John Mackenzie

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.

Directed

1. The Long Good Friday (1980) — Director
2. The Fourth Protocol (1987) — Director
3. The Honorary Consul (1983) — Director
4. Quicksand (2003) — Director
5. The Last of the Finest (1990) — Director
6. Ruby (1992) — Director
7. Act of Vengeance (1986) — Director
8. A Sense of Freedom (1985) — Director
9. Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971) — Director
10. Voyage (1993) — Director
11. Deadly Voyage (1996) — Director
12. When the Sky Falls (2000) — Director
13. Play for Today (1970) — Director
14. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Director
15. The Infiltrator (1995) — Director
16. Screen Two (1985) — Director
17. The Elephants' Graveyard (1976) — Director
18. Looking After Jo Jo (1998) — Director
19. Just Another Saturday (1975) — Director
20. Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998) — Director
21. Red Shift (1978) — Director
22. Country Matters (1972) — Director
23. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Director
24. The Racing Game (1979) — Director
25. Made (1972) — Director
26. The Innocent (1985) — Director
27. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Director
28. Just a Boys' Game (1979) — Director
29. One Brief Summer (1971) — Director
30. The Newcomers (1965) — Director
31. Softly Softly: Task Force (1969) — Director
32. The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974) — Director
33. Say No to Strangers (1981) — Director
34. Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It (1968) — Director
35. The Voices in the Park (1967) — Director
36. There Is Also Tomorrow (1969) — Director
37. Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years (2007) — Director
38. Centre Play (1973) — Director
39. The Wild West Show (1975) — Director
40. Double Dare (1976) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday (2006) — Himself
2. The Late Show (1988)
3. British Film Forever (2007)