Michael Powell
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 30, 1905, Bekesbourne, Kent, England
- Died
- February 19, 1990
- Movies
- 96
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1978 | Return to the Edge of the World | Director, Producer |
| 1972 | The Boy Who Turned Yellow | Director |
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Director, Producer |
| 1968 | Sebastian | Producer |
| 1966 | They're a Weird Mob | Director, Producer |
| 1963 | Bluebeard's Castle | Director |
| 1961 | The Queen's Guards | Producer, Director |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | Producer, Director |
| 1959 | Honeymoon | Director, Writer |
| 1957 | Ill Met by Moonlight | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1955 | Oh... Rosalinda!! | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1955 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Director |
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1951 | Aila – Pohjolan tytär | Producer |
| 1950 | The Elusive Pimpernel | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1950 | Gone to Earth | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1949 | The Small Back Room | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1948 | “The Red Shoes” Sketches | Writer |
| 1947 | The End of the River | Producer |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1945 | I Know Where I'm Going! | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1944 | A Canterbury Tale | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1944 | The Volunteer | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1943 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1943 | The Silver Fleet | Producer |
| 1942 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1941 | 49th Parallel | Director, Producer |
| 1941 | An Airman's Letter to His Mother | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1940 | Contraband | Director |
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad | Director |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Director |
| 1939 | The Spy in Black | Director |
| 1939 | Smith | Director |
| 1937 | The Edge of the World | Writer, Director |
| 1936 | The Man Behind the Mask | Director |
| 1936 | Crown v. Stevens | Director |
| 1936 | The Brown Wallet | Director |
| 1935 | Someday | Director |
| 1935 | Her Last Affaire | Director |
| 1935 | The Price of a Song | Director |
| 1935 | The Phantom Light | Director |
| 1935 | The Love Test | Director |
| 1935 | Lazybones | Director |
| 1935 | The Girl in the Crowd | Director |
| 1934 | Something Always Happens | Director |
| 1934 | The Night of the Party | Director |
| 1934 | Red Ensign | Director, Writer |
| 1934 | The Fire Raisers | Director |
| 1933 | Born Lucky | Director |
| 1933 | Perfect Understanding | Screenplay |
| 1932 | His Lordship | Director |
| 1932 | Hotel Splendide | Director |
| 1932 | The Rasp | Director, Screenplay |
| 1932 | My Friend the King | Director |
| 1932 | C.O.D. | Director |
| 1931 | The Star Reporter | Director |
| 1931 | 77, rue Chalgrin | Screenplay |
| 1931 | Rynox | Screenplay, Director |
| 1931 | Two Crowded Hours | Director |
| 1931 | 77 Park Lane | Writer |
| 1930 | Caste | Writer |
| 1929 | Blackmail | Writer |
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