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Powell and Pressburger also co-produced a few films by other directors under The Archers' banner: The Silver Fleet (1943), written and directed by Vernon Sewell and Gordon Wellesley, based on a story by Pressburger, [7] and The End of the River (1947), directed by Derek N. Twist, to which both Powell and Pressburger contributed uncredited ...
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!
The Small Back Room was to have been a solo directorial effort for Michael Powell after it was announced that Powell and Pressburger were separating after A Matter of Life and Death (1946). The pair didn't separate and The Small Back Room marked the reuniting of Powell and Pressburger with producer Alexander Korda after a profitable but ...
For any film lovers who grew up on, generationally depending, the cinema of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, or the essential ’90s cinephile primer “A Personal Journey with Martin ...
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 ...
Powell's interest in creating a propaganda film in Canada dovetailed with some of Pressburger's work. The screenplay was initially based on Pressburger's idea to replicate the Ten Little Indians scenario of people being removed from a group, one by one. [ 8 ]
The Volunteer (1944) is a short black-and-white British film by the filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for the U.K. Ministry of Information. Made during World War II as recruitment propaganda for the Fleet Air Arm, volunteer numbers rose after its release.
A list of books and essays about Powell & Pressburger: Christie, Ian (1994). Arrows of Desire: The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Faber & Faber, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-571-16271-0. Christie, Ian; Moor, Andrew (6 July 2005). Michael Powell: International Perspectives on an English Film-maker. British Film Institute.