Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. They worked together under the name of "The Archers" and produced a series of classic British films, notably The Thief of Bagdad (1940), 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948). His controversial 1960 film Peeping Tom, however, was so vilified that his career was seriously damaged.

KNOWN FOR

The South Bank Show
1986
The Defenders
1965
Espionage
1964
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
The Red Shoes
1948
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
Peeping Tom
1960
Orlando
1992
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Black Narcissus
1947
49th Parallel
1941
Blackmail
1929

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
32
Directing
58
Writing
30
Producing
26
Camera
3
Editing
2
Sound
1
Art
1
Crew
3
2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2003
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
as Self (archive sound)
1997
A Very British Psycho
as Himself
1990
The Scorsese Machine
as Self
1986
Laughter
as Himself
1986
Tears
as Himself
1986
Fear
as Himself
1986
The South Bank Show
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1981
A Pretty British Affair
as Interviewee
1980
Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
1978
Return to the Edge of the World
as Self
1960
Peeping Tom
as Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)
1959
Honeymoon
as Guide Describing the Lovers of Teruel (voice) (uncredited)
1944
The Volunteer
as Self
1942
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as Despatching Officer
1941
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
as Reader of Prologue (uncredited)
1937
The Edge of the World
as Mr. Graham - the Yachtsman (uncredited)
1932
Hotel Splendide
as Bugging Device Engineer (uncredited)
1929
The Compulsory Husband
as Man
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
as Cicero Baedeker Symp
1927
The Garden of Allah
as A Tourist
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business
as Cicero Baedeker Symp
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar
as Cicero Baedeker Symp
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6
as Cicero Baedeker Symp
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense
as Cicero Baedeker Symp
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats
as Cicero Baedeker Symp
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12
as Cicero Baedeker Symp
1926
The Magician
as Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)