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John Mackenzie

John Mackenzie

John Mackenzie

1932-08-16

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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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.

Best known for:

The Long Good Friday

The Fourth Protocol

The Honorary Consul

Quicksand

The Last of the Finest

Ruby

A Sense of Freedom

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

Act of Vengeance

Apaches

Voyage

Deadly Voyage

Play for Today

When the Sky Falls

The Elephants' Graveyard

The Infiltrator

Looking After Jo Jo

Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday

Just Another Saturday

Red Shift

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Made

The Innocent

One Brief Summer

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Filmography:

ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
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There Is Also Tomorrow (1969)
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Play for Today (1970)
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Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
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One Brief Summer (1971)
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Made (1972)
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Shut Down (1973)
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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
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Taking Leave (1974)
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Just Another Saturday (1975)
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A Passage to England (1975)
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The Elephants' Graveyard (1976)
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Double Dare (1976)
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Apaches (1977)
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Talkin' Blues (1977)
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Red Shift (1978)
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Just a Boys' Game (1979)
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The Long Good Friday (1980)
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The Honorary Consul (1983)
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A Sense of Freedom (1985)
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The Innocent (1985)
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Act of Vengeance (1986)
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The Fourth Protocol (1987)
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The Last of the Finest (1990)
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Ruby (1992)
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Voyage (1993)
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The Infiltrator (1995)
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Deadly Voyage (1996)
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Looking After Jo Jo (1998)
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Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998)
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When the Sky Falls (2000)
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Quicksand (2003)
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John Mackenzie - Profile - Filmography