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Emeric Pressburger
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 se…
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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).
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2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1981
A Pretty British Affair
Movie Interviewee
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1972
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Movie Producer
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1966
They're a Weird Mob
Movie Writer
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1965
Operation Crossbow
Movie Screenplay
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1964
Behold a Pale Horse
Movie Novel
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1957
Miracle in Soho
Movie Writer
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1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
Movie Writer
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1957
Men Against Britannia
Movie Writer
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1956
The Battle of the River Plate
Movie Director
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1955
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Movie Writer
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1953
Twice Upon a Time
Movie Director
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1951
The Tales of Hoffmann
Movie Director
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1950
The Elusive Pimpernel
Movie Writer
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1950
Gone to Earth
Movie Director
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1949
The Small Back Room
Movie Writer
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1948
The Red Shoes
Movie Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)
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1948
“The Red Shoes” Sketches
Movie Writer
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1947
The End of the River
Movie Producer
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1947
Black Narcissus
Movie Writer
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1946
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie Director
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1946
Wanted for Murder
Movie Screenplay
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1945
I Know Where I'm Going!
Movie Writer
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1944
A Canterbury Tale
Movie Director
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1944
The Volunteer
Movie Director
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1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Movie Producer
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1943
The Silver Fleet
Movie Story
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1943
Squadron Leader X
Movie Story
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1942
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Movie Director
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1942
Breach of Promise
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Rings on Her Fingers
Movie Screenplay
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1941
49th Parallel
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Atlantic Ferry
Movie Screenplay
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1940
Contraband
Movie Writer
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1940
Spy for a Day
Movie Writer
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1939
The Spy in Black
Movie Screenplay
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1939
The Silent Battle
Movie Writer
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1938
The Challenge
Movie Screenplay
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1937
The Great Barrier
Movie Writer
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1936
Port Arthur
Movie Writer
