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Directing · Writing · 1902 to 1988

Emeric Pressburger

Best rated: The Red Shoes (8.1)

Films
14
Avg rating
7.31
Peak run
1944’48
7+ run
8 films
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Emeric Pressburger, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1944 to 1948, 7.7067819421944194619481950195219541956The Red Shoes 8.1Pursuit of the Graf Spee 6.6Career avg 7.31

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Emeric Pressburger's career barcodecoolhot
194214 films1957
Current formLast 5: 6.84 vs career 7.31 (−0.47)
  1. LThe Small Back Room1949 · 7.1−0.2
  2. LThe Wild Heart1950 · 6.9−0.4
  3. LThe Tales of Hoffmann1951 · 7.1−0.2
  4. LPursuit of the Graf Spee1956 · 6.6−0.7
  5. LNight Ambush1957 · 6.5−0.8
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Emeric by the numbers

Average
7.31
12 rated films
Vote weighted
7.36
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.54
rating spread
Career
16y
1942 to 1957
Total votes
164K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Red Shoes
Worst
6.6
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1957Night Ambush6.52,247
1956Pursuit of the Graf Spee6.65,550
1955Oh... Rosalinda!!·538
1951The Tales of Hoffmann7.14,670
1950The Wild Heart6.91,741
1949The Small Back Room7.13,785
1949The Fighting Pimpernel·684
1948The Red Shoes posterThe Red Shoes8.144,382
1947Black Narcissus posterBlack Narcissus7.731,951
1946A Matter of Life and Death posterA Matter of Life and Death8.028,348
1945I Know Where I'm Going! posterI Know Where I'm Going!7.411,582
1944A Canterbury Tale7.37,377
1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp posterThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp8.018,532
1942One of Our Aircraft Is Missing7.03,055
Better together?

Emeric Pressburger's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Emeric Pressburger

4 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1949
    Emeric Pressburger
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1943
    Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
    Nominated
  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1943
    Emeric Pressburger
    Won
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1943
    Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
    Nominated

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