Born in Bekesbourne, near Canterbury, on 30 September 1905, Powell served his apprenticeship with arch stylists Rex Ingram and Harry Latchman before graduating, via still photography on Hitchcock's Champagne (1928) and Blackmail (1929), he then carried into the sound era a strong sense of visual storytelling.
With his colleague and friend Emeric Pressburger he founded The Archers production company which produced important films such as 49th Parallel, The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus. They left behind a set of films unlike anything seen before or since in the British cinema - at least five masterpieces among them - and a sense of what is possible in film that will continue to inspire well into the medium's second century.

To mark the 100th anniversary of Powell's birth Emanuela Martini, film critic, will talk about this great film director.

Date:

17 October 2005

Venue:   Milan

British Council, Via Manzoni 38

Information:

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