Michael Powell

Born: 1905-09-30, Bekesbourne, Kent, England

Died: 1990-02-19

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

• The Defenders (1961)
• Espionage (1963)
• The Red Shoes (1948)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
• Black Narcissus (1947)
• The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
• Age of Consent (1969)
• Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
• The Small Back Room (1949)
• I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
• The Rasp (1932)
• Gone to Earth (1950)
• The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
• A Canterbury Tale (1944)
• The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
• The Love Test (1935)
• The Spy in Black (1939)
• Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
• The Edge of the World (1937)
• The Edge of the World (1937)
• The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
• The Lion Has Wings (1939)
• Crown v. Stevens (1936)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)