Biography: life and films
Michael Powell was an English film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bekesbourne, Kent, England on 30th September 1905 and died in Avening, Gloucestershire, England on 19th February 1990, aged 84.His best films as a film director include 49th Parallel (1941), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) and Peeping Tom (1960), and whose best work as a screenwriter include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948) and The Small Back Room (1949).
Michael Powell directed 53 films (including 5 shorts), scripted 30 films, appeared in 9 films and was cinematographer on 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Rex Ingram (2 films) and Albert de Courville (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (34 films), romance (13), Thriller (13), comedy (11), War (11), comedy-romance (9), crime-thriller (7), comedy-drama (4), Fantasy (4) and Biography (2).
Our average rating for Michael Powell over all films is: 3.4
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
The Magician (1926) [a]
The Garden of Allah (1927) [a]
Blackmail (1929) [w]
Caste (1930) [d,w]
The Compulsory Husband (1930) [a]
77 Park Lane (1931) [w]
77 rue Chalgrin (1931) [w]
C.O.D. (1932) [d]
His Lordship (1932) [d]
Hotel Splendide (1932) [a,d]
My Friend the King (1932) [d]
Rynox (1932) [d,w]
Born Lucky (1933) [d]
Perfect Understanding (1933) [w]
Red Ensign (1934) [d,w]
Something Always Happens (1934) [d]
The Fire Raisers (1934) [d,w]
Lazybones (1935) [d]
Oh, Daddy! (1935) [w]
Someday (1935) [d]
The Girl in the Crowd (1935) [d]
The Love Test (1935) [d]
The Night of the Party (1935) [d]
The Phantom Light (1935) [d]
The Price of a Song (1935) [d]
Crown v. Stevens (1936) [d]
Her Last Affaire (1936) [d]
The Brown Wallet (1936) [d]
The Man Behind the Mask (1936) [d]
The Edge of the World (1937) [d,w]
The Lion Has Wings (1939) [d]
Contraband (1940) [d,w]
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) [d]
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) [d,w]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) [d,w]
A Canterbury Tale (1944) [d,w]
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) [d,w]
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) [d,w]
Black Narcissus (1947) [d,w]
The End of the River (1947) [w]
The Red Shoes (1948) [d,w]
The Small Back Room (1949) [d,w]
Gone to Earth (1950) [d,w]
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) [d,w]
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) [d,w]
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) [d,w]
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) [d,w]
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) [d,w]
Luna de miel (1959) [a,d,w]
The Queen's Guards (1961) [d]
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (1963) [d]
They're a Weird Mob (1966) [d]
Age of Consent (1969) [d]
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972) [d]
Return to the Edge of the World (1978) [a,d,w]
Archangel (1991) [a]
The best films of Ingmar Bergman
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
The best of Japanese cinema
