Directed credits
41
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Michael Powell
Directing
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Directed movies: 39Directed series: 2All crew credits: 68
TMDB ID: 68424
IMDb ID: nm0003836
Known for: Directing
Born: September 30, 1905
Died: February 19, 1990
Age: 84
Place of birth: Bekesbourne, Kent, England
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1926 - 2024
Years active: 99
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q55234
Also known as
마이클 파웰 • Michael Latham Powell
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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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Michael Powell.
6.5
Return to the Edge of the World
Director
1978 Movie
5.4
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Director
1972 Movie
5.9
Age of Consent
Director
1969 Movie
5.9
They're a Weird Mob
Director
1966 Movie
7.7
Bluebeard's Castle
Director
1963 Movie
5.5
Honeymoon
Director
1959 Movie
6.2
Ill Met by Moonlight
Director
1957 Movie
6.3
The Battle of the River Plate
Director
1956 Movie
6.1
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Director
1955 Movie
6.8
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Director
1955 Movie
5.9
The Elusive Pimpernel
Director
1950 Movie
6.7
The Small Back Room
Director
1949 Movie
8.0
The Red Shoes
Director
1948 Movie
7.8
A Matter of Life and Death
Director
1946 Movie
4.8
The Volunteer
Director
1944 Movie
6.6
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Director
1942 Movie
6.9
49th Parallel
Director
1941 Movie
7.1
Contraband
Director
1940 Movie
7.1
The Thief of Bagdad
Director
1940 Movie
6.2
The Lion Has Wings
Director
1939 Movie
6.4
The Spy in Black
Director
1939 Movie
4.8
The Man Behind the Mask
Director
1936 Movie
6.3
Crown v. Stevens
Director
1936 Movie
The Brown Wallet
Director
1936 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Michael Powell.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Michael Powell.
8.0
The Red Shoes
Director
1948 Movie
7.8
A Matter of Life and Death
Director
1946 Movie
7.5
Black Narcissus
Writer
1947 Movie
7.5
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Writer
1943 Movie
7.4
Peeping Tom
Producer
1960 Movie
7.1
The Tales of Hoffmann
Writer
1951 Movie
7.1
The Thief of Bagdad
Director
1940 Movie
7.1
I Know Where I'm Going!
Writer
1945 Movie
6.9
Orlando
Thanks
1992 Movie
6.9
49th Parallel
Director
1941 Movie
6.9
A Canterbury Tale
Writer
1944 Movie
6.8
I Hired a Contract Killer
In Memory Of
1990 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Michael Powell.
5.0
Oh, Daddy!
Scenario Writer
1935 Movie
6.9
49th Parallel
Director
1941 Movie
8.0
The Red Shoes
Director
1948 Movie
7.8
A Matter of Life and Death
Director
1946 Movie
6.1
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Director
1955 Movie
7.1
The Thief of Bagdad
Director
1940 Movie
7.5
Black Narcissus
Writer
1947 Movie
7.5
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Writer
1943 Movie
5.9
Age of Consent
Director
1969 Movie
6.9
Orlando
Thanks
1992 Movie
7.4
Peeping Tom
Producer
1960 Movie
6.3
The Battle of the River Plate
Director
1956 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Michael Powell.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Michael Powell.
7.1
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Thanks
1994 Movie
6.9
Orlando
Thanks
1992 Movie
6.8
I Hired a Contract Killer
In Memory Of
1990 Movie
4.0
Anna Pavlova
Editor
1983 Movie
6.1
Sebastian
Producer
1968 Movie
4.8
The Queen's Guards
Producer
1961 Movie
7.4
Peeping Tom
Producer
1960 Movie
7.1
The Tales of Hoffmann
Writer
1951 Movie
4.0
Aila – Pohjolan tytär
Producer
1951 Movie
6.2
Gone to Earth
Screenplay
1950 Movie
5.0
The End of the River
Producer
1947 Movie
7.5
Black Narcissus
Writer
1947 Movie
7.1
I Know Where I'm Going!
Writer
1945 Movie
6.9
A Canterbury Tale
Writer
1944 Movie
7.5
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Writer
1943 Movie
6.0
The Silver Fleet
Producer
1943 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Michael Powell.
7.7
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2010 Movie
5.9
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
as Self (archive sound)
2003 Movie
6.0
A Very British Psycho
as Himself
1997 Movie
7.0
The Scorsese Machine
as Self
1990 Movie
A Pretty British Affair
as Interviewee
1981 Movie
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1980 Movie
6.5
Return to the Edge of the World
as Self
1978 Movie
7.4
Peeping Tom
as Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)
1960 Movie
5.5
Honeymoon
as Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)
1959 Movie
4.8
The Volunteer
as Self
1944 Movie
6.6
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as Despatching Officer
1942 Movie