Writing
Emeric Pressburger
EN, DE, FR, TR cinema · 63 credits
Born
5 December 1902
Died
5 February 1988 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Also known as Richard Imrie · Emmerich Pressburger · Imre Pressburger · Emmerich Preßburger · 에메릭 프레스버거 · 埃默里克·普雷斯伯格
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
Filmography
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as Self (archive footage)
A Pretty British Affair
as Interviewee
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Screenplay, Producer
Operation Crossbow
Screenplay
Ill Met by Moonlight
Director, Writer, Producer
Miracle in Soho
Writer, Producer
The Battle of the River Plate
Director, Writer, Producer
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Director, Writer, Producer
Twice Upon a Time
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Tales of Hoffmann
Director, Writer, Producer
Gone to Earth
Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Elusive Pimpernel
Writer, Producer, Director
The Small Back Room
Director, Writer, Producer
The Red Shoes
as Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer, Story
Black Narcissus
Director, Writer, Producer
The End of the River
Producer, Script Supervisor, Writer
A Matter of Life and Death
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Wanted for Murder
Screenplay
I Know Where I'm Going!
Director, Producer, Writer
A Canterbury Tale
Writer, Director, Producer
The Volunteer
Director, Writer, Producer
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Director, Writer, Producer
The Silver Fleet
Story, Producer
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Director, Writer, Producer
Breach of Promise
Screenplay, Story
Rings on Her Fingers
Screenplay
Atlantic Ferry
Screenplay
49th Parallel
Screenplay, Original Story, Scenario Writer
Contraband
Writer
The Spy in Black
Screenplay
The Challenge
Screenplay
Port Arthur
Adaptation
Under Western Eyes
Adaptation
Port Arthur
Writer
Parisian Life
Scenario Writer
The Million Hunters
Screenplay
Emil and the Detectives
Screenplay
The Scoundrel
Screenplay
Ronny
Writer
The Small Gap
Scenario Writer
Farewell
Writer