Known For
Writing
Born
Dec 05, 1902
Died
Feb 05, 1988
Place of Birth
Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Credits
63 titles
Emeric Pressburger
Biography
Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in an award-winning collaboration partnership known as the Archers and produced a series of films, notably 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), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).
Known For
Filmography
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Self (archive footage)
A Pretty British Affair
Interviewee
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Screenplay
They're a Weird Mob
Writer
Operation Crossbow
Screenplay
Behold a Pale Horse
Novel
Miracle in Soho
Writer
Ill Met by Moonlight
Director
Men Against Britannia
Writer
The Battle of the River Plate
Director
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Director
Twice Upon a Time
Director
The Tales of Hoffmann
Director
The Elusive Pimpernel
Writer
Gone to Earth
Director
The Small Back Room
Director
The Red Shoes
Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
Writer
The End of the River
Producer
Black Narcissus
Director
A Matter of Life and Death
Director
Wanted for Murder
Screenplay
I Know Where I'm Going!
Director
A Canterbury Tale
Writer
The Volunteer
Director
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Director
The Silver Fleet
Story
Squadron Leader X
Story
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Director
Breach of Promise
Screenplay
Rings on Her Fingers
Screenplay
49th Parallel
Screenplay
Atlantic Ferry
Screenplay
Contraband
Writer
Spy for a Day
Writer
The Spy in Black
Screenplay
The Silent Battle
Writer
The Challenge
Screenplay
The Great Barrier
Writer
Port Arthur
Writer
Port Arthur
Adaptation
One Rainy Afternoon
Story
Under Western Eyes
Adaptation
Parisian Life
Writer
Parisian Life
Scenario Writer
Monsieur Sans-Gêne
Writer
My Heart Calls You
Writer
The Million Hunters
Screenplay
Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming
Writer
And the Puszta Gleams
Writer