Person file · Directing
Michael Powell
Born 1905-09-30Bekesbourne, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Made in England: The Films of Powell and PressburgerSelf (archive footage)Churchill and the Movie MogulSelf (archive footage)Inside Rupert PupkinSelf (archive footage)Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffSelf (voice) (archive sound)Chaplin Today: A Woman of ParisSelf (archive sound)A Very British PsychoHimselfThe Scorsese MachineSelfTearsHimselfLaughterHimselfFearHimselfThe Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary StudioSelfA Pretty British AffairIntervieweePicture Business: Michael Powell at DartmouthRoleReturn to the Edge of the WorldSelfPeeping TomMark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)HoneymoonGuide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)The VolunteerSelfOne of Our Aircraft Is MissingDespatching OfficerThe Edge of the WorldMr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited)Hotel SplendideBugging Device Engineer (uncredited)The Compulsory HusbandManThe Garden of AllahA TouristRiviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12Cicero Baedeker SympRiviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and NonsenseCicero Baedeker Symp