Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Born
December 5, 1902
Died
February 5, 1988 (age 85)
Place of Birth
Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Also Known As
Richard Imrie
Emmerich Pressburger
Imre Pressburger
Emmerich Preßburger
에메릭 프레스버거
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).
