EMERIC PRESSBURGERPRESSBURGER. Nationality: Hungarian/British. Born: Imre Pressburger in Miskolc, Hungary, 5 December 1902. Education: Studied at Universities of Prague and Stuttgart. Career: Contract writer for UFA, Berlin, 1930, later in France and, from 1935, in England, for Alexander Korda's London Films. Powell and Pressburger began collaboration on The Spy in Black, 1939; formed "The Archers," as producing, directing, and writing team, 1942 (disbanded 1956); also set up Vega Productions Ltd.; Awards: (joint) British Film Institute Special Award, 1978; BAFTA fellowship, 1981; British Film Institute fellowship, 1983; (Powell) honorary doctorate, University of East Anglia, 1978; Golden Lion, Venice Festival, 1982. Died: In Suffolk, 5 February 1988.
