Michael Powell
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
as Cicero Baedeker Symp
1927
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
as Self (archive sound)
2003
A Very British Psycho
as Himself
1997
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Tears
as Himself
1986
Laughter
as Himself
1986
Fear
as Himself
1986
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1980
Honeymoon
as Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)
1959
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
Return to the Edge of the World
as Self
1978
The Magician
as Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)
1926
A Pretty British Affair
as Interviewee
1981
Peeping Tom
as Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)
1960
The Scorsese Machine
as Self
1990
The Volunteer
as Self
1944
The Compulsory Husband
as Man
1929
The Garden of Allah
as A Tourist
1927
The Edge of the World
as Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited)
1937