Head to headMichael Powell against Emeric Pressburger Both careers by TMDB ratingMichael PowellEmeric Pressburger
Tale of the tape as a director
Michael Powell vs Emeric Pressburger
Emeric Pressburger averages 6.99 across 12 rated films as a director, ahead of Michael Powell at 6.90.
- 29 (19 rated)
- Films directed
- 14 (12 rated)
- 6.90
- Average
- 6.99▶
- 6.99
- Weighted
- 7.09▶
- The Red Shoes 8.0
- Best film
- The Red Shoes 8.0
- 7.44, 1944 to 1948
- Peak five
- 7.44, 1944 to 1948
- 4 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 4 films
- 6.41 (−0.49)
- Current form
- 6.52 (−0.47)▶
- ◀4.55K
- TMDB votes
- 2.85K
Rows won
2 to 4
Emeric Pressburger ahead
Films together
19
averaging 6.89
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 The Spy in Black | 1939 | 6.4 | Director | Writer |
 Contraband | 1940 | · | Director | Writer |
 49th Parallel | 1941 | 7.0 | Producer, Director | Writer |
 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | 1942 | 6.6 | Producer, Director, as Despatching Officer, Writer | Writer, Producer, Director |
 The Silver Fleet | 1943 | · | Producer | Writer, Producer |
 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | 1943 | 7.5 | Writer, Producer, Director | Director, Writer, Producer |
 A Canterbury Tale | 1944 | 6.9 | Producer, Writer, Director | Producer, Writer, Director |
 I Know Where I'm Going! | 1945 | 7.1 | Writer, Producer, Director | Writer, Producer, Director |
 A Matter of Life and Death | 1946 | 7.7 | Writer, Producer, Director | Writer, Producer, Director |
 Black Narcissus | 1947 | 7.5 | Writer, Producer, Director | Writer, Producer, Director |
 The Red Shoes | 1948 | 8.0 | Director, Writer, Producer | Writer, Producer, Director, as Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited) |
 The Small Back Room | 1949 | 6.7 | Writer, Producer, Director | Producer, Director, Writer |
 Gone to Earth | 1950 | 6.2 | Director, Writer, Producer | Director, Writer, Producer |
 The Elusive Pimpernel | 1950 | · | Writer, Producer, Director | Writer, Producer, Director |
 The Tales of Hoffmann | 1951 | 7.1 | Director, Writer, Producer | Producer, Writer, Director |
 Oh... Rosalinda!! | 1955 | · | Writer, Producer, Director | Writer, Producer, Director |
 The Battle of the River Plate | 1956 | 6.4 | Writer, Producer, Director | Writer, Producer, Director |
 Ill Met by Moonlight | 1957 | 6.2 | Writer, Producer, Director | Writer, Producer, Director |
 They're a Weird Mob | 1966 | 6.0 | Producer, Director | Writer |
 The Boy Who Turned Yellow | 1972 | · | Director | Writer, Producer |
 Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | 2024 | 7.6 | as Self (archive footage) | as Self (archive footage) |