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Tony Garnett

Tony Garnett

Known For Production
Birthday Apr 03, 1936
Died Jan 12, 2020 (83)
Birthplace Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

Incident at Midnight

Incident at Midnight

1963

as Brennan

The Boys

The Boys

1962

as James Alan "Ginger" Thompson

Handgun

Handgun

1983

Writer

Prostitute

Prostitute

1980

Writer

Kes

Kes

1970

Screenplay

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

1965

Story Editor

The Coming Out Party

The Coming Out Party

1965

Story Editor

Handgun

Handgun

1983

Director

Prostitute

Prostitute

1980

Director

Hostile Waters

Hostile Waters

1997

Producer

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

1996

Producer

The Turnaround

The Turnaround

1995

Executive Producer

Born Kicking

Born Kicking

1992

Producer

Fat Man and Little Boy

Fat Man and Little Boy

1989

Producer

Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy

1988

Producer

Follow That Bird

Follow That Bird

1985

Producer

Handgun

Handgun

1983

Producer

Old Chums

Old Chums

1982

Producer

A Light Snack

A Light Snack

1982

Producer

Afternoon

Afternoon

1982

Producer

Probation

Probation

1982

Producer

Prostitute

Prostitute

1980

Producer

Black Jack

Black Jack

1979

Producer

The Spongers

The Spongers

1978

Producer

Hard Labour

Hard Labour

1973

Producer

Blooming Youth

Blooming Youth

1973

Producer

After a Lifetime

After a Lifetime

1971

Producer

Family Life

Family Life

1971

Producer

The Body

The Body

1970

Producer

Kes

Kes

1970

Producer

The Big Flame

The Big Flame

1969

Producer

The Parachute

The Parachute

1968

Producer

The Golden Vision

The Golden Vision

1968

Producer

The Voices in the Park

The Voices in the Park

1967

Producer

Drums Along The Avon

Drums Along The Avon

1967

Producer

In Two Minds

In Two Minds

1967

Producer

Cathy Come Home

Cathy Come Home

1966

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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An Age of Kings

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Apr 28, 1960

Studio Four

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1962

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