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Emeric Pressburger

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 5, 1902Died February 5, 1988 (85 years)
Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in an award-winning collaboration partnership known as the Archers and produced a series of films, notably 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), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

Known For

  • Black Narcissus
  • The Red Shoes
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  • A Matter of Life and Death
  • The Invaders
  • I Know Where I'm Going!
  • A Canterbury Tale
  • The Tales of Hoffmann
  • Pursuit of the Graf Spee
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
  • Behold a Pale Horse
  • Night Ambush
  • Operation Crossbow
  • The Wild Heart
  • The Small Back Room
  • They're a Weird Mob
  • U-Boat 29
  • The Fighting Pimpernel
  • Blackout
  • Oh... Rosalinda!!
  • Emil and the Detectives
  • Wanted for Murder
  • The Boy Who Turned Yellow
  • Rings on Her Fingers

Filmography

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