Tony Garnett
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- April 3, 1936
- Died
- January 12, 2020 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
This Life +10
Movie · Producer
Buried
TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps
Attachments
TV · Executive Producer · 26 eps
The Cops
TV · Executive Producer · 24 eps
Hostile Waters
Movie · Producer
Beautiful Thing
Movie · Producer
This Life
TV · Executive Producer · 32 eps
Ballykissangel
TV · Producer · 57 eps
The Turnaround
Movie · Executive Producer
Sharman
TV · Executive Producer · 5 eps
Cardiac Arrest
TV · Producer · 27 eps
Born Kicking
Movie · Producer
Between the Lines
TV · Producer, Executive Producer · 35 eps
Fat Man and Little Boy
Movie · Producer
Earth Girls Are Easy
Movie · Producer
Follow That Bird
Movie · Producer
Handgun
Movie · Producer
Old Chums
Movie · Producer
Probation
Movie · Producer
The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Movie · Producer
Afternoon
Movie · Producer
A Light Snack
Movie · Producer
Prostitute
Movie · Producer
Black Jack
Movie · Producer
The Spongers
Movie · Producer
Law & Order
TV · Producer · 4 eps
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Movie · Producer
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Movie · Producer
Days of Hope
TV · Producer · 4 eps
Steven
Movie · Producer
Hard Labour
Movie · Producer
Blooming Youth
Movie · Producer
The Save the Children Fund Film
Movie · Producer
Family Life
Movie · Producer
The Body
Movie · Producer
Kes
Movie · Producer
The Big Flame
Movie · Producer
The Gorge
Movie · Producer
The Golden Vision
Movie · Producer
The Sweet Body of Deborah
Movie · Producer
The Parachute
Movie · Producer
In Two Minds
Movie · Producer
Drums Along The Avon
Movie · Producer
The Voices in the Park
Movie · Producer
The Lump
Movie · Producer
Cathy Come Home
Movie · Producer
BBC Play of the Month
TV · Producer · 1 ep