Michael Powell

Known for DirectingBorn 1905-09-30Died 1990-02-19Bekesbourne, Kent, England

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.Read more

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Espionage

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Two Crowded Hours

Caste

The Garden of Allah

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The Brown Wallet

The Price of a Song

Someday

The Girl in the Crowd

The Rasp

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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats

A Very British Psycho

The Scorsese Machine

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

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

His Lordship

Churchill and the Movie Mogul

The Red Shoes

Bluebeard's Castle

C.O.D.

The Star Reporter

The Compulsory Husband

Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands

A Matter of Life and Death

The Line, the Cross & the Curve

Peeping Tom

Black Narcissus

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Orlando

I Hired a Contract Killer

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Her Last Affaire

The Tales of Hoffmann

Lazybones

I Know Where I'm Going!

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Thief of Bagdad

Contraband

The Edge of the World

A Canterbury Tale

49th Parallel

Born Lucky

My Friend the King

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