Director
Michael Powell
121 years · Bekesbourne, Kent, England · 71 films
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.
Best known for
Peeping Tom
1960 · Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited), Producer
On Kanopy
The Red Shoes
1948 · Director, Producer
On Plex
Black Narcissus
1947 · Writer, Producer
On Plex
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Director, Screenplay
On Artiflix
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Director
On Mometu
Blackmail
1929 · Writer
On TCM
Filmography 71
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Self (archive footage)
On Hoopla
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Self (voice) (archive sound)
On Hoopla
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
2003 · Self (archive sound)
A Very British Psycho
1997 · Himself
The Scorsese Machine
1990 · Self
Anna Pavlova
1983 · Editor
On Tubi TV
A Pretty British Affair
1981 · Interviewee
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1980 · Actor
Return to the Edge of the World
1978 · Self, Director
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972 · Director
On Vimeo
Age of Consent
1969 · Director, Producer
On Tubi TV
Sebastian
1968 · Producer
They're a Weird Mob
1966 · Director, Producer
Bluebeard's Castle
1963 · Director
On Eternal Family
The Queen's Guards
1961 · Producer, Director
Peeping Tom
1960 · Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited), Producer
On Kanopy
Honeymoon
1959 · Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited), Director
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · Director, Writer
On ScreenPix Amazon Channel
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Director, Writer
On FlixFling
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955 · Director, Writer
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1955 · Director
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951 · Writer, Producer
Aila – Pohjolan tytär
1951 · Producer