Michael Powell
Born in Bekesbourne, Kent, England — Sep 30 1905• Died Feb 19 1990
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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…
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Michael Powell's Credits
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The Defenders
Directing
Espionage
Directing
Peeping Tom
Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)
A Matter of Life and Death
Writing
Orlando
Crew
Black Narcissus
Writing
The Red Shoes
Production
The Battle of the River Plate
Writing
Age of Consent
Directing
49th Parallel
Directing
The Thief of Bagdad
Directing
I Know Where I'm Going!
Writing
I Hired a Contract Killer
Crew
Anna Pavlova
Editing
A Canterbury Tale
Directing
The Elusive Pimpernel
Directing
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Production
Contraband
Directing
The Lion Has Wings
Directing
Gone to Earth
Writing
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (voice) (archive sound)
The End of the River
Production
Blackmail
Camera
The Tales of Hoffmann
Production
Ill Met by Moonlight
Directing
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Self (archive footage)
Sebastian
Production
The Small Back Room
Writing
The Magician
Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)
The Night of the Party
Directing
The Spy in Black
Directing
The Scorsese Machine
Self
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Despatching Officer
Caste
Writing
Something Always Happens
Directing
The Edge of the World
Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited)
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Directing
Red Ensign
Directing
Champagne
Art
The Brown Wallet
Directing
Rynox
Writing
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
77 Park Lane
Writing
The Fire Raisers
Writing
Crown v. Stevens
Directing
The Man Behind the Mask
Directing
C.O.D.
Directing
The Silver Fleet
Production
The First Born
Camera
Her Last Affaire
Directing
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Self (archive footage)
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Directing
Perfect Understanding
Writing
Lazybones
Directing
The Rasp
Writing
His Lordship
Directing
The Love Test
Directing
A Very British Psycho
Himself
The Volunteer
Self
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Crew
Fear
Himself
The Queen's Guards
Production
Honeymoon
Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
Self (archive sound)
Laughter
Himself
The Compulsory Husband
Man
The Girl in the Crowd
Directing
The Phantom Light
Directing
My Friend the King
Directing
Oh, Daddy!
Writing
The Star Reporter
Directing
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats
Cicero Baedeker Symp
The Price of a Song
Directing
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
Directing
Born Lucky
Directing
Smith
Directing
Someday
Directing
The Garden of Allah
A Tourist
They're a Weird Mob
Directing
Tears
Himself
A Knight in London
Editing
Hotel Splendide
Bugging Device Engineer (uncredited)
Aila – Pohjolan tytär
Production
Two Crowded Hours
Directing
Return to the Edge of the World
Self
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Bluebeard's Castle
Directing
AMR: Dying to Change the World
Sound
A Pretty British Affair
Interviewee
77, rue Chalgrin
Writing
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar
Cicero Baedeker Symp
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Directing
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth