
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.

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

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