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After Powell had made two further films for Korda, he reunited with Pressburger in 1940 for Contraband, the first in a run of Powell and Pressburger films set during the Second World War. The second was 49th Parallel (1941), which won Pressburger an Academy Award for Best Story. Both are Hitchcock-like thrillers made as anti-Nazi propaganda.
This category contains films which were either written, produced and/or directed by the British-based film-makers Powell & Pressburger, usually together but also to cover their solo work. As such, it should not be moved to anything like Films directed by Powell and Pressburger or it won't cover many of the films listed.
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger US title: The Pursuit of the Graf Spee: 1957 Ill Met by Moonlight: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for Rank Organisation Film Productions (and Vega Productions) US title: Night Ambush: 1959 Luna de Miel: Michael Powell Production for Suevia Films-Cesáreo González (Spain)/Everdene (GB) a.k.a ...
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, 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 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going!
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger is a 2024 British documentary film directed by David Hinton. Martin Scorsese narrates the film, as he reflects on the influence of filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger , whose decades-long collaboration led to a series of classics that made the duo a crucial part of British cinema.
Pressburger wanted to make a film about a girl who wants to get to an island, but by the end of the film no longer wants to. Powell suggested an island on Scotland's west coast. He and Pressburger spent several weeks researching locations and decided on the Isle of Mull. Pressburger wrote the screenplay in four days.
Powell and Pressburger began to go their separate ways after the mid-1950s. They remained close friends but wanted to explore different things, having done about as much as they could together. Two of his later films were made under the pseudonym "Richard Imrie". Two novels by Pressburger were published.
Michael Powell first read the novel in London in 1960 and wanted to turn it into a film but Peck had the rights. Powell obtained them three years later and brought in his long-time collaborator Emeric Pressburger, who wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym "Richard Imrie." [10]