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Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger

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05 Dec 1902
05 Feb 1988
Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

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 ...

Also Known As

Richard Imrie, Emmerich Pressburger, Imre Pressburger, Emmerich Preßburger, 에메릭 프레스버거

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