Michael Powell (director) : Ask Biography

Personal information

Birth name

Michael Latham Powell

Birth date

30 September 1905

Place of birth

Bekesbourne, Kent, England

Date of death

19 February 1990(age 84)

Death place

Avening, Gloucestershire, England

Spouse

Gloria Mary Rouger (1927-1927)
Frankie Reidy (1943-1983)
Thelma Schoonmaker (1984-1990)

Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 - 19 February 1990) was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. They worked together under the name of "The Archers" and produced a series of classic British 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). His controversial 1960 film Peeping Tom, however, was so vilified that his career was seriously damaged.