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John Mackenzie

Film Director | * 08/16/1932 († 78, 06/08/2011) | Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
John Leonard Duncan Mackenzie (22 May 1928 – 8 June 2011) was a Scottish film director who worked in British film from the late 1960s, first as an assistant director and later as an independent director himself. ()

John Mackenzie was a British 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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Crime

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The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man. ...

A Sense of Freedom

Certification unknown

1979 | 3.1/5 | 1h 25min
Crime, Drama
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An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded ...

The Last of the Finest

R

1990 | 3.0/5 | 1h 46min
Crime
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Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet En ...

The Fourth Protocol

Certification unknown

1987 | 3.1/5 | 1h 59min
Action, Thriller
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In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area o ...

The Long Good Friday

R

1980 | 3.6/5 | 1h 54min
Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
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Movies with John Mackenzie as Actor(1)

as himself2006 Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday

Movies with John Mackenzie as Crew(28)

Directing/Director2003 Quicksand
Directing/Director2000 When the Sky Falls
Directing/Director1998 Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Directing/Director1996 Deadly Voyage
Directing/Director1995 The Infiltrator
Directing/Director1993 Voyage
Directing/Director1992 Ruby
Directing/Director1990 The Last of the Finest
Directing/Director1987 The Fourth Protocol
Directing/Director1986 Act of Vengeance
Directing/Director1985 The Innocent
Directing/Director1983 The Honorary Consul
Directing/Director1981 Say No to Strangers
Directing/Director1980 The Long Good Friday
Directing/Director1979 A Sense of Freedom
Directing/Director1979 Just a Boys' Game
Directing/Director1978 Red Shift
Directing/Director1977 Apaches
Directing/Director1976 The Elephants' Graveyard
Directing/Director1975 A Passage to England
Directing/Director1975 Just Another Saturday
Directing/Director1974 Taking Leave
Directing/Director1974 The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Directing/Director1973 Shut Down
Directing/Director1972 Made
Directing/Director1971 Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Directing/Director1970 One Brief Summer
Directing/Director1969 There Is Also Tomorrow

TV Shows/Series with John Mackenzie as Crew(4)

Directing/Director1998 Looking After Jo Jo
Directing/Director1970 Play for Today
Directing/Director1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Directing/Director1964 The Wednesday Play

Full Name: John Mackenzie
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Tuesday, 08/16 1932 (August) in Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 06/08 2011 (June) in London (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Edinburgh
Other names for John Mackenzie (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Mackenzie (film director)"
"John Mackenzie (Regisseur)"
John Mackenzie frequently works together with these people:
Phil Meheux (6x, Crew)
Michael Caine (4x, Actor)
Graeme MacDonald (4x, Crew)
Peter McDougall (4x, Crew)
John Murtagh (4x, Actor)
Hal Galili (4x, Actor)
Graham Walker (4x, Crew)
Pierce Brosnan (3x, Actor)
Bob Hoskins (3x, Actor)
Ken Hutchison (3x, Actor)
Myra Forsyth (3x, Cast)
Jimmy Martin (3x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:194985, Added: 07/20/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024