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Emeric Pressburger
Creating The Red Shoes and other landmark British films with Michael Powell.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · A Matter of Life and Death
- Born
- 5 December 1902
- Birthplace
- Miskolc, Hungary
- Died
- 5 February 1988
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Emeric Pressburger
Hungarian-born filmmaker and writer whose partnership with Powell was credited collectively as the Archers.
Early life
Studies interrupted
Studied engineering and mathematics before his father’s death forced him to leave university.
Writing abroad
Worked in journalism and screenwriting in Germany before fleeing Nazi rule.
Career
- 1930s
Exile and screenwriting
Moved through Paris to Britain, where he worked for Alexander Korda.
- 1939–1950s
The Archers
Formed a sustained writing, producing and directing partnership with Michael Powell.
- 1960s–1980s
Later writing
Published novels and undertook occasional film projects.
Selected work
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A friendship and military career unfold across several decades.
A Matter of Life and Death
A wartime romance moves between earthly life and a celestial court.
The Red Shoes
A ballet dancer is caught between love and artistic ambition.
Beyond work
British citizenship
Became a British citizen in 1946 after arriving as a refugee.
Novels
Wrote Killing a Mouse on Sunday and The Glass Pearls.
Sources & photo credit
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