Michael Latham Powell

Michael Latham Powell (September 30, 1905-February 19,1990) was a British film director, renowned for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger which produced a series of classic British films.

Filmography

:For his films with Emeric Pressburger, see Powell and Pressburger and Powell and Pressburger films

Related Topics:
Powell and Pressburger - Powell and Pressburger films

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Early work

His early film are mostly low-quality 'quota quickies':

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• 1928: Riviera Revels
• 1930: Caste (uncredited)
• 1931: Two Crowded Hours
• 1932: His Lordship, C.O.D., Hotel Splendide, The Star Reporter, Rynox, The Rasp, My Friend the King
• 1933: Born Lucky
• 1934: Something Always Happens, Red Ensign (US title: Strike!), The Fire Raisers
• 1935: Someday (aka Young Nowheres), The Price of a Song, The Phantom Light, The Night of the Party (US title: The Murder Party), The Love Test, Lazybones, The Girl in the Crowd
• 1936: The Man Behind the Mask (reissued as Behind the Mask), Crown Vs. Stevens (aka Third Time Unlucky), The Brown Wallet, Her Last Affaire

Other films

From late 1930s onwards, most of Powell's films were in collaboration with Pressburger. His solo films were:

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• The Edge of the World (1937)
• Smith (1939)
• The Lion Has Wings (1939, RAF documentary footage with some fictional intercuts)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940, co-director)
• An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941, a 5-minute short)
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955, a short)
• Luna de miel (1959, aka Honeymoon)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• The Queen's Guards (1961)
• Herzog Blaubarts Burg (1964, aka Bluebeard's Castle)
• Age of Consent (1969)
• Return to the Edge of the World (1978, for British TV, framing of the original 1937 film)

Powell also directed episodes of the TV series The Defenders, Espionage and The Nurses.

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