Michael Powell

Known For: Directing

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: September 30, 1905

Day of Death: February 19, 1990 (84 years old)

Place of Birth: 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.

2024

Actor Self (archive footage)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2014

Actor Self (archive footage)

Inside Rupert Pupkin

2010

Actor Self (voice) (archive sound)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2003

Actor Self (archive sound)

Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

1997

Actor Himself

A Very British Psycho

1992

Thanks

Orlando

1990

Actor Self

The Scorsese Machine

In Memory Of

I Hired a Contract Killer

1986

Actor Himself

Tears

Actor Himself

Laughter

Actor Himself

Fear

Actor Self

The South Bank Show: Michael Powell

1985

Actor Self

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

1983

Editor

Anna Pavlova

1981

Actor Interviewee

A Pretty British Affair

1980

Actor

Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth

1978

Actor Self

Return to the Edge of the World

Director

Return to the Edge of the World

Producer

Return to the Edge of the World

1972

Director

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

1969

Director

Age of Consent

Producer

Age of Consent

1968

Producer

Sebastian

1966

Director

They're a Weird Mob

Producer

They're a Weird Mob

1963

Director

Bluebeard's Castle

1961

Producer

The Queen's Guards

Director

The Queen's Guards

1960

Actor Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)

Peeping Tom

Director

Peeping Tom

Producer

Peeping Tom

1959

Actor Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)

Honeymoon

Director

Honeymoon

Writer

Honeymoon

1957

Director

Ill Met by Moonlight

Writer

Ill Met by Moonlight

Producer

Ill Met by Moonlight

1956

Director

The Battle of the River Plate

Writer

The Battle of the River Plate

Producer

The Battle of the River Plate

1955

Director

Oh... Rosalinda!!

Writer

Oh... Rosalinda!!

Director

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Producer

Oh... Rosalinda!!

1951

Director

The Tales of Hoffmann

Writer

The Tales of Hoffmann

Producer

The Tales of Hoffmann

Producer

Aila – Pohjolan tytär

1950

Director

Gone to Earth

Producer

Gone to Earth

Screenplay

Gone to Earth

Director

The Elusive Pimpernel

Writer

The Elusive Pimpernel

Producer

The Elusive Pimpernel

1949

Director

The Small Back Room

Writer

The Small Back Room

Producer

The Small Back Room

1948

Producer

The Red Shoes

Director

The Red Shoes

Writer

The Red Shoes

1947

Director

Black Narcissus

Writer

Black Narcissus

Producer

Black Narcissus

Producer

The End of the River

1946

Director

A Matter of Life and Death

Screenplay

A Matter of Life and Death

Producer

A Matter of Life and Death

1945

Director

I Know Where I'm Going!

Producer

I Know Where I'm Going!

Writer

I Know Where I'm Going!

1944

Actor Self

The Volunteer

Director

A Canterbury Tale

Writer

A Canterbury Tale

Writer

The Volunteer

Director

The Volunteer

Producer

A Canterbury Tale

Producer

The Volunteer

1943

Director

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Writer

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Producer

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Producer

The Silver Fleet

1942

Actor Despatching Officer

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Director

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Writer

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Producer

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1941

Director

49th Parallel

Director

An Airman's Letter to His Mother

Writer

An Airman's Letter to His Mother

Producer

An Airman's Letter to His Mother

Producer

49th Parallel

1940

Director

The Thief of Bagdad

Director

Contraband

Scenario Writer

Contraband

1939

Director

The Lion Has Wings

Director

The Spy in Black

Director

Smith

1937

Actor Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited)

The Edge of the World

Director

The Edge of the World

Writer

The Edge of the World

1936

Director

Crown v. Stevens

Director

The Man Behind the Mask

Director

The Brown Wallet

1935

Director

The Phantom Light

Director

The Love Test

Director

Lazybones

Scenario Writer

Oh, Daddy!

Director

Her Last Affaire

Director

The Price of a Song

Director

The Girl in the Crowd

Director

Someday

1934

Director

Red Ensign

Director

Something Always Happens

Story

The Fire Raisers

Director

The Fire Raisers

Writer

Red Ensign

Director

The Night of the Party

1933

Screenplay

Perfect Understanding

Director

Born Lucky

1932

Director

His Lordship

Director

My Friend the King

Director

Hotel Splendide

Director

C.O.D.

Director

The Rasp

Screenplay

The Rasp

1931

Screenplay

Rynox

Screenplay

77, rue Chalgrin

Director

Rynox

Writer

77 Park Lane

Director

Two Crowded Hours

Director

The Star Reporter

1930

Writer

Caste

1929

Actor Man

The Compulsory Husband

Assistant Camera

Blackmail

Writer

Blackmail

1928

Set Designer

Champagne

Editor

A Knight in London

Still Photographer

Champagne

Still Photographer

The First Born

1927

Actor Cicero Baedeker Symp

Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands

Actor A Tourist

The Garden of Allah

Actor Cicero Baedeker Symp

Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business

Actor Cicero Baedeker Symp

Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar

Actor Cicero Baedeker Symp

Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6

Actor Cicero Baedeker Symp

Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense

Actor Cicero Baedeker Symp

Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats

Actor Cicero Baedeker Symp

Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12

1926

Actor Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)

The Magician

Assistant Director

The Magician