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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.

Other works

Books

  • 1938: 200,000 feet on Foula - the story of the making of The Edge of the World
  • 1956: The Last Voyage of the Graf Spee - includes a lot of information that they couldn't fit in the film The Battle of the River Plate
  • 1975: A Waiting Game - A novel of Ireland
  • 1978: The Red Shoes
  • 1986: A Life In Movies - autobiography (Part I)
  • 1992: Million Dollar Movie - autobiography (Part II)
  • 1994: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Theatre

  • 1944: Directed January de Hartog's Skipper Next To God at the Theatre Royal, Windsor
  • 1944: Directed Ernest Hemingway's The Fifth Column at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow
  • 1951: Directed James Forsyth's Heloise at the Golders Green Theatre, London