Loach studied law at St. Peter’s College in Oxford, but soon dropped out because he became interested in acting. For a short time, he acted and directed in a theatre group in Birmingham, and in 1936, began to work at BBC. In collaboration with the producer Tony Garnett, he directed several respectable dramas such as Up the Junction (1965), Coming Out Party (1965), Cathy Come Home (1966), and developed his specific documentary style. After his first feature film, Poor cow (1967) with Tony Garnett, he founded the independent producing company Kestrel films and directed his films Kes (1969), Family Life (1971), A Misfortune (1973), Days of Hope (1975), The Gamekeeper (1980), Looks and Smiles (1981). During the 1980s he parted his ways with Garnett and started making documentaries about the working class, such as A Question of Leadership (1981), Questions of Leadership (1983) and Which Side Are You On? (1984). However, he often had problems with censorship. During 1990s, he returned to feature films and achieves his biggest successes with Hidden Agenda (1990), Riff-Raff (1990), Raining Stones (1993), Ladybird Ladybird (1994), Carla’s Song (1996), My Name Is Joe (1998), Bread and Roses (2000), Sweet Sixteen (2002), A Fond Kiss (2004).