Tony Garnett
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- April 3, 1936
- Died
- January 12, 2020
- Birthplace
- Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Tony Garnett is a British film and television producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his thirteen-year association with director Ken Loach, which started with The Wednesday Play and the groundbreaking Cathy Come Home amongst others, and continued into Play For Today and big screen features such as Kes. His other TV productions have included the controversial Law and Order and The Spongers and, with his company World Productions, Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, Cops, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. As a director, he helmed the films Prostitute and Handgun, and produced Hollywood movies such as Earth Girls are Easy and Sesame Street's Follow That Bird, and British cult LGBT classic Beautiful Thing. In 2016, he released his memoir, The Day the Music Died.
Filmography
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today 2020
as Self – Producer (archive footage, 1993)
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes 2019
as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach 2016
as Self - Friend and Producer
Making Kes 2010
as Self
This Life +10 2007
Producer
Carry On Ken 2006
Actor
Hostile Waters 1997
Producer
Beautiful Thing 1996
Producer
The Turnaround 1995
Executive Producer
Born Kicking 1992
Producer
Fat Man and Little Boy 1989
Producer
Earth Girls Are Easy 1988
Producer
Follow That Bird 1985
Producer
Handgun 1983
Director, Writer, Producer
Afternoon 1982
Producer
- A Light Snack
A Light Snack 1982
Producer
Probation 1982
Producer
Old Chums 1982
Producer
The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final 1982
Producer
Prostitute 1980
Director, Producer, Writer
Black Jack 1979
Producer
The Spongers 1978
Producer
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality 1977
Producer
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People 1977
Producer
- Steven
Steven 1974
Producer
Blooming Youth 1973
Producer
Hard Labour 1973
Producer
Right to Work March 1972
Actor
Family Life 1971
Producer
The Save the Children Fund Film 1971
Producer
The Body 1970
Producer
Kes 1970
Producer, Screenplay
The Big Flame 1969
Producer
The Golden Vision 1968
Producer
The Sweet Body of Deborah 1968
Producer
The Parachute 1968
Producer
The Gorge 1968
Producer
Drums Along The Avon 1967
Producer
- The Voices in the Park
The Voices in the Park 1967
Producer
In Two Minds 1967
Producer
The Lump 1967
Producer
Cathy Come Home 1966
Producer
The Coming Out Party 1965
Story Editor
Stand Up, Nigel Barton 1965
Story Editor
Up the Junction 1965
Story Editor
The Rivals 1963
as Jimmy Vosler
Incident at Midnight 1963
as Brennan
The Boys 1962
as James Alan "Ginger" Thompson
Credits from TMDB.