Directing
John Mackenzie
Born August 16, 1932 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Died June 8, 2011
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
7.5
The Long Good Friday
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6.5
The Fourth Protocol
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5.7
The Honorary Consul
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5.3
Quicksand
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5.8
The Last of the Finest
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5.5
Ruby
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6.0
Act of Vengeance
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6.9
A Sense of Freedom
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5.3 TMDB
Voyage
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7.0
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
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6.6
Deadly Voyage
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6.4
When the Sky Falls
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7.8
Play for Today
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6.9
Thirty-Minute Theatre
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6.4
The Infiltrator
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6.7
Screen Two
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7.4
The Elephants' Graveyard
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7.7 TMDB
Looking After Jo Jo
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6.6 TMDB
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
Himself
7.8
Just Another Saturday
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Filmography
- 2007Paul McCartney: The McCartney YearsDirectorMovie
- 2007British Film ForeverSeries
- 2006Bloody Business: Making The Long Good FridayHimselfMovie
- 2003QuicksandDirectorMovie
- 2000When the Sky FallsDirectorMovie
- 1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor WithinDirectorMovie
- 1998Looking After Jo JoDirectorSeries
- 1996Deadly VoyageDirectorMovie
- 1995The InfiltratorDirectorMovie
- 1993VoyageDirectorMovie
- 1993Speaking our LanguageDirector, EditorSeries
- 1993Sean Connery: PrivateEditorMovie
- 1992RubyDirectorMovie
- 1990The Last of the FinestDirectorMovie
- 1988The Late ShowSeries
- 1987The Fourth ProtocolDirectorMovie
- 1986Act of VengeanceDirectorMovie
- 1985A Sense of FreedomDirectorMovie
- 1985The InnocentDirectorMovie
- 1985Screen TwoDirectorSeries
- 1983The Honorary ConsulDirectorMovie
- 1982Paul McCartney - Take It AwayDirectorMovie
- 1981Say No to StrangersDirectorMovie
- 1980The Long Good FridayDirectorMovie
- 1979The Racing GameDirectorSeries
- 1979Just a Boys' GameDirectorMovie
- 1978Red ShiftDirectorMovie
- 1977Talkin' BluesDirectorMovie
- 1976The Elephants' GraveyardDirectorMovie
- 1976Double DareDirectorMovie
- 1975A Passage to EnglandDirectorMovie
- 1975The Wild West ShowDirectorSeries
- 1975Just Another SaturdayDirectorMovie
- 1974Taking LeaveDirectorMovie
- 1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilDirectorMovie
- 1973Shut DownDirectorMovie
- 1973Centre PlayDirectorSeries
- 1973The Black DogDirectorMovie
- 1972MadeDirectorMovie
- 1972Country MattersDirectorSeries
- 1971Unman, Wittering and ZigoDirectorMovie
- 1971One Brief SummerDirectorMovie
- 1970Play for TodayDirectorSeries
- 1969Softly Softly: Task ForceDirectorSeries
- 1969There Is Also TomorrowDirectorMovie
- 1969W. Somerset MaughamDirectorSeries
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDirectorSeries
- 1968The Jazz AgeDirectorSeries
- 1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After ItDirectorMovie
- 1967The Voices in the ParkDirectorMovie
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreDirectorSeries
- 1965The NewcomersDirectorSeries
- 1964The Wednesday PlayDirector, Production AssistantSeries
- —ApachesDirectorMovie