Directing
John Mackenzie
Aug 16, 1932 (died Jun 8, 2011, aged 78) 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
7.2
The Long Good Friday
Director
6.3
The Fourth Protocol
Director
6.6
Play for Today
Director
5.8
The Honorary Consul
Director
7.1
Screen Two
Director
4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Director
5.2
The Wednesday Play
Director, Production Assistant
5.8
The Last of the Finest
Director
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Director
5.0
Quicksand
Director
5.6
Act of Vengeance
Director
5.5
Ruby
Director
6.8
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Director
6.5
A Sense of Freedom
Director
5.3
Voyage
Director
Filmography
5.5
British Film Forever
2007
8.0
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
2007 · Director
6.6
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
2006 · Himself
5.0
Quicksand
2003 · Director
5.0
When the Sky Falls
2000 · Director
7.7
Looking After Jo Jo
1998 · Director
6.2
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998 · Director
5.6
Deadly Voyage
1996 · Director
6.5
The Infiltrator
1995 · Director
5.3
Voyage
1993 · Director
Sean Connery: Private
1993 · Editor
5.5
Ruby
1992 · Director
5.8
The Last of the Finest
1990 · Director
3.8
The Late Show
1988
6.3
The Fourth Protocol
1987 · Director
5.6
Act of Vengeance
1986 · Director
7.1
Screen Two
1985 · Director
6.5
A Sense of Freedom
1985 · Director
6.7
The Innocent
1985 · Director
5.8
The Honorary Consul
1983 · Director
7.2
The Long Good Friday
1980 · Director
7.8
The Racing Game
1979 · Director
9.0
Just a Boys' Game
1979 · Director
7.7
Red Shift
1978 · Director
Talkin' Blues
1977 · Director
7.2
The Elephants' Graveyard
1976 · Director
Double Dare
1976 · Director
8.4
Just Another Saturday
1975 · Director
A Passage to England
1975 · Director
8.0
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974 · Director