Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
December 5, 1902
Died
February 5, 1988 (85 years old)
Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Also Known As
- Richard Imrie
- Emmerich Pressburger
- Imre Pressburger
- Emmerich Preßburger
- 에메릭 프레스버거
Emeric Pressburger
Biography
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
Acting
Writing
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Producer, Screenplay
1972
They're a Weird Mob
Writer
1966
Operation Crossbow
Screenplay
1965
Behold a Pale Horse
Novel
1964
Ill Met by Moonlight
Writer, Director, Producer
1957
The Battle of the River Plate
Director, Writer, Producer
1956
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Writer, Director, Producer
1955
The Tales of Hoffmann
Director, Writer, Producer
1951
Gone to Earth
Director, Producer, Screenplay
1950
The Small Back Room
Writer, Director, Producer
1949
The Red Shoes
Director, Producer, Writer, Story
1948
Black Narcissus
Writer, Director, Producer
1947