Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988

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Name (Hebrew)
פרסבורגר, אמריק, 1902-1988
Name (Latin)
Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988
Other forms of name
Pressburger, Imre, 1902-1988
Richard Imrie, 1902-1988
Imrie, Richard, 1902-1988
Pressburger, Emmerich, 1902-1988
Pressburger, 1902-1988
Date of birth
1902-12-05
Date of death
1988-02-05
Associated country
Hungary
Field of activity
Motion picture authorship
Occupation
Screenwriters
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 74066903
Wikidata: Q55230
Library of congress: n 85113382
DLC: n 85113382
LIBRARY_OF_CONGRESS: 98145237120000041
Sources of Information
  • Powell and Pressburger's war, 2023:galley (Emeric Pressburger)
  • Rétrospective Powell & Pressburger, c1982:t.p. (Pressburger) p. 10 (Emeric Pressburger)
  • Michael Powell, 1992:p. 7, etc. (Emeric Pressburger, b. in Hungary, 1902)
  • Arrows of desire, 1994:p. 116 (Emeric Pressburger; d. Feb. 5, 1988)
  • Operation Crossbow, c2006:credits (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Carlo Ponti production ; original story by Duilio Coletti and Vittoriano Petrilli ; screenplay by Richard Imrie, Derry Quinn, and Ray Rigby ; producer, Carlo Ponti ; directed by Michael Anderson)
  • IMDb, Feb. 6, 2007(Emeric Pressburger; b. Dec. 5, 1902, Miskolc, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary); d. Feb. 5, 1988, Miskolc, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary); sometimes credited as Pressburger Imre, Richard Imrie, Emmerich Pressburger, Pressburger; writer)

Wikipedia description:

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 a collaboration partnership known as the Archers, and produced a series of films, including 49th Parallel (US: The Invaders, 1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (US: Stairway to Heaven, 1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

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