Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 30, 1905
Died
Feb 19, 1990
Place of Birth
Bekesbourne, Kent, England
Credits
99 titles
Michael Powell
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 (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
Self (archive sound)
A Very British Psycho
Himself
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Thanks
Orlando
Thanks
I Hired a Contract Killer
In Memory Of
The Scorsese Machine
Self
Fear
Himself
Tears
Himself
Laughter
Himself
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
Anna Pavlova
Editor
A Pretty British Affair
Interviewee
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
Return to the Edge of the World
Self
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Director
Age of Consent
Director
Sebastian
Producer
They're a Weird Mob
Director
Bluebeard's Castle
Director
Espionage
Director
The Queen's Guards
Producer
The Defenders
Director
Peeping Tom
Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)
Honeymoon
Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)
Ill Met by Moonlight
Director
The Battle of the River Plate
Director
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Director
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Director
The Tales of Hoffmann
Writer
Aila – Pohjolan tytär
Producer
The Elusive Pimpernel
Director
Gone to Earth
Screenplay
The Small Back Room
Director
The Red Shoes
Director
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
Writer
The End of the River
Producer
Black Narcissus
Writer
A Matter of Life and Death
Director
I Know Where I'm Going!
Writer
A Canterbury Tale
Writer
The Volunteer
Self
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Writer
The Silver Fleet
Producer
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Despatching Officer
49th Parallel
Director