Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with

Emeric Pressburger Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 19025 February 1988) was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a collaborat ...

. Through their production company

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, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably ''

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' is a 1943 British romantic drama war film written, produced and directed by the Cinema of the United Kingdom, British film making team of Powell and Pressburger, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It s ...

'' (1943), ''

A Canterbury Tale ''A Canterbury Tale'' is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sgt. John Sweet; Esmond Knight provided narration and played two small roles. For the post-war American ...

'' (1944), ''

I Know Where I'm Going! ''I Know Where I'm Going!'' is a 1945 romance film by the British-based filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, and features Pamela Brown and Finlay Currie. Plot Joan Webster is a 25-year-old ...

'' (1945), '' A Matter of Life and Death'' (1946, also called ''Stairway to Heaven''), ''

Black Narcissus ''Black Narcissus'' is a 1947 British Psychological fiction, psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Powell and Pressburger, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, Sabu Dastagir, S ...

'' (1947), '' The Red Shoes'' (1948), and ''

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'' (1951). His later controversial 1960 film ''

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'', while today considered a classic, and a contender as the first " slasher", was so vilified on first release that his career was seriously damaged. Many filmmakers such as

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, Francis Ford Coppola and

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have cited Powell as an influence. In 1981, he received the

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along with his partner Pressburger, the highest honour the

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can give a filmmaker. He has been played on screen by Alastair Thomson Mills in the award-winning short film (2022) which explores

Moira Shearer Moira Shearer King, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006), was an internationally renowned Scottish ballet dancer and actress. She was famous for her performances in Powell and Pressburger's '' The Red Shoes'' (1948) and '' The Ta ...

's life changing decision to appear in ''The Red Shoes''.

Early life

Powell was the second son and youngest child of Thomas William Powell, a hop farmer, and Mabel, daughter of Frederick Corbett, of

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. Powell was born in

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, and educated at

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and then at

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. He started work at the

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in 1922 but quickly realised he was not cut out to be a banker.

Film career

Powell entered the film industry in 1925 through working with director Rex Ingram at the

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, France (the contact with Ingram was made through Powell's father, who owned a hotel in Nice). He first started out as a general studio hand, the proverbial "

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": sweeping the floor, making coffee, fetching and carrying. Soon he progressed to other work such as stills photography, writing titles (for the silent films) and many other jobs including a few acting roles, usually as comic characters. Powell made his film début as a "comic English tourist" in '' The Magician'' (1926). Returning to England in 1928, Powell worked at a diverse series of jobs for various filmmakers including as a stills photographer on

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's silent film ''

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'' (1928). He also signed on in a similar role on Hitchcock's first "talkie", '' Blackmail'' (1929). In his autobiography, Powell claims he suggested the ending in the

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which was the first of Hitchcock's "monumental" climaxes to his films.Powell 1986 Powell and Hitchcock remained friends for the remainder of Hitchcock's life. After scriptwriting on two productions, Powell entered into a partnership with American producer Jerry Jackson in 1931 to make "

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", hour-long films needed to satisfy a legal requirement that British cinemas screen a certain quota of British films. During this period, he developed his directing skills, sometimes making up to seven films a year.Duguid, Mark
"Early Michael Powell."
''Screenonline''. Retrieved: 28 September 2009. Although he had taken on some directing responsibilities in other films, Powell had his first screen credit as a director on ''

Two Crowded Hours ''Two Crowded Hours'' is a 1931 British comedy drama film directed by Michael Powell and starring John Longden, Jane Welsh, and Jerry Verno. It was made as a Quota quickie and is the first film where Powell is credited as the director. No known ...

'' (1931). This thriller was considered a modest success at the box office despite its limited budget. From 1931 to 1936, Powell was the director of 23 films, including the critically received '' Red Ensign'' (1934) and '' The Phantom Light'' (1935). In 1937 Powell completed his first truly personal project, ''

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''. Powell gathered together a cast and crew who were willing to take part in an expedition to what was then a very isolated part of the UK. They had to stay there for quite a few months and finished up with a film which not only told the story he wanted but also captured the raw natural beauty of the location. By 1939, Powell had been hired as a contract director by

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''. Korda set him to work on some projects such as ''Burmese Silver'' that were subsequently cancelled. Nonetheless, Powell was brought in to save a film that was being made as a vehicle for two of Korda's star players,

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and

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. The film was ''

The Spy in Black ''The Spy in Black'' (US: ''U-Boat 29'') is a 1939 British film, and the first collaboration between the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They were brought together by Alexander Korda to make the World War I spy thrill ...

'', where Powell first met

in 1939.

Meeting Emeric Pressburger

The original script of ''The Spy in Black'' followed the book quite closely, but was too verbose and did not have a good role for either Veidt or Hobson. Korda called a meeting where he introduced a diminutive man, saying, "Well now, I have asked Emeric to read the script, and he has things to say to us." Powell then went on to record (in ''A Life in Movies'') how:

"Emeric produced a very small piece of rolled-up paper, and addressed the meeting. I listened spellbound. Since talkies took over the movies, I had worked with some good writers, but I had never met anything like this. In the silent days, the top
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screenwriters were technicians rather than dramatists ... the European cinema remained highly literate and each country, conscious of its separate culture and literature, strove to outdo the other. All this was changed by the talkies. America, with its enormous wealth and enthusiasm and it technical resources, waved the big stick. ... The European film no longer existed. ... Only the great German film business was prepared to fight the American monopoly, and Dr. Goebbels soon put a stop to that in 1933. But the day that Emeric walked out of his flat, leaving the key in the door to save the storm-troopers the trouble of breaking it down, was the worst day's work that the clever doctor ever did for his country's reputation, as he was soon to find out. As I said, I listened spellbound to this small Hungarian wizard, as Emeric unfolded his notes, until they were at least six inches long. He had stood Storer Clouston's plot on its head and completely restructured the film."

They both soon recognised that although they were total opposites in background and personality, they had a common attitude to film-making and that they could work very well together. After making two more films together, '' Contraband'' (1940) and '' 49th Parallel'', with separate credits, the pair decided to form a partnership and to sign their films jointly as "Written, Produced and Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger."

The Archers

Working together as co-producers, writers and directors in a partnership they dubbed "

", they made 19 feature films, many of which received critical and commercial success. Their best films are still regarded as classics of 20th century British cinema. The BFI 100 list of "the favourite British films of the 20th century" contains five of Powell's films, four with Pressburger. Although admirers would argue that Powell ought to rank alongside fellow British directors

and David Lean, his career suffered a severe reversal after the release of the controversial psychological

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'', made in 1960 as a solo effort. The film was excoriated by mainstream British critics, who were offended by its sexual and violent images; Powell was ostracized by the film industry and found it almost impossible to work thereafter. The film did, however, meet with the rapturous approval of the young critics of ''Positif'' and ''Midi-Minuit Fantastique'' in France, and those of ''Motion'' in England, and in 1965 he was subject of a major positive revaluation by

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in the auteurist magazine ''Movie'', later included in Durgnat's influential book ''A Mirror for England''. Powell's films came to have a cult reputation, broadened during the 1970s and early 1980s by a series of retrospectives and rediscoveries, as well as further articles and books. By the time of his death, he and Pressburger were recognised as one of the foremost film partnerships of all time – and cited as a key influence by many noted filmmakers such as

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, and Francis Ford Coppola.

Personal life

In 1927 Powell married Gloria Mary Rouger, an American dancer; they were married in France and stayed together for only three weeks. During the 1940s, Powell had love affairs with actresses Deborah Kerr and

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. From 1 July 1943 until her death on 5 July 1983, Powell was married to Frances "Frankie" May Reidy, the daughter of medical practitioner Jerome Reidy; they had two sons: Kevin Michael Powell (b. 1945) and Columba Jerome Reidy Powell (b. 1951). He also lived with actress Pamela Brown for many years until her death from cancer in 1975. Subsequently, Powell was married to

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from 19 May 1984 until his own death from cancer at his home in

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. His niece was the Australian actress Cornelia Frances, who appeared in bit parts in her uncle's early films.

Preservation

The Academy Film Archive has preserved ''A Matter of Life and Death'' and ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' by Michael Powell and

Awards, nominations and honours

* 1943:

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nominated for '' 49th Parallel'' as Best Picture * 1943:

nominated for ''

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'' for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Shared with

* 1948: Won Danish

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for '' A Matter of Life and Death'' as Best European Film. Shared with

* 1948 Nominated for '' The Red Shoes'' for

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Golden Lion. Shared with

* 1949:

nominated for '' The Red Shoes'' as Best Picture. Shared with

* 1951:

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nominated for ''

'' for Grand Prize of the Festival. Shared with

* 1951: Won

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from 1st Berlin International Film Festival for ''

'' as Best Musical. Shared with

"1st Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners."
''berlinale.de''. Retrieved: 21 December 2009. * 1957:

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nominated for ''

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'' as Best British Screenplay. Shared with

. * 1959:

won the Technical Grand Prize for '' Luna de Miel''. Nominated for Golden Palm. * 1978: Awarded Hon DLitt,

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* 1978: Awarded Hon DLitt,

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* 1981: Made fellow of BAFTA * 1982: Awarded Career Gold Lion from the

* 1983: Made fellow of the

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(BFI) * 1987: Awarded Hon Doctorate,

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* 1987: Awarded Akira Kurosawa Award from

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* 2014: An

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to commemorate Michael Powell and

was unveiled on 17 February 2014 by

and

at Dorset House, Gloucester Place, London NW1 5AG where The Archers had their offices from 1942 - 47.

Legacy

* Cited as a major influence on many film-makers such as

, Francis Ford Coppola,

and

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.Crook, Steve
"Famous Fans of Powell & Pressburger."
''Powell-pressburger.org''. Retrieved: 28 September 2009. Said

(Scorsese's long-time film editor and Powell's third wife) of Scorsese, "Anyone he meets, or the actors he works with, he immediately starts bombarding with Powell and Pressburger movies." Scorsese and Schoonmaker are working on restoring Powell's films, beginning with '' The Red Shoes'' and ''

''. * The Michael Powell Award for the Best New British Feature was instigated in 1993 at the

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and is sponsored by the

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and is "named in homage to one of Britain's most original filmmakers"."Awards History."
''edfilmfest.org.uk''. Retrieved: 7 December 2017. * Pinewood Studios, where Powell made many of his most notable films, has named a mixing theatre in the

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department after him: The Powell Theatre. A giant picture of the director covers the door to the theatre, where many well-known films are mixed. * The Film, Radio and Television Department of Canterbury Christ Church University has its main building named after him: The Powell Building.

Filmography

Other works

Books by Michael Powell

* 1938: ''200,000 Feet on

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''. London: Faber & Faber. (The story of the making of ''

'' was also reprinted as ''200,000 Feet – The Edge of the World'' in the United States.) * 1956: ''Graf Spee''. London: Hodder & Stoughton. (This book contains much information that Powell and Pressburger could not include in their film ''

''.) * 1957: ''Death in the South Atlantic: The Last Voyage of the Graf Spee''. New York: Rinehart. (American edition of ''Graf Spee'') * 1975: ''A Waiting Game''. London: Joseph. . * 1976: ''The Last Voyage of the Graf Spee''. London: White Lion Publishers. . (Second British edition of ''Graf Spee'') * 1978: (with

) ''The Red Shoes''. London: Avon Books. . * 1986: ''A Life In Movies: An Autobiography''. London:

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. . * 1990: ''Edge of the World''. London: Faber & Faber. . (This book is a paperback edition of ''200,000 feet on Foula''.) * 1992: ''Million Dollar Movie'' London: Heinemann. . (This is the second part of Powell's autobiography.) * 1994: (with Emeric Pressburger and Ian Christie) ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp''. London: Faber & Faber. . (This book includes memos from Churchill and notes showing how the script developed.) Many of these titles were also published in other countries or republished. The list above deals with initial publications except where the name was changed in a subsequent edition or printing.

Theatre

* 1944: Directed

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's ''The Fifth Column'' at the

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* 1944: Directed

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's ''Skipper Next To God'' at the

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* 1951: Directed James Forsyth's ''Heloise'' at the

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, London

References

;Notes ;Citations ;Bibliography * Christie, Ian. ''Arrows of Desire: The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger''. London: Waterstone, 1994. ; First edition 1985. . * Christie, Ian. ''Powell, Pressburger and Others''. London: British Film Institute, 1978. . * Christie, Ian and Andrew Moor, eds. ''The Cinema of Michael Powell: International Perspectives on an English Filmmaker''. London: BFI, 2005. . * Darakhvelidze, George
''Landscapes of Dreams: The Cinema of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Part 1-7)'' (in Russian).
Vinnitsa, Ukraine: Globe Press, 2008-2019. . * Esteve, Llorenç. ''Michael Powell y Emeric Pressburger'' (in Spanish). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Catedra, 2002. . * Howard, James. ''Michael Powell''. London: BT Batsford Ltd, 1996. . * Lazar, David, ed. ''Michael Powell: Interviews''. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2003. . * Macdonald, Kevin. ''Emeric Pressburger: The Life and Death of a Screenwriter''. London: Faber & Faber, 1994. * Moor, Andrew. ''Powell and Pressburger: A Cinema of Magic Spaces''. London: I.B. Tauris, 2005. . * Powell, Michael. ''A Life in Movies'' (autobiography). London:

, 1993. ; First edition 1986. . * Powell, Michael. ''Million Dollar Movie'' (The second volume of his autobiography). London: Heinemann, 1992. , later edition, 2000. (pbk). * Thiéry, Natacha. ''Photogénie du désir: Michael Powell et Emeric Pressburger 1945–1950 (in French)''. Rennes, France: Presse Universitaires de Rennes, 2009. . * Howard, James. I Live Cinema' : The Life and Films of Michael Powell''. UK: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, June 2013.

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Early life

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The Archers

Personal life

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Legacy

Filmography

Other works

Books by Michael Powell

Theatre

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