Emeric Pressburger
Born: 1902-12-05 in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Died: 1988-02-05
Known For: Writing
Biography
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).
Filmography
2024
- Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger as Self (archive footage)
1981
- A Pretty British Affair as Interviewee
1972
- The Boy Who Turned Yellow ... (Producer)
1966
- They're a Weird Mob ... (Writer)
1965
- Operation Crossbow ... (Screenplay)
1964
- Behold a Pale Horse ... (Novel)
1957
- Ill Met by Moonlight ... (Writer)
- Miracle in Soho ... (Writer)
- Men Against Britannia ... (Writer)
1956
- The Battle of the River Plate ... (Director)
1955
- Oh... Rosalinda!! ... (Writer)
1953
- Twice Upon a Time ... (Director)
1951
- The Tales of Hoffmann ... (Director)
1950
- The Elusive Pimpernel ... (Writer)
- Gone to Earth ... (Director)
1949
- The Small Back Room ... (Writer)
1948
- The Red Shoes as Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)
1947
- Black Narcissus ... (Writer)
- The End of the River ... (Producer)
1946
- A Matter of Life and Death ... (Director)
- Wanted for Murder ... (Screenplay)
1945
- I Know Where I'm Going! ... (Writer)
1944
- The Volunteer ... (Director)
- A Canterbury Tale ... (Director)
1943
- The Silver Fleet ... (Story)
- Squadron Leader X ... (Story)
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ... (Producer)
1942
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing ... (Director)
- Rings on Her Fingers ... (Screenplay)
- Breach of Promise ... (Screenplay)
1941
- Atlantic Ferry ... (Screenplay)
- 49th Parallel ... (Screenplay)
1940
- Contraband ... (Writer)
- Spy for a Day ... (Writer)
1939
- The Spy in Black ... (Screenplay)
- The Silent Battle ... (Writer)
1938
- The Challenge ... (Screenplay)
1937
- The Great Barrier ... (Writer)
1936
- Parisian Life ... (Writer)
- Under Western Eyes ... (Adaptation)
- One Rainy Afternoon ... (Story)
- Port Arthur ... (Adaptation)
- Port Arthur ... (Writer)
1935
- Parisian Life ... (Scenario Writer)
- Monsieur Sans-Gêne ... (Writer)
1934
- The Million Hunters ... (Screenplay)
- My Heart Calls You ... (Writer)
1933
- ...und es leuchtet die Pußta ... (Writer)
- Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen ... (Writer)
1932
- Sehnsucht 202 ... (Writer)
- Gilgi: One of Us ... (Writer)
- A Girl and a Million ... (Writer)
- The Beautiful Adventure ... (Writer)
- The Old Scoundrel ... (Writer)
1931
- Ronny ... (Writer)
- The Little Escapade ... (Writer)
- Emil and the Detectives ... (Screenplay)
- The Scoundrel ... (Screenplay)
- I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil ... (Writer)
1930
- Farewell ... (Writer)
- The Great Passion ... (Writer)