Michael Powell
Known for: Directing
Born: September 30, 1905
Died: February 19, 1990
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.
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Filmography
97 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
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AMR: Dying to Change the World
2025
7.7
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
7.3
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019NR
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
6.0
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
2003
8.0
A Very British Psycho
1997
7.2
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
6.9
Orlando
1992
6.9
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990
8.0
The Scorsese Machine
1990NR
Laughter
1986NR
Tears
1986NR
Fear
19868.0
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
4.9
Anna Pavlova
1983
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A Pretty British Affair
1981
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Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1980
6.5
Return to the Edge of the World
1978
5.6
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
5.9
Age of Consent
1969
6.4
Sebastian
1968
6.0
They're a Weird Mob
1966
7.8
Bluebeard's Castle
1963
10.0
Espionage
1963
5.2
The Queen's Guards
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
7.5
Peeping Tom
1960
5.9
Honeymoon
1959
6.2
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
6.4
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
6.1
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955
7.0
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1955
7.1
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
5.7
Aila – Pohjolan tytär
1951
6.0
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950
6.2
Gone to Earth
1950
6.7
The Small Back Room
1949
8.0
The Red Shoes
1948
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“The Red Shoes” Sketches
1948
6.3
The End of the River
1947
7.5
Black Narcissus
1947
7.8
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
7.1
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
6.9
A Canterbury Tale
1944
5.0
The Volunteer
1944
7.5
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
6.4
The Silver Fleet
1943
6.6
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
7.0
49th Parallel
19416.4
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
1941
7.1
Contraband
1940
7.1
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
6.4
The Lion Has Wings
1939
6.4
The Spy in Black
19395.3
Smith
1939
7.1
The Edge of the World
1937
5.3
The Man Behind the Mask
1936
6.5
Crown v. Stevens
1936
9.0
The Brown Wallet
19369.0
Someday
1935
7.3
Her Last Affaire
1935
9.0
The Price of a Song
1935
5.6
The Phantom Light
1935
6.7
The Love Test
1935
7.3
Lazybones
19359.0
The Girl in the Crowd
1935
6.0
Oh, Daddy!
1935
6.5
Something Always Happens
1934
5.7
The Night of the Party
1934
6.0
Red Ensign
1934
5.6
The Fire Raisers
1934
7.0
Born Lucky
1933
6.6
Perfect Understanding
1933
8.5
His Lordship
1932
6.0
Hotel Splendide
1932
9.0
The Rasp
19327.0
My Friend the King
19328.0
C.O.D.
1932
8.0
The Star Reporter
193110.0
77, rue Chalgrin
1931
6.3
Rynox
1931
10.0
Two Crowded Hours
1931
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77 Park Lane
1931
10.0
Caste
1930
8.0
The Compulsory Husband
1929
6.5
Blackmail
1929
4.9
A Knight in London
1928
4.3
The First Born
1928
5.2
Champagne
1928
10.0
The Garden of Allah
19277.0
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12
19279.0
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense
192710.0
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business
19279.0
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats
192710.0
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6
19279.0
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar
19278.0
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
1927
6.1
The Magician
1926