Michael Powell
Director
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.
Filmography
Peeping Tom
as Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited) 1960
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as Despatching Officer 1942
The Edge of the World
as Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited) 1937
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (voice) (archive sound) 2010
The Magician
as Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited) 1926
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as Self (archive footage) 2024
Return to the Edge of the World
as Self 1978
The Volunteer
as Self 1944
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
as Self (archive sound) 2003
Honeymoon
as Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited) 1959
A Very British Psycho
as Himself 1997
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self 1985
The Scorsese Machine
as Self 1990
Hotel Splendide
as Bugging Device Engineer (uncredited) 1932
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
as Cicero Baedeker Symp 1927
Fear
as Himself 1986
Tears
as Himself 1986