--- name: "Jim Loach" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-loach" fi1m_id: "jim-loach" imdb_id: "nm1425385" tmdb_id: 206296 wikidata_id: "Q3808351" roles: ["Director"] born: "6 June 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 79 average_as: "director" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-17T15:24:54.926212+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jim Loach ## Identity Jim Loach - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-loach - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jim-loach - **IMDb ID:** nm1425385 - **TMDB ID:** 206296 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3808351 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Loach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1425385/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/206296 Director. Born 6 June 1969 in London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 6 June 1969, London, England, UK - **Active:** 2004–present - **Also known as:** 짐로치, James Loach - **Frequently works with:** [Gordon Anderson](https://film.one/person/gordon-anderson.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as director, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 81 (1) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Loach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1425385/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/206296 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Record*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md) (81), [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Endeavour*](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Jim Loach > Jim Loach is a director we trust with actors and difficult subjects. His restrained, character-led approach is persuasive in *Criminal Record*, though the series also shows how secondary stories can weaken a strong central contest. Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo keep the pressure on each other in *Criminal Record* (2024), and Jim Loach's direction serves that contest well. The series is tense and absorbing, with institutional racism central to what it has to say. We were gripped by the struggle between its leads, which gives the programme a reason to keep watching beyond the importance of its subject. Loach is most persuasive in this sort of character-led drama. His interest is in how people respond to difficult circumstances, an approach that also guides his occasional feature work. He began directing in British television drama, with episodes of *Coronation Street* (2000), followed by work on *Shameless* and *Bad Girls*. His feature debut, *Oranges and Sunshine* (2010), dramatises the British child migration scandal. Rona Munro wrote the screenplay, and Emily Watson stars. The film's restrained treatment matters with material that could so easily be made sentimental. The emphasis stays on the people affected, rather than on telling an audience how it ought to feel about what happened to them. He continued to work chiefly in television, directing episodes of *Victoria* (2016) and working on *Save Me* (2018). His second feature, *Measure of a Man* (2018), moved to an American-set coming-of-age story adapted from a novel. Its mixed reviews included complaints about unevenness and excessive nostalgia. Our reservation about *Criminal Record* concerns how it divides its attention. Some secondary stories weaken the pressure, and the quality of the central pairing makes those distractions more noticeable. We would have preferred less time away from the leads. Nor should its success be claimed for a director alone: Capaldi and Jumbo are the chief reason we rated the series so highly. Start there, with some patience for the subplots. ## Biography Jim Loach is a British film and television director. Born in London on 6 June 1969, he is the son of director Ken Loach. He studied philosophy at University College London and began his career as a researcher at the BBC before moving into directing on the Granada current affairs series World in Action in 1996. Loach has directed numerous television dramas, including episodes of Coronation Street, Shameless, Victoria, Endeavour, Tin Star, The Tower and Save Me. His feature films include Oranges and Sunshine (2010). In 2024 he directed episodes of the Apple TV+ series Criminal Record, which was renewed for a second season. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Criminal Record* (2024), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md) - *Endeavour* (2013), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md) - *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) ## Complete filmography (17) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Unchosen* (2026), series, Director - *Lockerbie: A Search for Truth* (2025), series, Director - *Criminal Record* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md) - *The Tower* (2021), series, Director - *Measure of a Man* (2018), Director - *Tin Star* (2017), series, Director - *Victoria* (2016), series, Director - *Life of Crime* (2013), series, Director - *Endeavour* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md) - *Freddie Flintoff: The hidden side of sport* (2012), Director - *DCI Banks* (2011), series, Director - *Oranges and Sunshine* (2010), Director - *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, Director - *Hotel Babylon* (2006), series, Director - *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) - *Footballers' Wives* (2002), series, Director - *Bad Girls* (1999), series, Director ## Gallery - ![Jim Loach- Oranges and Sunshine Premiere Sydney (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/22500/gallery-ef50a2603fbc.jpg) Jim Loach- Oranges and Sunshine Premiere Sydney (2011) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Jim_Loach-_Oranges_and_Sunshine_Premiere_Sydney_%285750094567%29.jpg/1280px-Jim_Loach-_Oranges_and_Sunshine_Premiere_Sydney_%285750094567%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jim Loach](https://film.one/media/person/22500/gallery-7647744c659f.jpg) Jim Loach — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Jim_Loach_-_Oranges_and_Sunshine_Premiere_Sydney.jpg/1280px-Jim_Loach_-_Oranges_and_Sunshine_Premiere_Sydney.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Oranges and Sunshine Premiere Jim Loach Margaret Humphreys (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/22500/gallery-e8d06a06cda6.jpg) Oranges and Sunshine Premiere Jim Loach Margaret Humphreys (2011) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Oranges_and_Sunshine_Premiere_Jim_Loach_Margaret_Humphreys_%285750681466%29.jpg/1280px-Oranges_and_Sunshine_Premiere_Jim_Loach_Margaret_Humphreys_%285750681466%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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