Biography
Michael Latham Powell was an English filmmaker. He is celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger and through their production company, The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Awards & recognition
- Golden Lion — Lifetime Achievement · 1982
- BAFTA Fellowship · 1981
- Doctor of Letters · 1978
- Silver Bear · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1943 · nominated
Filmography27 titles
The Red Shoes
Her Last Affaire
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Peeping Tom
Black Narcissus
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Edge of the World
The Tales of Hoffmann
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Thief of Bagdad
The Invaders
Rynox
Orlando
A Canterbury Tale
The Small Back Room
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Perfect Understanding
U-Boat 29
Blackmail
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
The Lion Has Wings
Ill Met by Moonlight
Age of Consent
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
The Volunteer
Anna Pavlova