Michael Powell (Canterbury, 1905-1990) is regarded as one of the most original and important innovators in cinema. He started his career in 1925 as assistant to Rex Ingram and went on to work as cameraman, editor and scriptwriter. From 1942 to 1956 he co-directed and -produced a number of striking and personal films including the classics Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948) with Emeric Pressburger.
Filmography
Films: Two Crowded Hours (1931), My Friend the King (1931), Rynox (1931), The Rasp (1931), The Star Reporter (1931), Hotel Splendide (1932), His Lordship (1932), Born Lucky (1932), The Fire Raisers (1933), The Night of the Party (1933), Red Ensign (1934), Something Always Happens (1934), The Girl in the Crowd (1934), Lazybones (1935), The Love Test (1935), The Phantom Light (1935), The Price of a Song (1935), Someday (1935), Her Last Affair (1936), The Brown Wallet (1936), Crown versus Stevens (1936), The Man behind the Mask (1936), The edge of the World (1936), The Spy in Black (1939), The Lion has Wings (1939), Contraband (1940), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941), 49th Parallel (1941), One of our Aircrafts is Missing (1942), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Volunteer (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going (1945), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), The Small Black Book (1949), The Elusive Pimpernel (1949), Gone to Earth (1950), The Tales of Hoffmannn (1951), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955), Oh Rosalinda!! (1955), The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Ill Met by Moonlight (1956), Luna de miel - Honeymoon (1959), Peeping Tom (1960), The Queen's Guards (1961), Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1963), A Free Agent (1964), The Bluebeard's Castle (1964), The Sworn Twelve (1965), A 398 46 (1965), They're a Weird Mob (1966), Age of Consent (1968), The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972), Return to the Edge of the World (1978).