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.
Acting (16 movies)
Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
2003
A Very British Psycho
1997
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1980
Honeymoon
1959
Return to the Edge of the World
1978
The Magician
1926
A Pretty British Affair
1981
Peeping Tom
1960
The Scorsese Machine
1990
The Volunteer
1944
The Compulsory Husband
1929
The Garden of Allah
1927
The Edge of the World
1937
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Directing (55 movies)
Peeping Tom
1960
49th Parallel
1941
They're a Weird Mob
1966
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
The Edge of the World
1937
The Small Back Room
1949
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
A Canterbury Tale
1944
Black Narcissus
1947
The Lion Has Wings
1939
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Age of Consent
1969
The Red Shoes
1948
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
The Spy in Black
1939
Gone to Earth
1950
Contraband
1940
Honeymoon
1959
Bluebeard's Castle
1963
Crown v. Stevens
1936
Red Ensign
1934
The Phantom Light
1935
Something Always Happens
1934
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950
The Queen's Guards
1961
Return to the Edge of the World
1978
The Love Test
1935
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941
The Volunteer
1944
Lazybones
1935
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
Smith
1939
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1955
The Man Behind the Mask
1936
The Fire Raisers
1934
Rynox
1931
Born Lucky
1933
His Lordship
1932
The Night of the Party
1934
Two Crowded Hours
1931
My Friend the King
1932
Hotel Splendide
1932
C.O.D.
1932
The Star Reporter
1931
The Brown Wallet
1936
Her Last Affaire
1935
The Price of a Song
1935
Someday
1935
The Girl in the Crowd
1935
The Rasp
1932