1948Winner
Best Performance
The Red Shoes
Emeric Pressburger
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
December 5, 1902
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1946Winner
Best Director
A Matter of Life and Death
1941Nominee
Best Writing
49th Parallel
Career Highlights
1947Highlight
Best Director
Black Narcissus
1949Highlight
Best Director
The Small Back Room
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The Red Shoes
A Matter of Life and Death
49th Parallel