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Michael Powell

1905 - 1990

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Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death (1946, Stairway to Heaven in the U.S.), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). His controversial Peeping Tom (1960), which was so vilified on first release that it seriously damaged his career, is now considered a classic, and possibly the earliest "slasher movie". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Powell is the 140th most popular film director (up from 584th in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,178th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Powell ranks 140 out of 2,041. Before him are Jerzy Grotowski, George A. Romero, Peter Greenaway, Terrence Malick, Jonathan Demme, and Jiří Menzel. After him are Henri-Georges Clouzot, Sergei Bondarchuk, Volker Schlöndorff, Bille August, Jim Jarmusch, and Nikita Mikhalkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Michael Powell ranks 36. Before him are C. P. Snow, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, George H. Hitchings, Raymond Cattell, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, and Max Schmeling. After him are Marian Rejewski, Helen Wills, Jean Vigo, Carl Gustav Hempel, Shojiro Sugimura, and Dalton Trumbo. Among people deceased in 1990, Michael Powell ranks 33. Before him are Luigi Nono, Arthur Kennedy, Keith Haring, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Barbara Stanwyck, and Oldřich Nejedlý. After him are Bruno Bettelheim, Rex Harrison, Manly P. Hall, Bruno Kreisky, Lawrence Durrell, and Sergio Corbucci.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Powell ranks 803 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Malcolm Young (1953), John Surtees (1934), Ramsay MacDonald (1866), Julian Barnes (1946), and Annie Lennox (1954). After him are Charles Laughton (1899), Dua Lipa (1995), Oliver Smithies (1925), Martin Evans (1941), Ian Paice (1948), and Ronald Fisher (1890).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Michael Powell ranks 11. Before him are Alan Parker (1944), Peter Brook (1925), Christopher Nolan (1970), Richard Attenborough (1923), David Lean (1908), and Peter Greenaway (1942). After him are Danny Boyle (1956), Stephen Frears (1941), Tony Richardson (1928), Frank Lloyd (1886), Mike Newell (1942), and Guy Ritchie (1968).

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