Emeric Pressburger

Film director

1902 – 1988

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Who was Emeric Pressburger?

Emeric Pressburger was a Hungarian–British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a multiple-award-winning partnership known as The Archers and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, and The Tales of Hoffmann.

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Born
Dec 5, 1902
Miskolc
Also known as
  • Imre József Pressburger
  • Imrie
  • Emmerich Preßburger
  • Richard Imrie
  • Pressburger
  • Imre Pressburger
  • Emmerich Pressburger
  • Imre József Emmerich Pressburger
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
  • Hungarian people
Nationality
  • Hungary
  • England
Profession
Lived in
  • Suffolk
Died
Feb 5, 1988
Saxtead

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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