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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.
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.
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.
Powell persuaded the British and Canadian governments and started location filming in 1940, but by the time the film appeared in March 1942, the U.S. was already involved in the war. Powell's interest in creating a propaganda film in Canada dovetailed with some of Pressburger's work.
The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1950 British period adventure film by the British-based director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.
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.