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Michael Powell

1905–1990 · English film director

Michael Latham Powell was an English filmmaker. He is celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger and through their production company, The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

Michael Powell, in order

  1. 1926 The Magician: acted · directed by Rex Ingram
  2. 1929 Blackmail: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 88%, audiences 65% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Plex
  3. 1930 Caste: wrote · directed by Campbell Gullan
  4. 1931 Two Crowded Hours: directed, wrote
  5. 1932 C.O.D.: directed
  6. 1932 His Lordship: directed
  7. 1932 Hotel Splendide: directed, acted
  8. 1932 My Friend the King: directed, wrote
  9. 1932 Rynox: directed, wrote
  10. 1932 The Rasp: directed, wrote
  11. 1932 The Star Reporter: directed
  12. 1933 Born Lucky: directed
  13. 1934 Red Ensign: directed
  14. 1934 Something Always Happens: directed
  15. 1934 The Fire Raisers: directed, wrote
  16. 1935 Lazybones: directed
  17. 1935 Someday: directed
  18. 1935 The Girl in the Crowd: directed
  19. 1935 The Love Test: directed
  20. 1935 The Night of the Party: directed
  21. 1935 The Phantom Light: directed
  22. 1935 The Price of a Song: directed, produced
  23. 1936 Crown v. Stevens: directed
  24. 1936 Her Last Affaire: directed
  25. 1936 The Brown Wallet: directed
  26. 1936 The Man Behind the Mask: directed
  27. 1937 The Edge of the World: directed, wrote, acted
  28. 1939 Smith: directed
  29. 1939 The Lion Has Wings: directed
  30. 1939 The Spy in Black: directed
  31. 1940 Contraband: directed
  32. 1940 The Thief of Bagdad: directed
  33. 1941 49th Parallel: directed
  34. 1941 An Airman's Letter to His Mother (short film): directed, wrote, produced, acted
  35. 1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  36. 1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: directed, wrote, produced
  37. 1943 The Silver Fleet: produced · directed by Gordon Wellesley and Vernon Sewell
  38. 1944 A Canterbury Tale: directed, wrote, produced
  39. 1944 The Volunteer (short film): directed, wrote, acted
  40. 1945 I Know Where I'm Going!: directed, wrote, produced
  41. 1946 A Matter of Life and Death: directed, wrote, produced
  42. 1947 Black Narcissus: directed, wrote, produced
  43. 1947 The End of the River: produced · directed by Derek Twist
  44. 1948 The Red Shoes: directed, wrote, produced
  45. 1949 The Small Back Room: directed, wrote, produced
  46. 1950 Gone to Earth: directed, wrote, produced
  47. 1950 The Fighting Pimpernel: directed, wrote, produced
  48. 1951 The Tales of Hoffmann: directed, wrote, produced
  49. 1952 The Wild Heart: directed
  50. 1955 Oh... Rosalinda!!: directed, wrote, produced
  51. 1955 The Sorcerer's Apprentice (TV movie): directed
  52. 1956 The Battle of the River Plate: directed, wrote, produced
  53. 1957 Ill Met by Moonlight: directed, wrote, produced
  54. 1959 Honeymoon: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  55. 1960 Peeping Tom: directed, produced, acted
  56. 1961 The Queen's Guards: directed, wrote, produced
  57. 1963 Herzog Blaubarts Burg (TV movie): directed
  58. 1965 The Nurses (TV series): directed
  59. 1966 They're a Weird Mob: directed, produced
  60. 1968 Sebastian: produced · directed by David Greene
  61. 1969 Age of Consent: directed
  62. 1972 The Boy Who Turned Yellow: directed
  63. 1975 Let Joy Reign Supreme: acted · directed by Bertrand Tavernier
  64. 1977 Return to the Edge of the World: directed
  65. 1989 New York Stories: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese · critics 76%, audiences 56% · streaming on Hoopla
  66. 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla