Tony Garnett
Production
- Born
- April 3, 1936 · Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
- Died
- January 12, 2020 (age 83)
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.
Known for
Kes
April 3, 1970
Earth Girls Are Easy
September 8, 1988
Beautiful Thing
June 21, 1996
Fat Man and Little Boy
October 20, 1989
Follow That Bird
August 2, 1985
Family Life
November 17, 1971
Hostile Waters
October 18, 1997
Cathy Come Home
November 16, 1966
The Sweet Body of Deborah
March 20, 1968
Black Jack
September 9, 1979
Handgun
May 12, 1983
Prostitute
April 9, 1980
Behind the camera39
- 2007This Life +10 Producer
- 1997Hostile Waters Producer
- 1996Beautiful Thing Producer
- 1995The Turnaround Executive Producer
- 1992Born Kicking Producer
- 1989Fat Man and Little Boy Producer
- 1988Earth Girls Are Easy Producer
- 1985Follow That Bird Producer
- 1983Handgun Director, Writer, Producer
- 1982Afternoon Producer