Emeric Pressburger

Born: 1902-12-05, Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Died: 1988-02-05

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).

Filmography

• The Red Shoes (1948)
• The Red Shoes (1948)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
• Black Narcissus (1947)
• The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
• Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
• The Small Back Room (1949)
• I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
• Gone to Earth (1950)
• The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
• A Canterbury Tale (1944)
• Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
• A Pretty British Affair (1981)