John Mackenzie
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 16, 1932
- Died
- June 8, 2011 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
Movie · Director
Quicksand
Movie · Director
When the Sky Falls
Movie · Director
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Movie · Director
Looking After Jo Jo
TV · Director · 4 eps
Deadly Voyage
Movie · Director
The Infiltrator
Movie · Director
Voyage
Movie · Director
Speaking our Language
TV · Director · 6 eps
Ruby
Movie · Director
The Last of the Finest
Movie · Director
The Fourth Protocol
Movie · Director
Act of Vengeance
Movie · Director
A Sense of Freedom
Movie · Director
The Innocent
Movie · Director
Screen Two
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Honorary Consul
Movie · Director
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
Movie · Director
Say No to Strangers
Movie · Director
The Long Good Friday
Movie · Director
Just a Boys' Game
Movie · Director
The Racing Game
TV · Director · 1 ep
Red Shift
Movie · Director
Talkin' Blues
Movie · Director
The Elephants' Graveyard
Movie · Director
Double Dare
Movie · Director
Just Another Saturday
Movie · Director
A Passage to England
Movie · Director
The Wild West Show
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Movie · Director
Taking Leave
Movie · Director
Shut Down
Movie · Director
The Black Dog
Movie · Director
Centre Play
TV · Director · 1 ep
Made
Movie · Director
Country Matters
TV · Director · 1 ep
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Movie · Director
One Brief Summer
Movie · Director
Play for Today
TV · Director · 9 eps
There Is Also Tomorrow
Movie · Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep
W. Somerset Maugham
TV · Director · 1 ep
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV · Director · 1 ep
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Movie · Director
The Jazz Age
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Voices in the Park
Movie · Director
The Newcomers
TV · Director · 5 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Wednesday Play
TV · Director · 4 eps