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Michael Powell

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.

Et billede af Michael Powell

Directing

1926

[ ] The Magician (Assistant Director)

1931

[ ] Two Crowded Hours (Director)
[ ] The Star Reporter (Director)

1932

[ ] Rynox (Director)
[ ] His Lordship (Director)
[ ] My Friend the King (Director)
[ ] Hotel Splendide (Director)
[ ] C.O.D. (Director)
[ ] The Rasp (Director)

1933

[ ] Born Lucky (Director)

1934

[ ] Red Ensign (Director)
[ ] Something Always Happens (Director)
[ ] The Fire Raisers (Director)
[ ] The Night of the Party (Director)

1935

[ ] The Phantom Light (Director)
[ ] The Love Test (Director)
[ ] Lazybones (Director)
[ ] Her Last Affaire (Director)
[ ] The Price of a Song (Director)
[ ] The Girl in the Crowd (Director)
[ ] Someday (Director)

1936

[ ] Crown v. Stevens (Director)
[ ] The Man Behind the Mask (Director)
[ ] The Brown Wallet (Director)

1937

[ ] The Edge of the World (Director)

1939

[ ] The Lion Has Wings (Director)
[ ] The Spy in Black (Director)
[ ] Smith (Director)

1940

[ ] The Thief of Bagdad (Director)
[ ] Contraband (Director)

1941

[ 6/10 ] 49th Parallel (Director)
[ ] An Airman's Letter to His Mother (Director)

1942

[ ] One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (Director)

1943

[ ] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Director)

1944

[ ] A Canterbury Tale (Director)
[ ] The Volunteer (Director)

1945

[ 6/10 ] I Know Where I'm Going! (Director)

1946

[ ] A Matter of Life and Death (Director)

1947

[ ] Black Narcissus (Director)

1948

[ ] The Red Shoes (Director)

1949

[ ] The Small Back Room (Director)

1950

[ ] Gone to Earth (Director)
[ ] The Elusive Pimpernel (Director)

1951

[ ] The Tales of Hoffmann (Director)

1955

[ ] Oh... Rosalinda!! (Director)
[ ] The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Director)

1956

[ ] The Battle of the River Plate (Director)

1957

[ ] Ill Met by Moonlight (Director)

1959

[ ] Honeymoon (Director)

1960

[ 7/10 ] Peeping Tom (Director)

1961

[ ] The Queen's Guards (Director)

1963

[ ] Bluebeard's Castle (Director)

1966

[ ] They're a Weird Mob (Director)

1969

[ ] Age of Consent (Director)

1972

[ ] The Boy Who Turned Yellow (Director)

1978

[ ] Return to the Edge of the World (Director)

Production

1941

[ ] An Airman's Letter to His Mother (Producer)
[ 6/10 ] 49th Parallel (Producer)

1942

[ ] One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (Producer)

1943

[ ] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Producer)
[ ] The Silver Fleet (Producer)

1944

[ ] A Canterbury Tale (Producer)
[ ] The Volunteer (Producer)

1945

[ 6/10 ] I Know Where I'm Going! (Producer)

1946

[ ] A Matter of Life and Death (Producer)

1947

[ ] Black Narcissus (Producer)
[ ] The End of the River (Producer)

1948

[ ] The Red Shoes (Producer)

1949

[ ] The Small Back Room (Producer)

1950

[ ] Gone to Earth (Producer)
[ ] The Elusive Pimpernel (Producer)

1951

[ ] The Tales of Hoffmann (Producer)
[ ] Aila – Pohjolan tytär (Producer)

1955

[ ] Oh... Rosalinda!! (Producer)

1956

[ ] The Battle of the River Plate (Producer)

1957

[ ] Ill Met by Moonlight (Producer)

1960

[ 7/10 ] Peeping Tom (Producer)

1961

[ ] The Queen's Guards (Producer)

1966

[ ] They're a Weird Mob (Producer)

1968

[ ] Sebastian (Producer)

1969

[ ] Age of Consent (Producer)

1978

[ ] Return to the Edge of the World (Producer)

Writing

1929

[ ] Blackmail (Writer)

1930

[ ] Caste (Writer)

1931

[ ] 77, rue Chalgrin (Screenplay)
[ ] 77 Park Lane (Writer)

1932

[ ] Rynox (Screenplay)
[ ] The Rasp (Screenplay)

1933

[ ] Perfect Understanding (Screenplay)

1934

[ ] The Fire Raisers (Story)
[ ] Red Ensign (Writer)

1935

[ ] Oh, Daddy! (Scenario Writer)

1937

[ ] The Edge of the World (Writer)

1940

[ ] Contraband (Scenario Writer)

1941

[ ] An Airman's Letter to His Mother (Writer)

1942

[ ] One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (Writer)

1943

[ ] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Writer)

1944

[ ] A Canterbury Tale (Writer)
[ ] The Volunteer (Writer)

1945

[ 6/10 ] I Know Where I'm Going! (Writer)

1946

[ ] A Matter of Life and Death (Screenplay)

1947

[ ] Black Narcissus (Writer)

1948

[ ] The Red Shoes (Writer)

1949

[ ] The Small Back Room (Writer)

1950

[ ] Gone to Earth (Screenplay)
[ ] The Elusive Pimpernel (Writer)

1951

[ ] The Tales of Hoffmann (Writer)

1955

[ ] Oh... Rosalinda!! (Writer)

1956

[ ] The Battle of the River Plate (Writer)

1957

[ ] Ill Met by Moonlight (Writer)

1959

[ ] Honeymoon (Writer)

Art

1928

[ ] Champagne (Set Designer)

Editing

1928

[ ] A Knight in London (Editor)

1983

[ ] Anna Pavlova (Editor)

Camera

1928

[ ] Champagne (Still Photographer)
[ ] The First Born (Still Photographer)

1929

[ ] Blackmail (Assistant Camera)

Crew

1990

[ ] I Hired a Contract Killer (In Memory Of)

1992

[ ] Orlando (Thanks)

1994

[ ] The Line, the Cross & the Curve (Thanks)

Sound

2025

[ ] AMR: Dying to Change the World (Sound)

Actor

1926

[ ] The Magician (Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited))

1927

[ ] Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands (Cicero Baedeker Symp)
[ ] The Garden of Allah (A Tourist)
[ ] Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business (Cicero Baedeker Symp)
[ ] Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar (Cicero Baedeker Symp)
[ ] Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6 (Cicero Baedeker Symp)
[ ] Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense (Cicero Baedeker Symp)
[ ] Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats (Cicero Baedeker Symp)
[ ] Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12 (Cicero Baedeker Symp)

1929

[ ] The Compulsory Husband (Man)

1932

[ ] Hotel Splendide (Bugging Device Engineer (uncredited))

1937

[ ] The Edge of the World (Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited))

1942

[ ] One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (Despatching Officer)

1944

[ ] The Volunteer (Self)

1959

[ ] Honeymoon (Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited))

1960

[ 7/10 ] Peeping Tom (Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited))

1978

[ ] Return to the Edge of the World (Self)

1980

[ ] Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth (????)

1981

[ ] A Pretty British Affair (Interviewee)

1985

[ ] The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (Self)

1986

[ ] Tears (Himself)
[ ] Laughter (Himself)
[ ] Fear (Himself)

1990

[ ] The Scorsese Machine (Self)

1997

[ ] A Very British Psycho (Himself)

2003

[ ] Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris (Self (archive sound))

2010

[ ] Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (Self (voice) (archive sound))

2014

[ ] Inside Rupert Pupkin (Self (archive footage))

2024

[ ] Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (Self (archive footage))