Michael Powell
- Directing
- September 30, 1905 · Bekesbourne, Kent, England
- February 19, 1990
Biography
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. They worked together under the name of "The Archers" and produced a series of classic British films, notably The Thief of Bagdad (1940), 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948). His controversial 1960 film Peeping Tom, however, was so vilified that his career was seriously damaged.
Known for
Filmography
- AMR: Dying to Change the World · Sound
- Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger · Self
- Churchill and the Movie Mogul · Self
- Inside Rupert Pupkin · Self
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · Self
- Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris · Self
- A Very British Psycho · Self
- The Line, the Cross & the Curve · Thanks
- Orlando · Thanks
- I Hired a Contract Killer · In Memory Of
- The Scorsese Machine · Self
- Laughter · Self
- Tears · Self
- Fear · Self
- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio · Self
- Anna Pavlova · Editing
- A Pretty British Affair · Interviewee
- Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
- Return to the Edge of the World · Self, Director
- The South Bank Show
- The Boy Who Turned Yellow · Director
- Age of Consent · Director, Producer
- Sebastian · Producer
- They're a Weird Mob · Director, Producer
- Bluebeard's Castle · Director
- Espionage · Director
- The Queen's Guards · Producer, Director
- The Defenders · Director
- Peeping Tom · Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited), Producer
- Honeymoon · Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited), Director
- Ill Met by Moonlight · Director, Writer
- The Battle of the River Plate · Writer, Director
- Oh... Rosalinda!! · Director, Writer
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice · Director
- The Tales of Hoffmann · Producer, Writer
- Aila – Pohjolan tytär · Producer
- The Elusive Pimpernel · Director, Producer
- Gone to Earth · Screenplay, Producer
- The Small Back Room · Writer, Director
- The Red Shoes · Producer, Director
- “The Red Shoes” Sketches · Writer
- The End of the River · Producer
- Black Narcissus · Writer, Director
- A Matter of Life and Death · Screenplay, Director
- I Know Where I'm Going! · Writer, Director
- A Canterbury Tale · Director, Writer
- The Volunteer · Self, Writer
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · Producer, Director
- The Silver Fleet · Producer
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing · Despatching Officer, Director
- 49th Parallel · Director, Producer
- An Airman's Letter to His Mother · Reader of Prologue (uncredited), Director
- Contraband · Director, Scenario Writer
- The Thief of Bagdad · Director
- The Lion Has Wings · Director
- The Spy in Black · Director
- Smith · Director
- The Edge of the World · Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited), Writer
- The Man Behind the Mask · Director
- Crown v. Stevens · Director
- The Brown Wallet · Director
- Someday · Director
- Her Last Affaire · Director
- The Price of a Song · Director
- The Phantom Light · Director
- The Love Test · Director
- Lazybones · Director
- The Girl in the Crowd · Director
- Oh, Daddy! · Scenario Writer
- Something Always Happens · Director
- The Night of the Party · Director
- Red Ensign · Director, Writer
- The Fire Raisers · Story, Director
- Born Lucky · Director
- Perfect Understanding · Screenplay
- His Lordship · Director
- Hotel Splendide · Bugging Device Engineer (uncredited), Director
- The Rasp · Screenplay, Director
- My Friend the King · Director
- C.O.D. · Director