Michael Powell
English film director (1905-1990) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 84
Michael Latham Powell was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.
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The South Bank ShowSeries, 19781969
Age of ConsentFilm, Director, Producer1966
They're a Weird MobFilm, Director, Producer1963
EspionageSeries, Director1961
The DefendersSeries, Director1957
Ill Met by MoonlightFilm, Director, Writer1955
Oh... Rosalinda!!Film, Director, Writer1951Silver BearAward1949
The Small Back RoomFilm, Director, Writer1947
Black NarcissusFilm, Director, Writer1944
A Canterbury TaleFilm, Director, Writer1942
One of Our Aircraft Is MissingFilm, Director, Writer1939
The Lion Has WingsFilm, Director1936
Crown v. StevensFilm, Director1933
Perfect UnderstandingFilm, Writer1926
The MagicianFilm, Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)1905Born30 September 1905People around Michael
- Emeric Pressburger Also in The Spy in Black and Contraband
Raymond Massey Michael produced A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Cyril Cusack Michael directed Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
Anton Walbrook Michael directed The Red Shoes and 49th Parallel- Googie Withers Michael directed One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
John Laurie Michael directed The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Esmond Knight Michael directed Black Narcissus (1947)
Ludmilla Tchérina Michael directed The Red Shoes (1948)
Leslie Banks Michael directed The Small Back Room (1952)
John Longden Michael directed The Fighting Pimpernel (1950)
Marius Goring Michael directed The Red Shoes (1949)
Bernard Miles Michael directed The Spy in Black (1939)
David Farrar Michael directed Black Narcissus (1947)
Anthony Bushell Michael directed The Small Back Room (1952)- Esma Cannon Michael directed The Spy in Black and Contraband
Jerry Verno Michael directed Two Crowded Hours (1931)
Patrick Macnee Michael directed The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)- Donald Calthrop Michael directed The Phantom Light (1935)
Kathleen Byron Michael produced A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Conrad Veidt Michael directed The Thief of Bagdad (1940)_Collection_(3363910055).jpg?width=250)
Robert Helpmann Michael directed The Red Shoes (1949)
Finlay Currie Michael directed 49th Parallel (1942)
Roland Culver Michael produced The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945)
Felix Aylmer Michael directed The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945)
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The Red Shoes 1948
A Matter of Life and Death 1946
Black Narcissus 1947
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
Peeping Tom 1960
Filmography 40
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Television 3
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Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).
