Actor
Emeric Pressburger
December 5, 1902 · 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 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).
Notable work
Often works with
Esmond Knight
5 titles together
The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, A Canterbury Tale
Cyril Cusack
5 titles together
The Small Back Room, Ill Met by Moonlight, Gone to Earth
David Farrar
4 titles together
Black Narcissus, The Small Back Room, The Battle of the River Plate
Anton Walbrook
3 titles together
The Red Shoes, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Oh... Rosalinda!!
Marius Goring
3 titles together
The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, Ill Met by Moonlight
Robert Helpmann
3 titles together
The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffmann, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Full filmography · 41
A Pretty British Affair
as Interviewee
1981
They're a Weird Mob
Writer
19666
Miracle in Soho
Writer
1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
Writer and Director
19576.2
The Battle of the River Plate
Director and Writer
19566.4
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Writer and Director
1955
Twice Upon a Time
Director
1953
The Tales of Hoffmann
Director and Writer
19517.1
The Elusive Pimpernel
Writer and Director
1950
Gone to Earth
Director
19506.2
The Small Back Room
Writer and Director
19496.7
The Red Shoes
as Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited) and Director and Writer
19488