John Mackenzie

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John Mackenzie

Directing August 16, 1932

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 1…

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Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

7.2 1980 Movie
Screen Two

Screen Two

7.1 1985 TV Show
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

5.2 1964 TV Show
The Fourth Protocol

The Fourth Protocol

6.3 1987 Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.3 1965 TV Show
ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

7.0 1969 TV Show
The Honorary Consul

The Honorary Consul

5.8 1983 Movie
Centre Play

Centre Play

7.0 1973 TV Show
Softly Softly: Task Force

Softly Softly: Task Force

6.0 1969 TV Show
Quicksand

Quicksand

5.0 2003 Movie
The Last of the Finest

The Last of the Finest

5.9 1990 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2007
    Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years

    Movie Director

  2. 2007
    British Film Forever

    TV show

  3. 2006
    Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday

    Movie Himself

  4. 2003
    Quicksand

    Movie Director

  5. 2000
    When the Sky Falls

    Movie Director

  6. 1998
    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    Movie Director

  7. 1998
    Looking After Jo Jo

    TV show Director

  8. 1996
    Deadly Voyage

    Movie Director

  9. 1995
    The Infiltrator

    Movie Director

  10. 1993
    Voyage

    Movie Director

  11. 1993
    Speaking our Language

    TV show Director

  12. 1993
    Sean Connery: Private

    Movie Editor

  13. 1992
    Ruby

    Movie Director

  14. 1990
    The Last of the Finest

    Movie Director

  15. 1988
    The Late Show

    TV show

  16. 1987
    The Fourth Protocol

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1986
    Act of Vengeance

    Movie Director

  2. 1985
    A Sense of Freedom

    Movie Director

  3. 1985
    The Innocent

    Movie Director

  4. 1985
    Screen Two

    TV show Director

  5. 1983
    The Honorary Consul

    Movie Director

  6. 1982
    Paul McCartney - Take It Away

    Movie Director

  7. 1981
    Say No to Strangers

    Movie Director

  8. 1980
    The Long Good Friday

    Movie Director

  9. 1979
    The Racing Game

    TV show Director

  10. 1979
    Just a Boys' Game

    Movie Director

  11. 1978
    Red Shift

    Movie Director

  12. 1977
    Talkin' Blues

    Movie Director

  13. 1976
    The Elephants' Graveyard

    Movie Director

  14. 1976
    Double Dare

    Movie Director

  15. 1975
    A Passage to England

    Movie Director

  16. 1975
    The Wild West Show

    TV show Director

  17. 1975
    Just Another Saturday

    Movie Director

  18. 1974
    Taking Leave

    Movie Director

  19. 1974
    The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

    Movie Director

  20. 1973
    Shut Down

    Movie Director

  21. 1973
    Centre Play

    TV show Director

  22. 1973
    The Black Dog

    Movie Director

  23. 1972
    Made

    Movie Director

  24. 1972
    Country Matters

    TV show Director