FILM DIRECTOR

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, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Powell has received more than 924,468 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Michael Powell is the 584th most popular film director (down from 528th in 2019), the 2,177th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,039th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Film Director.

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  • 31

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Page views of Michael Powells by language

Over the past year Michael Powell has had the most page views in the with 155,252 views, followed by French (13,631), and Italian (10,312). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (224.05%), Malagasy (123.63%), and Simple English (70.82%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Powell ranks 584 out of 2,041. Before him are Budd Boetticher, Henri Colpi, Carlo Lizzani, Ján Kadár, Juzo Itami, and Jaco Van Dormael. After him are Bernd Eichinger, Ferzan Özpetek, Fatih Akin, Asghar Farhadi, Norman Taurog, and Norman McLaren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Michael Powell ranks 149. Before him are Zdeněk Burian, Manuel Ferreira, Tore Keller, Jan Gies, Dmitri Shepilov, and Robert Penn Warren. After him are Nise da Silveira, Georges Schehadé, Theodor Oberländer, Erich Neumann, Aldo Fabrizi, and Paul Ariste. Among people deceased in 1990, Michael Powell ranks 121. Before him are Anne Revere, Grethe Ingmann, John Hansen, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Dodie Smith, and Feng Youlan. After him are Zhang Qun, Aldo Fabrizi, Paul Ariste, Otto Ambros, Kelly Johnson, and Pierre Musy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Powell ranks 2,177 out of 8,785. Before him are E. H. Shepard (1879), Tom Holland (1996), Ronald Colman (1891), Henry Percy (1364), Patricia Bredin (1935), and Richard Baxter (1615). After him are Jerry Springer (1944), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Eric Temple Bell (1883), Michael Adams (1971), Gerald of Wales (1146), and Wilfred Owen (1893).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Michael Powell ranks 43. Before him are Hugh Hudson (1936), George Albert Smith (1864), David Byrne (1952), Chris Menges (1940), Anthony Asquith (1902), and Lewis Gilbert (1920). After him are Norman McLaren (1914), Nicolas Roeg (1928), John Glen (1932), Andrew Birkin (1945), John Madden (1949), and Paul Greengrass (1955).

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Filmography

Peeping Tom
Director
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
May 16o 19607.439 / 10
The Red Shoes
Director
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
Sep 6o 19487.976 / 10
Black Narcissus
Director
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
May 26o 19477.5 / 10