Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger

Writing

Birthday

1902/12/05

Day of death

1988/02/05 (85 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Also know as

Richard Imrie, Emmerich Pressburger, Imre Pressburger, Emmerich Preßburger, 에메릭 프레스버거, 埃默里克·普雷斯伯格

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).

Acting
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
7.6

(2024) Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

as Self (archive footage)

The Red Shoes
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(1948) The Red Shoes

as Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)

A Pretty British Affair
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(1981) A Pretty British Affair

as Interviewee

Arena
6.7

(1975) Arena

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