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Michael Latham Powell was an English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company "The Archers", they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). His later controversial 1960 film Peeping Tom, while today considered a classic, and a contender as the first "slasher", was so vilified on first release that his career was seriously damaged.
Birth Name
Michael Latham Powell
Born
Saturday, 30 September 1905
Died
Monday, 19 February 1990
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Churchill and the Movie Mogul | Self | 2019 |
| Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn | Self - 1980 Interviewee / Self - 1980 Interviewee (archive footage) | 2015 |
| The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self | 2011 |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Himself (voice) (archive sound) / Self | 2010 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Painting with Light | Self | 2007 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 |
| Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris | Self | 2003 |
| A Very British Psycho | Himself / Self | 1997 |
| The Scorsese Machine | Self | 1994 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Churchill and the Movie Mogul | Self | 2019 |
| Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn | Self - 1980 Interviewee / Self - 1980 Interviewee (archive footage) | 2015 |
| The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self | 2011 |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Himself (voice) (archive sound) / Self | 2010 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Painting with Light | Self | 2007 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 |
| Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris | Self | 2003 |
| A Very British Psycho | Himself / Self | 1997 |
| The Scorsese Machine | Self | 1994 |
| New York Stories | Michael Powell - Guest at Party (segment "Life Lessons") | 1989 |
| The Golden Gong | Himself-Interviewee / Self -Interviewee | 1985 |
| The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Himself-Interviewee | 1985 |
| At the Cinema Palace: Liam O'Leary | Self | 1983 |
| Return to the Edge of the World | Self | 1978 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| Arena | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 1975 |
| Let Joy Reign Supreme | John Law | 1975 |
| Peeping Tom | Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis | 1960 |
| Honeymoon | Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel | 1959 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| The Volunteer | Himself / Photographer Outside Buckingham Palace | 1944 |
| One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | Despatching Officer | 1942 |
| An Airman's Letter to His Mother | Reader of Prologue | 1941 |
| The Edge of the World | Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman | 1937 |
| Hotel Splendide | Bugging Device Engineer | 1932 |
| The Compulsory Husband | Man | 1929 |
| The Garden of Allah | A Tourist | 1927 |
| The Magician | Man with Balloon at Snake Charming | 1926 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Return to the Edge of the World | 1978 |
| Age of Consent | 1969 |
| Sebastian | 1968 |
| They're a Weird Mob | 1966 |
| The Queen's Guards | 1961 |
| Peeping Tom | 1960 |
| Honeymoon | 1959 |
| Night Ambush | 1957 |
| The Battle of the River Plate | 1956 |
| Oh... Rosalinda!! | 1955 |
| The Tales of Hoffmann | 1951 |
| Aila, Pohjolan tytär | 1951 |
| The Fighting Pimpernel | 1950 |
| Gone to Earth | 1950 |
| Hour of Glory | 1949 |
| The Red Shoes | 1948 |
| The End of the River | 1947 |
| Black Narcissus | 1947 |
| Stairway to Heaven | 1946 |
| I Know Where I'm Going! | 1945 |
| A Canterbury Tale | 1944 |
| The Volunteer | 1944 |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | 1943 |
| The Silver Fleet | 1943 |
| One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | 1942 |
| 49th Parallel | 1941 |
| An Airman's Letter to His Mother | 1941 |
| The Price of a Song | 1935 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1943 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Nominated |
