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    John Mackenzie

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  1. Alma mater. University of Edinburgh. Occupation. Film director. Years active. 1966–2009. John Leonard Duncan Mackenzie (22 May 1928 – 8 June 2011) [1] was a Scottish film director who worked in British film from the late 1960s, first as an assistant director and later as an independent director himself. [2]

  2. John Mackenzie (1928-2011) John Mackenzie. Director. Editor. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. A solid and reliable filmmaker with frequent flairs of brilliance, Mackenzie gave up a career in acting because of a desire to control what he was doing. He assisted Ken Loach on his classic early TV plays such as Cathy Come Home (1966 ...

    • January 1, 1
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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    • London, England, UK
  3. John Mackenzie will forever be remembered as the director of the pitch-perfect British gangland thriller The Long Good Friday (1980), but it was at the time merely his latest in an electrifying ...

  4. John Mackenzie was a British 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.

  5. Nov 3, 2020 · He’s just one of many ‘faces-of-the-future’ that further bolster the film’s visionary credentials. There’s Dexter Fletcher, Helen Mirren, Eastenders’ Gillian Taylforth and, as a homoerotic hitman, Pierce Brosnan. Mackenzie humbly attributes this talent spotting to “great casting director”, Simone Reynolds. “Brosnan…

  6. Pages in category "Films directed by John Mackenzie (film director)" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

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  8. Jun 8, 2011 · Director John MacKenzie worked in both films and television. His best-known film was The Long Good Friday (1980). Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he got his start directing feature films during the 1970s.