Michael Powell

Directing

Michael Powell

30 September 1905† 19 February 1990 (aged 84) Bekesbourne, Kent, England

Directed: 57
Written: 30
Produced: 26
Movies: 31

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

Peeping Tom

7.41960

The Red Shoes

8.01948

Black Narcissus

7.51947

A Matter of Life and Death

7.71946

The Thief of Bagdad

7.11940

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

The Tales of Hoffmann

7.11951

Age of Consent

6.01969

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

The Edge of the World

7.21937

Gone to Earth

6.21950

They're a Weird Mob

6.01966

Contraband

7.11940