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The Making of an Englishman
The Making of an Englishman
The Making of an Englishman
1995
Documentary
TV Movie
A personal documentary by the grandsons of Emeric Pressburger who created some of the classics of the British cinema. They retrace his journey in exile from Hungary and five other European countries, arriving in England in 1935, interviewing his friends and colleagues and using home movies, diary extracts and film clips.

Directed by:

Kevin Macdonald
Kevin-Macdonald
32 total credits
Kevin Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the grandson of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger, and educated at Oxford University. He began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, which he turned into the documentary The Making of an Englishman. After making a series of biographical documentaries, Macdonald directed One Day in September, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Writer:

Kevin Macdonald
Kevin-Macdonald
32 total credits
Kevin Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the grandson of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger, and educated at Oxford University. He began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, which he turned into the documentary The Making of an Englishman. After making a series of biographical documentaries, Macdonald directed One Day in September, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Starring:

Martin Scorsese
Martin-Scorsese
171 total credits
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style
,
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand-Tavernier
51 total credits
Bertrand Tavernier has 51 credits at Criticker, including: The Girl at the Monceau Bakery, In the Electric Mist, Coup de torchon and Round Midnight
,
Michael Powell
Michael-Powell
87 total credits
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.
,
Emeric Pressburger
Emeric-Pressburger
50 total credits
Pressburger began a career as a journalist in Hungary and Germany, he turned to screenwriting in the late 1920s, working for UFA in Berlin. The rise of the Nazis forced him to flee to Paris, where he again worked as screenwriter, and then to London. In England he found a small community of Hungarian film-makers who had fled the Nazis, including Alexander Korda, who employed him as a screenwriter. There he met Michael Powell, their partnership would produce the finest British films of the period.
,
Curt Siodmak
Curt-Siodmak
56 total credits
Curt Siodmak has 56 credits at Criticker, including: The Wolf Man, I Walked with a Zombie, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man and People on Sunday
,
Christopher Challis
Christopher-Challis
2 total credits
Christopher Challis has 2 credits at Criticker, including: A Profile of The Red Shoes and The Making of an Englishman
,
Angela Pressburger
Angela-Pressburger
1 total credit
Angela Pressburger has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Making of an Englishman
,
Michel Kelber
Michel-Kelber
1 total credit
Michel Kelber has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Making of an Englishman

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

UK

The Making of an Englishman

1995
Documentary
TV Movie
Avg Percentile 33.61% from 1 total ratings

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Directed by:

Kevin Macdonald
Kevin-Macdonald
32 total credits
Kevin Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the grandson of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger, and educated at Oxford University. He began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, which he turned into the documentary The Making of an Englishman. After making a series of biographical documentaries, Macdonald directed One Day in September, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Writer:

Kevin Macdonald
Kevin-Macdonald
32 total credits
Kevin Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the grandson of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger, and educated at Oxford University. He began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, which he turned into the documentary The Making of an Englishman. After making a series of biographical documentaries, Macdonald directed One Day in September, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Starring:

Martin Scorsese
Martin-Scorsese
171 total credits
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style
,
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand-Tavernier
51 total credits
Bertrand Tavernier has 51 credits at Criticker, including: The Girl at the Monceau Bakery, In the Electric Mist, Coup de torchon and Round Midnight
,
Michael Powell
Michael-Powell
87 total credits
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.
,
Emeric Pressburger
Emeric-Pressburger
50 total credits
Pressburger began a career as a journalist in Hungary and Germany, he turned to screenwriting in the late 1920s, working for UFA in Berlin. The rise of the Nazis forced him to flee to Paris, where he again worked as screenwriter, and then to London. In England he found a small community of Hungarian film-makers who had fled the Nazis, including Alexander Korda, who employed him as a screenwriter. There he met Michael Powell, their partnership would produce the finest British films of the period.
,
Curt Siodmak
Curt-Siodmak
56 total credits
Curt Siodmak has 56 credits at Criticker, including: The Wolf Man, I Walked with a Zombie, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man and People on Sunday
,
Christopher Challis
Christopher-Challis
2 total credits
Christopher Challis has 2 credits at Criticker, including: A Profile of The Red Shoes and The Making of an Englishman
,
Angela Pressburger
Angela-Pressburger
1 total credit
Angela Pressburger has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Making of an Englishman
,
Michel Kelber
Michel-Kelber
1 total credit
Michel Kelber has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Making of an Englishman

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

UK
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