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Emeric Pressburger

Hungarian-British screenwriter, director and producer (1902–1988)

10.49body-of-work score · ranked #75 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
December 5, 1902 · Miskolc
Died
February 5, 1988 · Saxtead
Nationality
United Kingdom, Hungary
Work
screenwriter, film director, film producer, journalist
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Red ShoesMust-See #103

    1948 · United Kingdom · romance, drama, musical

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #67 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #72 · BFI Top 100 British films #9

    3.4112 citations
  2. 2
    A Matter of Life and DeathMust-See #391

    1946 · United Kingdom · fantasy, drama, comedy

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #78 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1950 #6 · BFI Top 100 British films #20

    1.998 citations
  3. 3
    Black Narcissus

    1947 · United Kingdom · drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #169 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1951 #10 · BFI Top 100 British films #44

    1.607 citations
  4. 4
    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943 · United Kingdom · romance, war, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #196 · BFI Top 100 British films #45 · Empire 500 (2008) #80

    1.477 citations
  5. 5
    I Know Where I'm Going!

    1945 · United Kingdom · romance, drama, comedy

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #196 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #94

    0.955 citations
  6. 6
    A Canterbury Tale

    1944 · United Kingdom · comedy, drama, war

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #243 · Empire 500 (2008) #176 · Criterion Collection spine #341

    0.743 citations
  7. 7
    The Small Back Room

    1949 · United Kingdom · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #441

    0.161 citation
  8. 8
    The Tales of Hoffmann

    1951 · United Kingdom · fantasy, musical, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #317

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.