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Emeric Pressburger Biography

Birth Name:Imre Jozsef Pressburger

Birth Place:Miskolc, Hungary

Profession Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Production manager, Script department

Fast Facts

Made a Fellow of both the BFI and BAFTA in the early 1980s
Served as a member of the jury for the 1962 Berlin Film Festival
An excellent student, he studied at the Universities of Prague and Stuttgart before leaving to support his family following the untimely death of his father
Directly related to filmmakers Andrew and Kevin Macdonald
Quote: "I think that a film should have a good story, a clear story, and it should have, if possible, something which is probably the most difficult thing - it should have a little bit of magic․"
After fleeing from Nazi rule in Eastern Europe, he would land a screenwriting job with London Films in the late '30s after meeting Alexander Korda, a fellow refugee and studio executive
Would go on to form a strong partnership with director Michael Powell, the two of which producing more than 20 films together
Earned his British citizenship in 1946