Tony Garnett

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Tony Garnett (born 3 April 1936) is a film producer who has worked in feature films and on British television. He was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, and studied psychology at the University of London.

One of his most famous early credits was the 1966 BBC television play Cathy Come Home. In 1969 after the filming of Kes, produced by Garnett and directed by Cathy Come Home's Ken Loach, they co-founded Kestrel Films. Further film credits include Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) and Beautiful Thing (1996). During the 1990s he was chairman of World Productions.

[edit] External links

• Tony Garnett at the Internet Movie Database