Emeric Pressburger Biography (1902-1988)
Born Imre Pressburger, December 5, 1902, in Miskolc, Hungary (now Romania); died of bronchial pneumonia, February 5, 1988, in Saxstead, England; married;children: Angela.
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- December 5, 1902
- Miskolc, Hungary
- Death Details
- February 5, 1988
- Saxstead, England
Famous Works
- Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
- Director, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, United Artists, 1942.
- producer, Colonel Blimp (also known as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp), Archers/General, 1943.
- producer and director, A Canterbury Tale, Eagle/Lion, 1944.
- producer (with Michael Powell and Ralph Richardson), The Silver Fleet, Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945.
- producer (with Powell) and director, I Know Where I'm Going, Universal, 1945.
- producer (with Powell) and director, Stairway to Heaven (also known as AMatter of Life and Death), Universal, 1946.
- producer (with Powell) and director, Black Narcissus, Universal, 1947.
- producer (with Powell), The End of the River, General Films Distributors,1947.
- producer (with Powell) and director, The Red Shoes, Eagle/Lion, 1948.
- producer (with Powell) and director, Hour of Glory (also known as The Small Back Room), British Lion, 1949.
- director, The Fighting Pimpernel (also known as The Elusive Pimpernel), British/Lion, 1950.
- director, The Wild Heart (also known as Gone to Earth), RKO, 1950.
- producer (with Powell) and director, The Tales of Hoffman, Lopert, 1951.
- producer (with Powell) and director, Pursuit of the Graf Spee (also knownas Battle of the River Plate), Rank, 1956.
- (with Powell) Night Ambush, Rank, 1957.
- Also producer and director, Twice upon a Time, 1953; producer and director, Oh Rosalinda!, 1955; producer, Miracle in Soho, 1957.
- Writings;FILM
- (With Reinhold Schuenzel) Beautiful Adventure, Deutsche Universum- Film,1932.
- (co-writer) Spy for a Day, Paramount, 1939.
- The Spy in Black (also known as U-Boat Twenty-Nine), Columbia, 1939.
- Contraband (also known as Blackout), Anglo-American, 1940.
- (with Gordon Welesley and Edward Dryhurst) Sons of the Sea (also known asAtlantic Ferry), Warner Brothers, 1941.
- The Invaders (also known as The Forty-Ninth Parallel), Columbia, 1942.
- (with Michael Powell) One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, United Artists, 1942.
- Colonel Blimp (also known as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp), Archers/General, 1943.
- (with Powell) A Canterbury Tale, Eagle/Lion, 1944.
- (with Powell) I Know Where I'm Going, Universal, 1945.
- (with Powell) Stairway to Heaven (also known as A Matter of Life and Death), Universal, 1946.
- (with Rodney Ackland and Maurice Cowan) Wanted for Murder (also known asA Voice in the Night), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946.
- (with Powell) Black Narcissus, Universal, 1947.
- (with Powell) The Red Shoes, Eagle/Lion, 1948, published by Avon, 1978.
- (with Powell) The Wild Heart (also known as Gone to Earth), RKO, 1950.
- (with Powell) The Fighting Pimpernel (also known as The Elusive Pimpernel), British/Lion, 1950.
- (with Powell) The Tales of Hoffman, Lopert, 1951.
- (with Powell) Pursuit of the Graf Spee (also known as Battle of the RiverPlate), Rank, 1956.
- (with Powell) Night Ambush, Rank, 1957.
- (as Richard Imrie; with Derry Quinn and Ray Rigby) Operation Crossbow (also known as The Great Spy Mission), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.
- They're a Weird Mob, British Empire, 1966.
- Also (co-writer) Abschied (also known as Farewell), 1930; (co-writer) Emil and the Detectives, 1932; (co-writer) La Vie Parisienne, 1935; Twice upon aTime, 1952; Oh Rosalinda!, 1955; Miracle in Soho, 1957; The Boy Who Turned Yellow, 1972.
- Writings;OTHER
- (With Michael Powell) Story of the Film: One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (nonfiction), H.M.S.O., 1942.
- Killing a Mouse on Sunday (fiction), Harcourt, 1961, published in Englandas Behold a Pale Horse, Collins, 1964.
- The Glass Pearls (fiction), Heinemann, 1966.
Further Reference
OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:
- New York Times, February 6, 1988.