Emeric Pressburger

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-12-05 (86 years old)

Deathday

1988-02-05

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).

Acting

1948

The Red Shoes

as Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)

1981

Production

1931

1931

The Scoundrel

as Screenplay

1966

1965

Operation Crossbow

as Screenplay

1951

1951

1949

1949

1944

1944

1947

Black Narcissus

as Director

1947

1947

Black Narcissus

as Producer

1948

The Red Shoes

as Director

1948

The Red Shoes

as Producer

1957

1950

Gone to Earth

as Producer

1950

Gone to Earth

as Director

1941

Atlantic Ferry

as Screenplay

1944

The Volunteer

as Director

1950

1953

1932

Sehnsucht 202

as Writer

1940

Contraband

as Writer

1938

The Challenge

as Screenplay

1957

1957

Miracle in Soho

as Producer

1944

The Volunteer

as Writer

1955

1955

1957

1947

1972

1939

The Spy in Black

as Screenplay

1947

The End of the River

as Script Supervisor

1944

1943

1930

1934

The Million Hunters

as Screenplay

1943

The Silver Fleet

as Producer

1943

1935

Parisian Life

as Scenario Writer

1948

The Red Shoes

as Writer

1944

The Volunteer

as Producer

1930

Farewell

as Writer

1931

Ronny

as Writer

1931

1953

1953

Twice Upon a Time

as Screenplay

1932

1932

1946

Wanted for Murder

as Screenplay

1936

Port Arthur

as Adaptation

1936

Under Western Eyes

as Adaptation

1942

Breach of Promise

as Screenplay

1942

1937

1940

Spy for a Day

as Writer

1934

1935

1939

1941

49th Parallel

as Screenplay

1942

1941

49th Parallel

as Scenario Writer

1941

49th Parallel

as Original Story

1955

1949

1936

Port Arthur

as Writer

1936

Parisian Life

as Writer

1948

1950

1950

Gone to Earth

as Screenplay

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