Michael Powell
Directing
1905-09-30 · 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.
Filmography
AMR: Dying to Change the World
2025 · Movie
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024 · Movie
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Movie
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014 · Movie
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Movie
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
2003 · Movie
A Very British Psycho
1997 · Movie
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994 · Movie
Orlando
1992 · Movie
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990 · Movie
The Scorsese Machine
1990 · Movie
Tears
1986 · Movie
Laughter
1986 · Movie
Fear
1986 · Movie
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985 · Movie
Anna Pavlova
1983 · Movie
A Pretty British Affair
1981 · Movie
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1980 · Movie
Return to the Edge of the World
1978 · Movie
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972 · Movie
Age of Consent
1969 · Movie
Sebastian
1968 · Movie
They're a Weird Mob
1966 · Movie
Bluebeard's Castle
1963 · Movie
Espionage
1963 · Series
The Queen's Guards
1961 · Movie
The Defenders
1961 · Series
Peeping Tom
1960 · Movie
Honeymoon
1959 · Movie
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · Movie
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Movie
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955 · Movie
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1955 · Movie
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951 · Movie
Aila – Pohjolan tytär
1951 · Movie
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950 · Movie
Gone to Earth
1950 · Movie
The Small Back Room
1949 · Movie
The Red Shoes
1948 · Movie
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
1948 · Movie
The End of the River
1947 · Movie
Black Narcissus
1947 · Movie
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Movie
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 · Movie
A Canterbury Tale
1944 · Movie
The Volunteer
1944 · Movie
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · Movie
The Silver Fleet
1943 · Movie
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942 · Movie
49th Parallel
1941 · Movie
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941 · Movie
Contraband
1940 · Movie
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Movie
The Lion Has Wings
1939 · Movie
The Spy in Black
1939 · Movie
Smith
1939 · Movie
The Edge of the World
1937 · Movie
The Man Behind the Mask
1936 · Movie
Crown v. Stevens
1936 · Movie
The Brown Wallet
1936 · Movie
Someday
1935 · Movie
Her Last Affaire
1935 · Movie
The Price of a Song
1935 · Movie
The Phantom Light
1935 · Movie
The Love Test
1935 · Movie
Lazybones
1935 · Movie
The Girl in the Crowd
1935 · Movie
Oh, Daddy!
1935 · Movie
Something Always Happens
1934 · Movie
The Night of the Party
1934 · Movie
Red Ensign
1934 · Movie
The Fire Raisers
1934 · Movie
Born Lucky
1933 · Movie
Perfect Understanding
1933 · Movie
His Lordship
1932 · Movie
Hotel Splendide
1932 · Movie
The Rasp
1932 · Movie
My Friend the King
1932 · Movie
C.O.D.
1932 · Movie
The Star Reporter
1931 · Movie
77, rue Chalgrin
1931 · Movie
Rynox
1931 · Movie
Two Crowded Hours
1931 · Movie
77 Park Lane
1931 · Movie
Caste
1930 · Movie
The Compulsory Husband
1929 · Movie
Blackmail
1929 · Movie
A Knight in London
1928 · Movie
The First Born
1928 · Movie
Champagne
1928 · Movie
The Garden of Allah
1927 · Movie
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12
1927 · Movie
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense
1927 · Movie
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business
1927 · Movie
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats
1927 · Movie
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6
1927 · Movie
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar
1927 · Movie
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
1927 · Movie
The Magician
1926 · Movie