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Known For

Writing

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-12-05

Day of Death

1988-02-05 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Also Known As

Richard Imrie

Emmerich Pressburger

Imre Pressburger

Emmerich Preßburger

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Emeric Pressburger

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).

Known For

Acting

The Red Shoes

1948

The Red Shoes

as

Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)

A Pretty British Affair

1981

A Pretty British Affair

as

Interviewee

Production

Crew

Directing