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Tony Garnett

Apr 3, 1936 – Jan 12, 202063 titles 48 movies · 15 TV
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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.

Born

Apr 3, 1936 – Jan 12, 2020

Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

13

Acting credits

2

Directing

6

Writing

47

Other crew

Most critically rated

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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