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Director, Producer, Screenwriter Born: September 30, 1905 in Bekesbourne, Kent, England Death: February 19, 1990 in Avening, Gloucestershire, England Biography:A one time studio gofer, still photographer, and comic actor, "Michael Powell" became one of the most celebrated and controversial directors ever to come out of England. Born in Canterbury, Powell became enamored of films while still a teenager and, after a start in the mid-'20s and a stint shooting stills and serving as a co-scenarist with "Alfred Hitchcock" in the early sound era, Powell broke into directing in low-budget British thrillers and comedies. After directing and writing his first notable movie in 1937, "The Edge of the World", he moved to London Films where he began working with "Emeric Pressburger", a gifted young author and screenwriter. Their two-decade association began shortly after they left London Films (where they collaborated on The Spy in Black and Powell co-directed The Thief of Bagdad). The wartime thrillers "Contraband" and Forty-Ninth Parallel -- the latter attracted much... Full Biography
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