Michael Powell

Michael Powell

🎞 Director

Born

30 September 1905 (120)

Place of Birth

Bekesbourne, Kent, England

Also known as

Michael Latham Powell

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...

Filmography (40)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024

7.7

Inside Rupert Pupkin

2014

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

6.6
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris

Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris

2003

5.9
A Very British Psycho

A Very British Psycho

1997

6.0
The Scorsese Machine

The Scorsese Machine

1990

7.0

Laughter

1986

Tears

1986

Fear

1986

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

1985

6.0
A Pretty British Affair

A Pretty British Affair

1981

Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth

Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth

1980

Return to the Edge of the World

Return to the Edge of the World

1978

6.5
The Boy Who Turned Yellow

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

1972

5.4
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Age of Consent

Age of Consent

1969

5.9
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They're a Weird Mob

They're a Weird Mob

1966

5.9
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Bluebeard's Castle

Bluebeard's Castle

1963

7.7
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The Queen's Guards

The Queen's Guards

1961

4.8
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Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

1960

7.4
Honeymoon

Honeymoon

1959

5.5
Ill Met by Moonlight

Ill Met by Moonlight

1957

6.2
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The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

6.3
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Oh... Rosalinda!!

Oh... Rosalinda!!

1955

6.1
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

1955

6.8
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The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann

1951

7.2
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The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950

5.9
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Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

1950

6.2
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The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

1949

6.7
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The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

1948

8.0
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Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

1947

7.5
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A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

7.8
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I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

1945

7.1
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A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

1944

6.9
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The Volunteer

The Volunteer

1944

4.8
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

7.4
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942

6.6
49th Parallel

49th Parallel

1941

6.9
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An Airman's Letter to His Mother

1941

6.0
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Contraband

Contraband

1940

7.1
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The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

1940

7.1
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