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Emeric Pressburger

Writing

Emeric Pressburger

5 December 1902† 5 February 1988 (aged 85) Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Directed
16
Written
61
Produced
20
Movies
3

Biography

Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in an award-winning collaboration partnership known as the Archers and produced a series of films, notably 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), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

IMDb

Known For

The Red Shoes

8.01948

Black Narcissus

7.51947

A Matter of Life and Death

7.71946

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

7.51943

I Know Where I'm Going!

7.11945

A Canterbury Tale

6.91944

49th Parallel

7.01941

Operation Crossbow

6.71965

The Tales of Hoffmann

7.11951

The Small Back Room

6.71949

The Battle of the River Plate

6.41956

The Spy in Black

6.41939

Ill Met by Moonlight

6.21957

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

6.61942

Behold a Pale Horse

6.01964

Gone to Earth

6.21950

Wanted for Murder

6.41946

They're a Weird Mob

6.01966

Emil and the Detectives

7.31931

Contraband

7.11940

Ill Met by Moonlight

6.21957

The Battle of the River Plate

6.41956

Oh... Rosalinda!!

6.11955

Twice Upon a Time

7.01953

The Tales of Hoffmann

7.11951

The Elusive Pimpernel

6.01950

Gone to Earth

6.21950

The Small Back Room

6.71949

The Red Shoes

8.01948

Black Narcissus

7.51947

A Matter of Life and Death

7.71946

I Know Where I'm Going!

7.11945

A Canterbury Tale

6.91944

The Volunteer

5.01944

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

7.51943

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

6.61942