Michael Powell
Directing
Born September 30, 1905 · Bekesbourne, 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.
Directed (55)
Return to the Edge of the World
1978
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
Age of Consent
1969
They're a Weird Mob
1966
Bluebeard's Castle
1963
The Queen's Guards
1961
Peeping Tom
1960
Honeymoon
1959
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1955
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950
Gone to Earth
1950
The Small Back Room
1949
The Red Shoes
1948
Black Narcissus
1947
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
A Canterbury Tale
1944
The Volunteer
1944
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
49th Parallel
1941
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941
Contraband
1940
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
The Lion Has Wings
1939
The Spy in Black
1939
Smith
1939
The Edge of the World
1937
The Man Behind the Mask
1936
Crown v. Stevens
1936
The Brown Wallet
1936
Someday
1935
Her Last Affaire
1935
The Price of a Song
1935
The Phantom Light
1935
The Love Test
1935
Lazybones
1935
The Girl in the Crowd
1935
Something Always Happens
1934
The Night of the Party
1934
Red Ensign
1934
The Fire Raisers
1934
Born Lucky
1933
His Lordship
1932
Hotel Splendide
1932
Rynox
1932
The Rasp
1932
My Friend the King
1932
C.O.D.
1932
The Star Reporter
1931
Two Crowded Hours
1931
Acting (29)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
2003
A Very British Psycho
1997
The Scorsese Machine
1990
Fear
1986
Tears
1986
Laughter
1986
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
A Pretty British Affair
1981
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1980
Return to the Edge of the World
1978
Peeping Tom
1960
Honeymoon
1959
The Volunteer
1944
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
The Edge of the World
1937
Hotel Splendide
1932
The Compulsory Husband
1929
The Garden of Allah
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
1927
The Magician
1926