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Michael Powell

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1905-09-30

Deathday: 1990-02-19 (84 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 102

Movies 99

Director 45

self 17

Producer 13

Writer 7

TV Shows 3

Screenplay 1

Self (archive footage)

Michael Powell

Biography

Filmography

all 102

Movies 99

Director 45

self 17

Producer 13

Writer 7

TV Shows 3

Screenplay 1

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)

Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris' (2003)

Painting with Light (2001)

A Very British Psycho (1997)

The Making of an Englishman (1995)

Orlando (1992)

I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)

The Scorsese Machine (1990)

The South Bank Show: Michael Powell (1986)

Tears (1986)

Fear (1986)

Laughter (1986)

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985)

Anna Pavlova (1983)

A Pretty British Affair (1981)

Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth (1980)

The Lost Capital of Atlantis (1979)

Return to the Edge of the World (1978)

Arena (1975)

The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)

Age of Consent (1969)

Sebastian (1968)

They're a Weird Mob (1966)

The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (1966)

Bluebeard's Castle (1963)

Espionage (1963)

The Queen's Guards (1961)

The Defenders (1961)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Honeymoon (1959)

Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955)

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

Aila – Pohjolan tytär (1951)

The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)

Gone to Earth (1950)

The Small Back Room (1949)

The Red Shoes (1948)

The End of the River (1947)

Black Narcissus (1947)

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

The Volunteer (1944)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

The Silver Fleet (1943)

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

49th Parallel (1941)

An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941)

Contraband (1940)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

The Lion Has Wings (1939)

The Spy in Black (1939)

Smith (1939)

What Men Live By (1938)

The Edge of the World (1937)

The Man Behind the Mask (1936)

Crown v. Stevens (1936)

The Brown Wallet (1936)

Someday (1935)

Her Last Affaire (1935)

The Price of a Song (1935)

The Phantom Light (1935)

The Love Test (1935)

Lazybones (1935)

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1905-09-30

Deathday
1990-02-19 (84 years old)

Birth Name
Michael Latham Powell

Birth Place
Kent, United Kingdom

Relationships
Thelma Schoonmaker (1984 - 1990)

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
마이클 파웰

Awards
Doctor of Letters, Academy Fellowship Award, Silver Bear, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement