John Mackenzie
Directing·August 16, 1932·† June 8, 2011 — 78 years old·Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
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2007Paul McCartney: The McCartney YearsDirector2007British Film ForeverTV2006Bloody Business: Making The Long Good FridayHimself2003QuicksandDirector2000When the Sky FallsDirector1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor WithinDirector1998Looking After Jo JoTVDirector1996Deadly VoyageDirector1995The InfiltratorDirector1993VoyageDirector1993Speaking our LanguageTVDirector · Editor1993Sean Connery: PrivateEditor1992RubyDirector1990The Last of the FinestDirector1988The Late ShowTV1987The Fourth ProtocolDirector1986Act of VengeanceDirector1985A Sense of FreedomDirector1985The InnocentDirector1985Screen TwoTVDirector1983The Honorary ConsulDirector1982Paul McCartney - Take It AwayDirector1981Say No to StrangersDirector1980The Long Good FridayDirector1979The Racing GameTVDirector1979Just a Boys' GameDirector1978Red ShiftDirector1977Talkin' BluesDirector1976The Elephants' GraveyardDirector1976Double DareDirector1975A Passage to EnglandDirector1975The Wild West ShowTVDirector1975Just Another SaturdayDirector1974Taking LeaveDirector1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilDirector1973Shut DownDirector1973Centre PlayTVDirector1973The Black DogDirector1972MadeDirector1972Country MattersTVDirector1971Unman, Wittering and ZigoDirector1971One Brief SummerDirector1970Play for TodayTVDirector1969Softly Softly: Task ForceTVDirector1969There Is Also TomorrowDirector1969W. Somerset MaughamTVDirector1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreTVDirector1968The Jazz AgeTVDirector1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After ItDirector1967The Voices in the ParkDirector1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTVDirector1965The NewcomersTVDirector1964The Wednesday PlayTVDirector · Production Assistant