Michael Powell
30.09.1905, Bekesbourne, Velika Britanija - 19.02.1990, Avening, Velika Britanija
Michael Powell, britanski redatelj, producent, scenarist i pisac. Studirao je na koledžu u Dulwichu a potom je radio u banci. Godine 1926. ulazi u filmsku ekipu filma Mare Nostrum Rexa Ingrama, zahvaljujući redatelju Harryju Lachmanu. Lachman ga uvodi u britansku kinematografiju i počinje za njega raditi u Elstree Studios. U to vrijeme surađivao je i sa slavnim Alfredom Hitchcockom. Od 1931. godine počinje se baviti režijom. Do početka 1940. afirmira se u niskobudžetnim filmovima raznih žanrova. Nakon filma The Edge of the World (1937) Powell se udružuje sa scenaristom Emericom Pressburgerom na filmu The Spy in Black. Powell zatim snima, bez suradnje s Pressburgerom, još dva filma među kojima je i raskošni Bagdadski lopov (The Thief of Bagdad, 1940). Powell i Pressburger se udružuju 1941. godine, a 1943. osnivaju producentsku kuću The Archers. U tom partnerstvu Powell je bio dominantniji kao redatelj, a Pressburger kao scenarist. Njihovi zajednički najzačajniji filmovi su 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), Black Narcissus (1947), Red Shoes (1948), Gone to Earth (1948), Small Back Room (1949), Tales of Hoffmann (1951). Powell se 1956. godine, nakon nekoliko komercijalnih neuspjeha, osamostaljuje. Godine 1960. snima najznačajniji samostalni film Peeping Tom. Nakon 1974. godine povlači se iz filma, režira na televiziji te objavljuje nekoliko romana. Također, od 1944.-1952. godine bavi i kazališnom režijom. Kraće vrijeme bio je i umjetnički savjetnik i rukovoditelj produkcije filmske kuće Fracisa Forda Coppole Zoetrope (razdoblje nakon 1980. godine).
Filmografija
Return to the Edge of the World (1978)
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
Age of Consent (1969)
They're a Weird Mob (1966)
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (1964)
The Queen's Guards (1961)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Luna de miel (1959)
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955)
The Wild Heart (1952)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Gone to Earth (1950)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
The Small Back Room (1949)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Black Narcissus (1947)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
The Volunteer (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941)
Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941)
Contraband (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Smith (1939)
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
The Spy in Black (1939)
The Edge of the World (1937)
The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
Crown Vs. Stevens (1936)
The Brown Wallet (1936)
Her Last Affaire (1936)
Some Day (1935)
The Price of a Song (1935)
The Phantom Light (1935)
The Night of the Party (1935)
The Love Test (1935)
Lazybones (1935)
Red Ensign (1935)
The Girl in the Crowd (1935)
Something Always Happens (1934)
The Fire Raisers (1934)
Born Lucky (1933)
His Lordship (1932)
C.O.D. (1932)
Hotel Splendide (1932)
The Star Reporter (1932)
Rynox (1932)
The Rasp (1932)
My Friend the King (1932)
Two Crowded Hours (1931)