John Mackenzie

Biography

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.

Known for

Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday

The Last of the Finest

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

June 13, 1971

Act of Vengeance

September 4, 1986

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2006	Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday	Himself

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2003	Quicksand	Director
2000	When the Sky Falls	Director
1998	Looking After Jo Jo	Director
1998	Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within	Director
1996	Deadly Voyage	Director
1995	The Infiltrator	Director
1993	Voyage	Director
1992	Ruby	Director
1990	The Last of the Finest	Director
1987	The Fourth Protocol	Director
1986	Act of Vengeance	Director
1985	The Innocent	Director
1983	The Honorary Consul	Director
1982	Paul McCartney - Take It Away	Director
1981	Say No to Strangers	Director
1980	The Long Good Friday	Director
1979	A Sense of Freedom	Director
1979	Just a Boys' Game	Director
1978	Red Shift	Director
1977	Apaches	Director
1977	Talkin' Blues	Director
1976	The Elephants' Graveyard	Director
1976	Double Dare	Director
1975	Just Another Saturday	Director
1975	A Passage to England	Director
1974	The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil	Director
1974	Taking Leave	Director
1973	Shut Down	Director
1972	Made	Director
1971	Unman, Wittering and Zigo	Director
1970	Play for Today	Director
1970	One Brief Summer	Director
1969	ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Director
1969	There Is Also Tomorrow	Director
1968	Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It	Director
1967	The Voices in the Park	Director