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Tony Garnett

Producer · 1936–2020 · Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK

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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.

Produced 43

2000s

  1. 2007

    This Life +10

    Producer

  2. 2003

    Buried

    Executive Producer

1990s

  1. 1998

    The Cops

    Executive Producer

  2. 1997

    Hostile Waters

    Producer

    62
  3. 1996

    Beautiful Thing

    Producer

  4. This Life

    Executive Producer

    82

  5. Ballykissangel

    Producer

    74
  6. 1995

    The Turnaround

    Executive Producer

  7. Sharman

    Executive Producer

  8. 1994

    Cardiac Arrest

    Producer

  9. 1992

    Born Kicking

    Producer

  10. Between the Lines

    Producer, Executive Producer

    74

1980s

  1. 1989

    Fat Man and Little Boy

    Producer

    58
  2. 1988

    Earth Girls Are Easy

    Producer

    60
  3. 1985

    Follow That Bird

    Producer

    71
  4. 1983

    Handgun

    Producer

  5. 1982

    Afternoon

    Producer

  6. Probation

    Producer

  7. Old Chums

    Producer

  8. The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final

    Producer

  9. 1980

    Prostitute

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Black Jack

    Producer

  2. 1978

    Law & Order

    Producer

  3. The Spongers

    Producer

  4. 1977

    The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

    Producer

  5. The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

    Producer

  6. 1975

    Days of Hope

    Producer

  7. 1973

    Blooming Youth

    Producer

  8. Hard Labour

    Producer

  9. 1971

    Family Life

    Producer

  10. The Save the Children Fund Film

    Producer

  11. 1970

    The Body

    Producer

  12. Kes

    Producer

    83

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Big Flame

    Producer

  2. 1968

    The Golden Vision

    Producer

  3. The Sweet Body of Deborah

    Producer

  4. The Parachute

    Producer

  5. The Gorge

    Producer

  6. 1967

    Drums Along The Avon

    Producer

  7. In Two Minds

    Producer

  8. The Lump

    Producer

  9. 1966

    Cathy Come Home

    Producer

  10. 1965

    BBC Play of the Month

    Producer

Acted in 7

2000s

  1. 2006

    Carry On Ken

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1972

    Right to Work March

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1963

    The Rivals

    Jimmy Vosler

  2. Incident at Midnight

    Brennan

  3. World in Action

    TV · 35 Seasons · Documentary

  4. 1962

    The Boys

    James Alan "Ginger" Thompson

  5. 1960

    An Age of Kings

    Sir Thomas Grey, Bates, Vernon · 4 episodes

Wrote 6

1980s

  1. 1983

    Handgun

    Writer

  2. 1980

    Prostitute

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1970

    Kes

    Screenplay

    83

1960s

  1. 1965

    The Coming Out Party

    Story Editor

  2. Stand Up, Nigel Barton

    Story Editor

  3. Up the Junction

    Story Editor

    71

Directed 2

1980s

  1. 1983

    Handgun

    Director

  2. 1980

    Prostitute

    Director

Appearances4

2020s

  1. 2020

    Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today

    Self – Producer (archive footage, 1993)

2010s

  1. 2019

    Greg Davies: Looking for Kes

    Self

  2. 2016

    Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

    Self - Friend and Producer

  3. 2010

    Making Kes

    Self