
John Mackenzie
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.
39 directing credits · 1 acting credit
Directing · 39

Play for Today
1970

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969

Centre Play
1973
The Jazz Age
1968

Country Matters
1972

The Long Good Friday
1980

The Fourth Protocol
1987

The Honorary Consul
1983

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974

Ruby
1992

Quicksand
2003

Looking After Jo Jo
1998

The Last of the Finest
1990

Act of Vengeance
1986

Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971

Deadly Voyage
1996

The Infiltrator
1995

Red Shift
1978

When the Sky Falls
2000

Just Another Saturday
1975

Voyage
1993

Taking Leave
1974
Say No to Strangers
1981

Made
1972

The Innocent
1985

Just a Boys' Game
1979

A Passage to England
1975

A Sense of Freedom
1985

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998

Shut Down
1973
The Voices in the Park
1967

There Is Also Tomorrow
1969

The Elephants' Graveyard
1976

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968

One Brief Summer
1971

Double Dare
1976
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982

Talkin' Blues
1977
The Black Dog
1973
