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	Emeric Pressburger
Birth:	5th December 1902 - Miskolc, Hungary
Death:	5th February 1988 - Saxstead, England, UK
Occupation:	Screenwriter, Director, Producer
Years Active:	1930-1972
Genre:	Drama, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Spy Film, Comedy, Drama

The screenwriter half of the Powell/ Pressburger team in association with Michael Powell, Hungarian-born Emeric Pressburger was a journalist before coming to films as a screenwriter in the late '20s. After working at Germany's UFA studios for several years, he fled after Hitler's rise to power and eventually came to England, where he joined London Films as a screenwriter and began his association with Michael Powell, a gifted young English filmmaker. The two worked together on The Spy in Black, and after leaving London Films, formed a filmmaking partnership -- known corporately as The Archers -- in which they shared joint screenwriter-producer-director credit. Their collaborations together included 49th Parallel, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, A Canterbury Tale, I Know Where I'm Going, A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, The Small Back Room, and The Tales of Hoffmann, most of which were extremely successful internationally, although British critics frequently gave their films mixed reviews. The partnership split up after 1956, and Pressburger returned to writing after one attempt at directing (Twice Upon a Time) and producing (Miracle in Soho). Pressburger's novel Killing a Mouse on Sunday was later adapted into the movie Behold a Pale Horse. The perception of many of those around them was in the Powell / Pressburger partnership, Powell was the partly out-of-control genius, while Pressburger was the force that focused the team onto their most viable projects. -- Bruce Eder, All-Movie Guide

**+ (2.5 stars)	The Boy Who Turned Yellow	1972	Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	Boxcar Bertha	1972	Actor (or was he?)
**+ (2.5 stars)	They're a Weird Mob	1966	Screenwriter (as Richard Imrie)
*** (3 stars)	Operation Crossbow	1965	Screenwriter (as Richard Imrie)
**+ (2.5 stars)	Behold a Pale Horse	1964	Writer (novel)
**+ (2.5 stars)	Ill Met by Moonlight (Night Ambush)	1957	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	Miracle in Soho	1957	Producer, Screenwriter
**+ (2.5 stars)	Oh ... Rosalinda!!	1956	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
** (2 stars)	Battle of the River Plate (Pursuit of the Graf Spee)	1956	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
*+ (1.5 stars)	Twice upon a Time	1953	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
** (2 stars)	The Wild Heart	1952	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
**+ (2.5 stars)	The Elusive Pimpernel	1951	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	The Tales of Hoffmann	1951	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	Gone to Earth	1950	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
***+ (3.5 stars)	The Small Back Room (Hour of Glory)	1949	Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter (Actor? I don't think so.)
****+ (4.5 stars)	The Red Shoes	1948	Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter (Actor? The man in the short sleeved blue shirt?)
**+ (2.5 stars)	The End of the River	1947	Producer
**** (4 stars)	Black Narcissus	1947	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
**+ (2.5 stars)	Wanted for Murder	1946	Screenwriter
****+ (4.5 stars)	A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven)	1946	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
**** (4 stars)	I Know Where I'm Going!	1945	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
**+ (2.5 stars)	The Volunteer	1944	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	A Canterbury Tale	1944	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
**+ (2.5 stars)	The Silver Fleet	1943	Producer
**** (4 stars)	The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	1943	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	One of Our Aircraft Is Missing	1942	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
*+ (1.5 stars)	Atlantic Ferry (Sons of the Sea)	1941	Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	49th Parallel (The Invaders)	1941	Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	Contraband (Blackout)	1940	Screenwriter
**+ (2.5 stars)	Spy for a Day	1939	Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	The Spy in Black (U-Boat 29)	1939	Screenwriter
*** (3 stars)	The Challenge	1938	Screenwriter
**+ (2.5 stars)	Leise Flehen Meine Lieder	1933	Producer (Unlikely. It was probably Arnold Pressburger)
**+ (2.5 stars)	Das Schoene Abenteuer	1932	Screenwriter
*+ (1.5 stars)	Ronny	1931	Screenwriter
**+ (2.5 stars)	Abschied	1930	Screenwriter

Best Writing, Original Story	(Winner)	49th Parallel	1942	Academy
Best Picture	(Nominated)	49th Parallel	1942	Academy
Best Writing, Screenplay	(Nominated)	49th Parallel	1942	Academy
Best Original Screenplay	(Nominated)	One of Our Aircraft Is Missing	1942	Academy
Best Direction		The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	1945	New-York Film Critics Circle Award
Best Film		The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	1945	New-York Film Critics Circle Award
Best Direction		A Matter of Life and Death	1946	New-York Film Critics Circle Award
Best Film		A Matter of Life and Death	1946	New-York Film Critics Circle Award
Best European Film		A Matter of Life and Death	1948	Bodil Festival, Denmark
Best British Film		The Red Shoes	1948	British Academy Awards
Best Picture	(Nominated)	The Red Shoes	1948	Academy
Best Original Screenplay	(Nominated)	The Red Shoes	1948	Academy
Competing Film		The Red Shoes	1948	Venice Film Festival
Competing Film		The Elusive Pimpernel	1949	Venice Film Festival
Competing Film		The Wild Heart	1950	Venice Film Festival
Competing Film		The Tales of Hoffmann	1951	Cannes Film Festival
Special Prize for Originality of Lyrical Adaptation	(Winner)	The Tales of Hoffmann	1951	Cannes Film Festival
Competing Film		The Tales of Hoffmann	1951	Berlin International Film Festival
Musical		The Tales of Hoffmann	1951	Berlin International Film Festival
Best British Film		Battle of the River Plate (Pursuit of the Graf Spee)	1956	British Academy Awards
Best British Screenplay	(Nominated)	Battle of the River Plate (Pursuit of the Graf Spee)	1956	British Academy Awards