Name
Michael Powell
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1905-09-30
Deathday
1990-02-19 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Bekesbourne, Kent, England
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.
Known For
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A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the...
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When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forc...
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Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photograp...
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A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial cour...
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A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. ...
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In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping ...
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General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't ...
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In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to k...
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An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and ag...
- 1927 Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands as Cicero Baedeker Symp
- 2003 Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris as Self (archive sound)
- 1997 A Very British Psycho as Himself
- 2024 Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 Fear as Himself
- 1986 Tears as Himself
- 1986 Laughter as Himself
- 1980 Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
- 1959 Honeymoon as Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)
- 2014 Inside Rupert Pupkin as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
- 1978 Return to the Edge of the World as Self
- 1926 The Magician as Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)
- 1981 A Pretty British Affair as Interviewee
- 1960 Peeping Tom as Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)
- 1990 The Scorsese Machine as Self
- 1944 The Volunteer as Self
- 1929 The Compulsory Husband as Man
- 1927 The Garden of Allah as A Tourist
- 1937 The Edge of the World as Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited)
- 1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing as Despatching Officer
- 2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self (voice) (archive sound)
- 1927 Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business as Cicero Baedeker Symp
- 1927 Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar as Cicero Baedeker Symp
- 1927 Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6 as Cicero Baedeker Symp
- 1927 Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense as Cicero Baedeker Symp
- 1927 Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats as Cicero Baedeker Symp
- 1927 Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12 as Cicero Baedeker Symp
- 1932 Hotel Splendide as Bugging Device Engineer (uncredited)
- 2019 Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Self (archive footage)
- 1941 An Airman's Letter to His Mother as Reader of Prologue (uncredited)
- 1978 The South Bank Show ( 1 episode )
