Emeric Pressburger
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 5 Dec 1902
- Died
- 5 Feb 1988 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
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
The Red Shoes194889Pop Score out of 100
Black Narcissus194782Pop Score out of 100
A Matter of Life and Death194687Pop Score out of 100
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp194385Pop Score out of 100
I Know Where I'm Going!194578Pop Score out of 100
A Canterbury Tale19446.9out of 10 on TMDB
49th Parallel194175Pop Score out of 100
Operation Crossbow196567Pop Score out of 100
Filmography
- 2024Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburgeras Self (archive footage)
- 1981A Pretty British Affairas Interviewee
- 1972The Boy Who Turned YellowProducer · Screenplay
- 1966They're a Weird MobWriter
- 1965Operation CrossbowScreenplay
- 1964Behold a Pale Horse