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.
John Mackenzie Biography / Wiki
| Name | John Mackenzie |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Date of Birth | 1932-08-16 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 78 |
| Deathday | 2011-06-08 |
John Mackenzie Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday | Himself | 2006-04-04 | A documentary about the making of The Long Good Friday, including interviews with John Mackenzie, stars Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, pro… |
John Mackenzie Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Fourth Protocol | Director | 1987-02-24 | 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 cr… |
| A Sense of Freedom | Director | 1979-10-19 | The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland’s most violent man…. |
| The Long Good Friday | Director | 1980-11-01 | 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 t… |
| Quicksand | Director | 2003-01-08 | The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a dow… |
| The Honorary Consul | Director | 1983-09-30 | Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to… |
| Ruby | Director | 1992-03-27 | Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K…. |
| When the Sky Falls | Director | 2000-06-26 | Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate a… |
| The Last of the Finest | Director | 1990-03-09 | 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 the… |
| Unman, Wittering and Zigo | Director | 1971-06-13 | A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears the same fate will befall him…. |
| Just Another Saturday | Director | 1975-07-05 | It’s the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns th… |
| The Infiltrator | Director | 1995-06-24 | In the early 1990s, an Israeli freelance journalist travels to Germany and uncovers a dangerously pervasive underground Neo-Nazi faction intent on bri… |
| Made | Director | 1972-10-01 | This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a folk s… |
| Apaches | Director | 1977-02-01 | On an English farm, six reckless children play at being a fierce band of Apache warriors, unaware of the many dangers to which they are exposed. (Publ… |
| The Elephants’ Graveyard | Director | 1976-10-11 | Bunny has told his wife he is working as a postman, but in fact is wandering the hills all day, wondering why he doesn’t want to work. He meets Jody, … |
| Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within | Director | 1998-11-29 | Fact-based story about a 90’s espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history… |
| Deadly Voyage | Director | 1996-06-14 | When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to dispose of them at sea. The last time they had a stowa… |
| Red Shift | Director | 1978-01-17 | Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Top hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles. A Roman soldier, a medieval rebel and a… |
| The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil | Director | 1974-06-06 | The “ceilidh play”, as writer John McGrath styled it, is presented in the BBC’s 1974 “Play for Today” production to a live audience intercut with film… |
| Double Dare | Director | 1976-04-06 | Martin Ellis (Alan Dobie) is a blocked screenwriter who invites Helen, an actress (Kika Markham), to a hotel in central London to discuss an idea for … |
| Say No to Strangers | Director | 1981-01-01 | A short film to warn children of sexual predators…. |
| Just a Boys’ Game | Director | 1979-11-08 | Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town’s toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other, Jake’s sole aim is t… |
| Act of Vengeance | Director | 1986-09-04 | In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot…. |
| Voyage | Director | 1993-06-01 | Morgan and Catherine Norvell have their future plans ready. In Monte Carlo, their sailboat is stocked. From there they are going to sail to Malta and … |
| The Innocent | Director | 1985-03-18 | This densely-packed film is based on a book by Tom Hart about the struggles of a young Yorkshire boy trying to come to grips with squabbling parents, … |
| A Passage to England | Director | 1975-12-09 | Anand, his pretty cousin and their sick uncle are stranded in Amsterdam where they receive an offer to take them to England…. |
| Taking Leave | Director | 1974-11-28 | Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the … |
| Shutdown | Director | 1973-11-29 | During Wakes Week in the Potteries, the factory is deserted except for three electricians on an emergency maintenance job…. |
| One Brief Summer | Director | 1970-05-10 | The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives…. |
| Paul McCartney – Take It Away | Director | 1982-06-21 | … |
| There Is Also Tomorrow | Director | 1969-11-19 | The commanding officer of a regiment handling nuclear missiles is shocked to see his daughter Sally on television taking part in a student demonstrati… |
| Director | John Joseph McCann has been a habitual criminal since childhood, when he pilfered cash boxes for his dad. He’s been in and out of prison ever since. H… | ||
| Director | Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha… | ||
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| Director | The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written … | ||
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