Emeric Pressburger (5 December 19025 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).