 1985Follow That BirdFilmProducer
- 1983HandgunFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1982The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup FinalFilmProducer
- 1982ProbationFilmProducer
- 1982Old ChumsFilmProducer
- 1982A Light SnackFilmProducer
- 1982AfternoonFilmProducer
- 1980ProstituteFilmDirector, Producer, Writer
- 1979Black JackFilmProducer
- 1978Law & OrderSeriesProducer
- 1978The SpongersFilmProducer
- 1977The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the PeopleFilmProducer
- 1977The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to RealityFilmProducer
- 1975Days of HopeSeriesProducer
- 1974StevenFilmProducer
- 1973Hard LabourFilmProducer
- 1973Blooming YouthFilmProducer
- 1972Right to Work MarchFilm
- 1971Family LifeFilmProducer
- 1971The Save the Children Fund FilmFilmProducer
- 1970KesFilmProducer, Screenplay
- 1970The BodyFilmProducer
- 1969The Big FlameFilmProducer
- 1968The Sweet Body of DeborahFilmProducer
- 1968The Golden VisionFilmProducer
- 1968The GorgeFilmProducer
- 1968The ParachuteFilmProducer
- 1967In Two MindsFilmProducer
- 1967Drums Along The AvonFilmProducer
- 1967The Voices in the ParkFilmProducer
- 1967The LumpFilmProducer
- 1966Cathy Come HomeFilmProducer
- 1965Up the JunctionFilmStory Editor
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthSeriesProducer
- 1965Stand Up, Nigel BartonFilmStory Editor
- 1965The Coming Out PartyFilmStory Editor
- 1963The RivalsFilmJimmy Vosler
- 1963Incident at MidnightFilmBrennan
- 1963World in ActionSeries
- 1963FestivalSeriesReg
- 1962The BoysFilmJames Alan "Ginger" Thompson
- 1962Studio 4SeriesGianmaria Bargigli
- 1960An Age of KingsSeriesSir Thomas Grey, Bates, Vernon