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Emeric Pressburger

Known For
Writing

Known Credits
3

Gender
Male

Birthday
December 5, 1902 (123 years old)

Place of Birth
Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Emeric Pressburger

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).

Known For

Writing

1972The Boy Who Turned Yellow...Screenplay
1966They're a Weird Mob...Writer
1965Operation Crossbow...Screenplay
1964Behold a Pale Horse...Novel
1957Miracle in Soho...Writer
1957Ill Met by Moonlight...Writer
1957Men Against Britannia...Writer
1956The Battle of the River Plate...Writer
1955Oh... Rosalinda!!...Writer
1953Twice Upon a Time...Screenplay
1951The Tales of Hoffmann...Writer
1950The Elusive Pimpernel...Writer
1950Gone to Earth...Screenplay
1949The Small Back Room...Writer
1948The Red Shoes...Writer
1948The Red Shoes...Story
1948“The Red Shoes” Sketches...Writer
1947The End of the River...Writer
1947Black Narcissus...Writer
1946A Matter of Life and Death...Screenplay
1946Wanted for Murder...Screenplay
1945I Know Where I'm Going!...Writer
1944A Canterbury Tale...Writer
1944The Volunteer...Writer
1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp...Writer
1943The Silver Fleet...Story
1943Squadron Leader X...Story
1942One of Our Aircraft Is Missing...Writer
1942Breach of Promise...Screenplay
1942Breach of Promise...Story
1942Rings on Her Fingers...Screenplay
194149th Parallel...Screenplay
194149th Parallel...Original Story
194149th Parallel...Scenario Writer
1941Atlantic Ferry...Screenplay
1940Contraband...Writer
1940Spy for a Day...Writer
1939The Spy in Black...Screenplay
1939The Silent Battle...Writer
1938The Challenge...Screenplay
1937The Great Barrier...Writer
1936Port Arthur...Writer
1936Port Arthur...Adaptation
1936One Rainy Afternoon...Story
1936Under Western Eyes...Adaptation
1936Parisian Life...Writer
1935Parisian Life...Scenario Writer
1935Monsieur Sans-Gêne...Writer
1934My Heart Calls You...Writer
1934The Million Hunters...Screenplay
1933Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming...Writer
1933And the Puszta Gleams...Writer
1932The Old Scoundrel...Writer
1932A Girl and a Million...Writer
1932Gilgi: One of Us...Writer
1932Sehnsucht 202...Writer
1932The Beautiful Adventure...Writer
1931Ronny...Writer
1931Emil and the Detectives...Screenplay
1931I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil...Writer
1931The Small Gap...Scenario Writer
1931The Little Escapade...Writer
1931The Scoundrel...Screenplay
1930Farewell...Writer
1930The Great Passion...Writer

Production

1972The Boy Who Turned Yellow...Producer
1957Miracle in Soho...Producer
1957Ill Met by Moonlight...Producer
1956The Battle of the River Plate...Producer
1955Oh... Rosalinda!!...Producer
1953Twice Upon a Time...Producer
1951The Tales of Hoffmann...Producer
1950The Elusive Pimpernel...Producer
1950Gone to Earth...Producer
1949The Small Back Room...Producer
1948The Red Shoes...Producer
1947The End of the River...Producer
1947Black Narcissus...Producer
1946A Matter of Life and Death...Producer
1945I Know Where I'm Going!...Producer
1944A Canterbury Tale...Producer
1944The Volunteer...Producer
1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp...Producer
1943The Silver Fleet...Producer
1942One of Our Aircraft Is Missing...Producer

Directing

1957Ill Met by Moonlight...Director
1956The Battle of the River Plate...Director
1955Oh... Rosalinda!!...Director
1953Twice Upon a Time...Director
1951The Tales of Hoffmann...Director
1950The Elusive Pimpernel...Director
1950Gone to Earth...Director
1949The Small Back Room...Director
1948The Red Shoes...Director
1947The End of the River...Script Supervisor
1947Black Narcissus...Director
1946A Matter of Life and Death...Director
1945I Know Where I'm Going!...Director
1944A Canterbury Tale...Director
1944The Volunteer...Director
1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp...Director
1942One of Our Aircraft Is Missing...Director

Acting

2024Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburgeras Self (archive footage)
1981A Pretty British Affairas Interviewee
1948The Red Shoesas Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)