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Born August 16, 1932 in 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.

Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years

British Film Forever

Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
Himself

Quicksand

When the Sky Falls

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

Looking After Jo Jo

Deadly Voyage

The Infiltrator

Voyage

Sean Connery: Private

Ruby

The Last of the Finest

The Late Show

The Fourth Protocol

Act of Vengeance

A Sense of Freedom

The Innocent

Screen Two

The Honorary Consul

The Long Good Friday

The Racing Game

Just a Boys' Game

Red Shift

Talkin' Blues

The Elephants' Graveyard

Double Dare

A Passage to England

Just Another Saturday

Taking Leave

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Shut Down

Centre Play

Made

Country Matters

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

One Brief Summer

Play for Today

Softly Softly: Task Force

There Is Also Tomorrow

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

Thirty-Minute Theatre

The Wednesday Play