Michael Powell
Directing
Born: 1905-09-30 · Bekesbourne, Kent, England
Died: 1990-02-19
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 fil
🎬 Movies (30)
AMR: Dying to Change the World
2025
Sound
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
2003
Self (archive sound)
A Very British Psycho
1997
Himself
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
Thanks
Orlando
1992
Thanks
The Scorsese Machine
1990
Self
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990
In Memory Of
Laughter
1986
Himself
Tears
1986
Himself
Fear
1986
Himself
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
Self
Anna Pavlova
1983
Editor
A Pretty British Affair
1981
Interviewee
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1980
Return to the Edge of the World
1978
Director
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
Director
Age of Consent
1969
Director
Sebastian
1968
Producer
They're a Weird Mob
1966
Director
Bluebeard's Castle
1963
Director
The Queen's Guards
1961
Director
Peeping Tom
1960
Director
Honeymoon
1959
Director
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
Director
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Director
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955
Director
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1955
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