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Michael Powell

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Editor

30 September 1905 — 19 February 1990 (84 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Red Shoes
    The Red Shoes1948
  • Black Narcissus
    Black Narcissus1947
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • Blackmail
    Blackmail1929
  • I Know Where I'm Going!
    I Know Where I'm Going!1945
  • 49th Parallel
    49th Parallel1941
  • A Canterbury Tale
    A Canterbury Tale1944
  • The Tales of Hoffmann
    The Tales of Hoffmann1951
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing1942
  • The Spy in Black
    The Spy in Black1939

Known For

  • The Red Shoes
    The Red Shoes1948
  • Peeping Tom
    Peeping Tom1960
  • Black Narcissus
    Black Narcissus1947
  • A Matter of Life and Death
    A Matter of Life and Death1946
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • I Know Where I'm Going!
    I Know Where I'm Going!1945
  • 49th Parallel
    49th Parallel1941
  • The Thief of Bagdad
    The Thief of Bagdad1940
  • A Canterbury Tale
    A Canterbury Tale1944
  • The Tales of Hoffmann
    The Tales of Hoffmann1951
  • Blackmail
    Blackmail1929
  • The Battle of the River Plate
    The Battle of the River Plate1956
  • Age of Consent
    Age of Consent1969
  • The Small Back Room
    The Small Back Room1949
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing1942
  • The Spy in Black
    The Spy in Black1939
  • The Edge of the World
    The Edge of the World1937
  • Ill Met by Moonlight
    Ill Met by Moonlight1957
  • Gone to Earth
    Gone to Earth1950
  • Contraband
    Contraband1940

Filmography

1978
Return to the Edge of the World
1972
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1969
Age of Consent
1966
They're a Weird Mob
1963
Bluebeard's Castle
1963
Espionage
1962
The Doctors and the Nurses
1961
The Queen's Guards
1961
The Defenders
1960
Peeping Tom
1959
Honeymoon
1957
Night Ambush
1956
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
1955
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1951
The Tales of HoffmannOn Plex
1950
The Wild Heart
1949
The Fighting Pimpernel
1949
The Small Back Room
1948
The Red ShoesOn Plex
1947
Black NarcissusOn Plex
1946
Stairway to Heaven
1945
I Know Where I'm Going!On Plex
1944
A Canterbury TaleOn Plex
1944
The Volunteer
1943
The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpOn Plex
1942
One of Our Aircraft Is MissingOn Plex
1941
The InvadersOn Plex
1941
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1940
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
Blackout
1939
The Lion Has Wings
1939
U-Boat 29On Plex
1939
Smith
1937
The Edge of the World
1936
The Man Behind the Mask
1936
Crown v. Stevens
1936
The Brown Wallet
1935
Someday
1935
Her Last Affaire
1935
The Phantom Light
1935
The Love Test
1935
Lazybones
1934
The Girl in the Crowd
1934
Something Always Happens
1934
The Murder Party
1934
Strike!
1934
The Fire Raisers
1932
His Lordship
1932
Hotel Splendide
1932
My Friend the King
1931
Rynox
1930
Caste