Michael Powell
Directing • Born 1905-09-30 – 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 film Peeping Tom, however, was so vilified that his career was seriously damaged.
Filmography
29 credits
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
Movie • 1927
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
Movie • 2003
Self (archive sound)
A Very British Psycho
Movie • 1997
Himself
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Laughter
Movie • 1986
Himself
Tears
Movie • 1986
Himself
Fear
Movie • 1986
Himself
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
Movie • 1980
Honeymoon
Movie • 1959
Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Movie • 1985
Self
Return to the Edge of the World
Movie • 1978
Self
The Magician
Movie • 1926
Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)
A Pretty British Affair
Movie • 1981
Interviewee
Peeping Tom
Movie • 1960
Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)
The Scorsese Machine
Movie • 1990
Self
The Volunteer
Movie • 1944
Self
The Compulsory Husband
Movie • 1929
Man
The Garden of Allah
Movie • 1927
A Tourist
The Edge of the World
Movie • 1937
Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Movie • 1942
Despatching Officer
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie • 2010
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business
Movie • 1927
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar
Movie • 1927
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6
Movie • 1927
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense
Movie • 1927
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats
Movie • 1927
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12
Movie • 1927
Cicero Baedeker Symp
Hotel Splendide
Movie • 1932
Bugging Device Engineer (uncredited)