

Emeric Pressburger
Directing
December 5, 1902
Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
February 5, 1988
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).
The Filmography


Operation Crossbow

Behold a Pale Horse

Miracle in Soho

Ill Met by Moonlight

The Battle of the River Plate

Twice Upon a Time

The Tales of Hoffmann

The Elusive Pimpernel

The Small Back Room

The End of the River

Black Narcissus

A Matter of Life and Death

Wanted for Murder

A Canterbury Tale

The Volunteer

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Contraband

The Challenge
