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Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, best known for his films which were made in partnership with Emeric Pressburger.
Michael Powell is a national reporter covering issues around free speech and expression, and stories capturing intellectual and campus debate.
Mar 11, 2024 · Michael Powell and Britain’s deeply conflicted attitude to cinema. Prof Ian Christie on why the film-maker found it challenging to get backers for some of his projects. Mon 11 Mar 2024 14.22...
Oct 24, 2023 · Michael Powell fell in love with his celluloid mistress in 1921 when he was 16. It’s a love affair that he’s conducted for 65 years. At 81, he’s not stopped dreaming of getting behind the camera again.
Michael Powell. Director: Peeping Tom. The son of Thomas William Powell and Mabel (nee Corbett). Michael Powell was always a self-confessed movie addict. He was brought up partly in Canterbury ("The Garden of England") and partly in the south of France (where his parents ran a hotel).
Oct 16, 2023 · Director Powell was a self-described “Man of Kent”, a hop farmer’s son who grew up near Canterbury. But his professional partner, the writer Pressburger, was a Hungarian Jew who fled the Nazis.
Oct 5, 2023 · Peeping Tom: inside the restoration of Michael Powell’s shocking serial killer drama. We go behind the scenes on the new restoration of a film once reviled, now revered: Michael Powell’s provocative study in voyeurism, Peeping Tom.
