Director
Michael Powell
- Born September 30, 1905 in Bekesbourne, Kent, England
- Died February 19, 1990
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.
Known for
Peeping Tom1960
The Red Shoes1948
Black Narcissus1947
A Matter of Life and Death1946
Orlando1992
The Thief of Bagdad1940
Blackmail1929
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
Filmography
- 2025AMR: Dying to Change the WorldFilmSound
- 2024Made in England: The Films of Powell and PressburgerFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Churchill and the Movie MogulFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Inside Rupert PupkinFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffFilmSelf (voice) (archive sound)
- 2003Chaplin Today: A Woman of ParisFilmSelf (archive sound)
- 1997A Very British PsychoFilmHimself
- 1994The Line, the Cross & the CurveFilmThanks
- 1992OrlandoFilmThanks
- 1990I Hired a Contract KillerFilmIn Memory Of
- 1990The Scorsese MachineFilmSelf
- 1986TearsFilmHimself
- 1986LaughterFilmHimself
- 1986FearFilmHimself
- 1985The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary StudioFilmSelf
- 1983Anna PavlovaFilmEditor
- 1981A Pretty British AffairFilmInterviewee
- 1980Picture Business: Michael Powell at DartmouthFilm
- 1978Return to the Edge of the WorldFilmSelf, Director, Producer
- 1978The South Bank ShowSeries
- 1972The Boy Who Turned YellowFilmDirector
- 1969Age of ConsentFilmDirector, Producer
- 1968SebastianFilmProducer
- 1966They're a Weird MobFilmDirector, Producer
- 1963Bluebeard's CastleFilmDirector
- 1963EspionageSeriesDirector
- 1961The DefendersSeriesDirector
- 1961The Queen's GuardsFilmProducer, Director
- 1960Peeping TomFilmMark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited), Director, Producer
- 1959HoneymoonFilmGuide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
- 1957Ill Met by MoonlightFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1956The Battle of the River PlateFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1955Oh... Rosalinda!!FilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1955The Sorcerer's ApprenticeFilmDirector
- 1951The Tales of HoffmannFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1951Aila – Pohjolan tytärFilmProducer
- 1950Gone to EarthFilmDirector, Producer, Screenplay
- 1950The Elusive PimpernelFilmDirector, Producer, Writer
- 1949The Small Back RoomFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1948The Red ShoesFilmProducer, Director, Writer
- 1948“The Red Shoes” SketchesFilmWriter
- 1947Black NarcissusFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1947The End of the RiverFilmProducer
- 1946A Matter of Life and DeathFilmDirector, Screenplay, Producer
- 1945I Know Where I'm Going!FilmDirector, Producer, Writer
- 1944A Canterbury TaleFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1944The VolunteerFilmSelf, Writer, Director, Producer
- 1943The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpFilmDirector, Writer, Producer
- 1943The Silver FleetFilmProducer
- 1942One of Our Aircraft Is MissingFilmDespatching Officer, Director, Writer, Producer
- 194149th ParallelFilmDirector, Producer
- 1941An Airman's Letter to His MotherFilmReader of Prologue (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
- 1940The Thief of BagdadFilmDirector
- 1940ContrabandFilmDirector, Scenario Writer
- 1939The Spy in BlackFilmDirector
- 1939The Lion Has WingsFilmDirector
- 1939SmithFilmDirector
- 1937The Edge of the WorldFilmMr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited), Director, Writer
- 1936Crown v. StevensFilmDirector
- 1936The Man Behind the MaskFilmDirector
- 1936The Brown WalletFilmDirector
- 1935The Phantom LightFilmDirector
- 1935LazybonesFilmDirector
- 1935The Love TestFilmDirector
- 1935Oh, Daddy!FilmScenario Writer
- 1935Her Last AffaireFilmDirector
- 1935The Price of a SongFilmDirector
- 1935The Girl in the CrowdFilmDirector
- 1935SomedayFilmDirector
- 1934Red EnsignFilmDirector, Writer
- 1934The Fire RaisersFilmStory, Director
- 1934The Night of the PartyFilmDirector
- 1934Something Always HappensFilmDirector
- 1933Perfect UnderstandingFilmScreenplay
- 1933Born LuckyFilmDirector
- 1932Hotel SplendideFilmBugging Device Engineer (uncredited), Director
- 1932His LordshipFilmDirector
- 1932My Friend the KingFilmDirector
- 1932C.O.D.FilmDirector
- 1932The RaspFilmDirector, Screenplay